Once Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, his adversaries hastened to give back the Louvre’s looted treasures. It was “truly doleful to look at now,” wrote the British ...

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A massive trove of artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for ...

Napoleon's military defeat in Egypt yielded a victory for history. ... 1798, took place in Imbabah, farther from the pyramids than this 19th-century painting by François-Louis-Joseph Watteau ...

Napoleon made a bold return from exile in 1815 only to lose his last shot at empire in a crushing defeat delivered by the Duke of Wellington and the combined forces of Europe.

Artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for €8.7 million in Paris ...

But when Napoleon was defeated in 1815, representatives from the looted countries went to Paris with lists of the works they wanted back. “The French authorities said [the works] had disappeared ...

A massive trove of artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for ...

Egypt regularly demands the return of the Rosetta Stone, which was excavated during Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt (1798-1801), captured by the British at his defeat, and is now in the British ...