A water leak at the Louvre Museum in Paris caused a flood on November 27 in the museum's Egyptian antiquities library, ruining hundreds of ancient works and documents, according to the EFE news agency. This story was originally published by the specialized magazine The Tribune of Art This Sunday, the incident was confirmed by the French channel BFM, which showed several images of the water damage and an internal museum email referencing the event. According to the email, a valve on the pipes located above a documentation area "caused a significant flood of dirty water that severely damaged works and documents and considerably deteriorated the workspaces." The account states that the carpet was soaked and the offices were unusable. Workers on duty that night managed to stop the leak without affecting the electrical panel on a lower floor. According to the person in charge of The Tribune of ArtDidier Rykner said the leak affected "around 400 works," some of which are "irrecoverable." In the publication, Rykner explains that the incident is linked to the department staff's long-standing request to protect the books from a potential rupture in the pipes, which "have been in a very precarious state for years." The Egyptian antiquities library is located in the Mollien Pavilion and is part of the museum's research and documentation service. It is a space accessible only to curators, historians, academics, and Louvre Museum staff. All of this occurred just weeks after the Louvre suffered a robbery by a group of thieves, who stole French crown jewels in broad daylight. That theft put the museum's security under scrutiny, and it was questioned by numerous experts. The Senate opened an administrative investigation following the robbery, and its findings will be presented next Wednesday. All members of the group of thieves were arrested, but the jewels have not been recovered.

The four defendants so far in connection with The theft of jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris on October 19 They are criminals residing in the Paris suburbs, with records for offenses that "do not fall within the spectrum of organized crime." This was explained by Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau in statements to France Info radio, detailing that the four had prior connections to the robbery and that the two charged this Saturday were a couple. "They are close acquaintances; they all lived in Seine-Saint-Denis (on the outskirts of Paris), two of them were in a relationship and had children. We have profiles that are not well-known within organized crime, but who end up committing very serious acts," Beccuau said. The prosecutor asserts that, with the evidence they have, they believe they have already arrested three of the four members of the group (in addition to the partner of one of them, charged as an accomplice) that perpetrated the theft of eight French crown jewels, valued at 88 million euros.

Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the investigation into the Louvre jewelry heist, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced Thursday in an interview on RTL radio. Beccuau specified that the arrests took place in Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis, and that despite searches, the loot, valued at 88 million euros, has not yet been recovered.

Much has been said these days about the spectacular robbery at the Louvre, the most emblematic museum in Paris and one of the most visited in Europe and the world. French politicians themselves have said that this incident has made the country look ridiculous because it shows a lack of foresight and security on the part of the authorities, not only at the museum, but beyond, as it is a public institution. In fact, one of the hypotheses regarding the motive for the robbery—apart from the most obvious, profit—is that it was a response to "foreign interference" to destabilize France and, in turn, Europe. We know that Russia is pursuing an aggressive policy in this regard, but so far it has been limited to cyberattacks, and this theory seems somewhat conspiratorial.

It was May 1991, and the National Palace, located at the foot of Montjuïc, was being remodeled to become the permanent home of the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC). It was a time of transition and chaos. In a storage room, there was a metal cabinet containing a jewel: the Sijena peace-bearer, a unique piece of Gothic goldsmithing dating back to 1400. It was a small piece, about ten centimeters, made of precious materials, which, without anyone noticing, disappeared.

The true protagonist of the series is her: an eccentric, art-loving millionaire who entrusts the job to some small-time thieves. The robbery comes to her one day when she's walking past the Louvre and sees a moving company's crane. Of course, there's no need to hide the ladder!