1.   But the museum carried no theft insurance on the priceless artwork because the premiums were too high.

2.   Even academics have illegally taken priceless artworks out of the country, said art historian John Huntington of Ohio State University.

3.   Holyroodhouse remains the royal residence when Queen Elizabeth II appears on official business, but at other times it offers a magnificent public display of furnishings and priceless artworks.

4.   In World War II priceless artworks were seized by soldiers in both the Pacific and European theaters and sometimes justified as war trophies.

5.   The church has the original five-foot-thick adobe walls, worn floor tiles, priceless European artworks and primitive native paintings.

6.   Although churches in Italy often contain priceless artworks, many are unguarded and are plagued by thefts.

7.   Russians raced through the imperial palaces of Leningrad, frantically hauling armloads of priceless artwork to hide in dusty basements.

8.   The Egyptian perfume sprinkler, the Koranic manuscripts, the Ottoman rug and other priceless artworks owned by a royal Kuwaiti couple have nowhere to settle.