Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says

Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concerns

A water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre's Egyptian department, the Paris museum said on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure.

Between 300 and 400 works" were affected by the leak discovered on 26 November, the museum's deputy administrator, Francis Steinbock, said, describing them as Egyptology journals" and scientific documentation" used by researchers.