PARIS: on bus 72 at sunset

Filming from bus 72. Scenery of historical Paris. Palais du Louvre, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_du_LouvreTuileries garden, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin_des_Tuileries place de la Concorde...

Abu Dhabi Is to Gain a Louvre of Its Own

PARIS, Jan. 12 — After months of rumors and a week of protests, the French government has finally confirmed that in exchange for a sum said to be $800 million to $1 billion, it will rent the name, art treasures and expertise of the Louvre to a new museum to be built in...

Today in history - Dec. 12

"Today is Tuesday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2006. There are 19 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 12, 1906, the Senate confirmed Oscar Straus to be President Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of Commerce and Labor; Straus became the first Jewish member...

Scan Hints Mona Lisa Pregnant for Pose

" Maybe they should call it the "Mama Lisa." Researchers studying 3-D images of the "Mona Lisa" say she was probably either pregnant or had just given birth when she sat for Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century masterpiece."

Artist secretly hangs works in prominent museums

From the New Zealand Herald: Many a visitor to New York’s Museum of Modern Art has probably thought, "I could do that." A British graffiti artist who goes by the name "Banksy" went one step further, by smuggling...

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