A Louvre Expert Explains That the “Egos” Who Built the Museum Also Made It Susceptible to a Heist

Elaine Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief of the The New York Times, discusses the painful irony at the heart of Sunday’s ...

Vatican Museum to return artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada

The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada ...
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Inside the Vatican’s Secret: Pierre Day’s Last-Ditch Fight to Escape Nazi Collapse

As Nazi Germany crumbled, Belgian collaborator Pierre Day navigated Berlin’s elite circles, Vatican corridors, and Franco’s ...

British royals visit Vatican in historic step for churches and welcome respite from Epstein scandal

Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived at the Vatican for a historic visit to forge closer relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church, a welcome spiritual respi ...

New nighttime Colosseum tour allows visitor to see secret passage used by Roman emperors

A secret passage used by Roman emperors to arrive at the imperial podium unseen by crowds in the Colosseum has been opened to the public.
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In Rome, a secret passage for Emperors beneath the Colosseum has just reopened to the public for the first time in 2,000 years

By reopening this 2,000-year-old passageway, Rome is offering a new insight into its imperial history, where myth and reality ...