New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Paris' Louvre Museum is again in the limelight after the authorities recently announced that several hundred works kept in the Egyptian department were damaged due to water leak late in November. The tragic incident reportedly occurred on 26 November almost a month after daring jewellery heist in which Napoleonic jewellery worth $102 million was stolen in broad daylight.

The museum's deputy general manager Francis Steinbock elaborated on the extent of damage and informed that periodicals and archaeological revues dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were damaged. As per The Guardian report, between 300 and 400 works" were affected. These treasured works were consulted by Egyptologues and students.

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