Two paintings by impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stolen from a museum in southern France and later discovered hidden behind a wall, have sustained slight damage, prosecutors said on Monday. In September, thieves broke into the museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer and escaped with two works by Renoir, abandoning two others as they fled. The value of all […]
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Back in the middle of 2006, a small company called Chip PC Technologies started shipping a computer that vanished into the wall. Jack PC occupied the same opening as a standard network jack, behind a faceplate barely larger than a light-switch cover, and every port a desk worker needed sat on that plate. Offices were […]
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An ancient wall discovered beneath a Paris hotel could confirm the city’s origins: “Major breakthrough”
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An ancient wall discovered beneath Paris was described as a “major breakthrough” on Wednesday by France’s culture ministry, with the archaeological find possibly confirming the location of the city’s original settlement. A roughly 65-foot wall dating from the Gallo-Roman period was discovered in Paris this summer beneath a hotel on the Ile de la Cite, […]
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