The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist remains the largest private property theft in American history — and its last surviving link has just slipped through the authorities' fingers. David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images An empty frame where Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee , circa 1633, once was. On March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as policemen broke into a Boston art museum, tied up a guard, and stole 13 paintings right off the walls. The infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist has since been hailed one of the most devastating thefts of private property in art history. Decades later, $500 million worth of masterpieces — Rembrandts, Vermeers, and sketches by Degas — are still missing. In the aftermath of the heist, authorities considered a complex web of suspects, but the investigation ultimately failed to pin the crime on anyone in particular. Now, the last alleged and surviving link to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, the no...
The long-held belief that even the giant sphinxes had lost their noses due to wear and tear isn't actually accurate, but rather these statues were intentionally vandalized in an effort to reduce their symbolic powers. Wikimedia Commons The Great Sphinx of Giza, perhaps the most famous Egyptian statue with a glaringly missing nose. As curator of the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian art galleries, Edward Bleiberg fields a lot of questions from curious visitors. The most common one is a mystery many museum-goers and history obsessives have pondered for years — why are the statues’ noses so often broken? According to CNN , Bleiberg’s commonly held belief was that the wear and tear of millennia would naturally affect the small, protruding parts of a statue before the larger components. After hearing this question so often, however, Bleiberg began doing some investigative research. Bleiberg’s research posited that ancient Egyptian artifacts were deliberately defaced as they served as poli...
Advertisement Bio Real NameTamannaah Bhatia NicknameTammy and Milk BeautyProfessionActress and Model Physical Stats & More Height (approx.)in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in Feet Inches- 5' 5” Weight (approx.)in Kilograms- 55 kg in Pounds- 121 lbs Figure Measurements33-27-35 Eye ColourHazel Hair ColourBlack Personal Life Date of Birth21 December 1989Age (as in 2016) 27 Years Birth PlaceMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaZodiac sign/Sun signSagittariusNationalityIndianHometownMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaSchoolManeckji Cooper Education Trust School, MumbaiCollegeNational College, MumbaiEducational QualificationsBachelor of Arts (Distance Education)Debut Film Debut: Chand Sa Roshan Chehra (2005) Family Father - Santhosh Bhatia (Diamond merchant) Mother - Rajani Bhatia Brother - Anand Bhatia (Elder) Sister - N/AReligionHinduismHobbiesDancing, reading, writing poetry and quotes Likes & Dislikes Likes: Watching Madhuri Dixit's films Dislikes: ...
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