One of China's most visited cultural sites: the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuangdi in the city of Xi'an needed a comprehensive security alarm upgrade. The site is visited by thousands of people each day and call for an unobtrusive, yet effective intrusion detection system that reliably alerts security staff to potential incidents, while still allowing tourists to see the integrity of the site.
A popular tourist attraction in central Japan, the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum was broken into by thieves who opened an office safe and took more than one million yen in cash.
Armed with pickaxes, masked robbers held up the California State Mining and Mineral Museum on Friday, stealing an estimated $2 million in jewels and gold.
Looters broke into the Egyptian Museum during anti-government protests late Friday and destroyed two Pharaonic mummies, Egypt's top archaeologist told state television.
