Dutch police arrest three in museum theft of priceless golden helmet

Par : The Associated Press

30 janvier 2025 à 17:50

BRUSSELS — Dutch authorities on Wednesday arrested three suspects after the theft of a priceless ancient golden helmet that is considered a cultural icon of Romania and had been on display in a small museum in the Netherlands. There was no sign that the intricate helmet dating back some 2,500 years had been recovered. Read More

Three arrested after ancient Romanian artefacts stolen from Dutch museum

The Guardian

Par : Agence France-Press in the Hague

29 janvier 2025 à 21:59

2,500-year-old Helmet of Cotofenesti among objects taken after thieves used explosives to enter building

Dutch police have arrested three men in connection with the robbery of ancient Romanian artefacts from a museum in the north-east of the Netherlands, after an intensive four-day hunt.

The break-in on Saturday, during which the men used explosives to get into the Drents Museum in Assen, has angered Romania and prompted Dutch police to scramble to track down the culprits.

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66 Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Is Found in Denmark

NYT

Par : Victor Mather

28 janvier 2025 à 18:21

In the Cretaceous period, a shark or another kind of fish found sea lilies less than digestible. What you might expect followed.

Here’s what vomit looks like after 66 million years.

At the Louvre, the Mona Lisa Will Get Her Own Room as Museum Expands

NYT

Par : Aurelien Breeden

28 janvier 2025 à 19:04

President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to alleviate crowds at the Paris museum and to charge higher fees for visitors from outside the European Union.

An estimated 80 percent of the tourists come just for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

‘We won’t come again’: dazed visitors fed up with overcrowded Louvre

The Guardian

Par : Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

28 janvier 2025 à 06:00

Paris attraction in need of overhaul amid complaints of leaks, long waits, lack of signage – and too many people

As the crowds poured out of the Louvre, the look of dazed exhaustion on many faces confirmed what the museum’s director had warned last week: a trip to Paris’s biggest cultural attraction has become a “physical ordeal”.

Myriam, 65, a former secondary school science teacher had driven from Belgium with her husband to show their 12-year-old granddaughter the Mona Lisa. They left disappointed. “I think the Louvre is a victim of its own success,” she said. “We won’t come again.”

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A House at Auschwitz Opens Its Doors to a Chilling Past

NYT

Par : Andrew Higgins

17 janvier 2025 à 10:07

The home of the death camp’s wartime commandant, Rudolf Höss, which was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie “The Zone of Interest,” will soon welcome visitors.

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