NO ONE IS quite sure how the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, got its name. One theory goes that the area was an ancient hunting ground for wolves (lupi in Latin), which used to roam ...

It's March 27 669BC, and night has fallen over Nineveh, the Assyrian capital. On the temple roof, Balasi, chief astrologer to king Esarhaddon, is scanning the sky. An adviser has told the king that ...

The Louvre, a former royal palace and the world’s largest, most-visited museum, displays some 35,000 pieces dating from 7000BC to the mid-19th century. Everyone gets lost and it doesn’t matter ...

It's the perfect opportunity to take advantage of every month, without exception: the Musée du Louvre opens its doors to all visitors free of charge on the first Friday of each month, after 6pm.

The idea: to make it easier for visitors to access, and independent of the Museum. To be read Musée du Louvre: discover the artistic and tourist heart of the capital Musée du Louvre: Emmanuel ...

In 2023, you told the Elysée about the urgent need for renovation at the Louvre and proposed the creation of a new entrance to relieve congestion at the Pyramid. Why is Emmanuel Macron only ...

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Whenever a French leader starts to have immortal longings—something that happens fairly frequently—there is a good likelihood that it will redound to the benefit of the Louvre. Louis XVI was ...

The Louvre, in Paris, is currently presenting the first fashion exhibit in its 231-year history, and it’s doing so in a breathtaking way: showcasing 100 ensembles and accessories from famed ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris, the most visited museum in the world with more than 30,000 visitors a day and a collection valued by some experts at more than $35 billion, is also overcrowded ...

The official book trailer for “Lamassu Falling” is now available on Explora Books’ social media channels, offering a visual glimpse into the drama and intensity of Ortiz’s Assyrian epic.

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