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Thieves steal crown jewels from Louvre

Why Steal From the Louvre? It May Have More to Do With Stones Than Art.

The tiara they stole that once belonged to Queen Hortense, for instance, contained 24 Ceylon sapphires and 1,083 diamonds that could potentially be offloaded individually for jewelers to reset in new...

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Factbox-What Jewels Did the Louvre Thieves Steal?

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Thieves steal jewelry with 'inestimable' value from Louvre museum

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The Louvre jewellery could be broken up and disappear forever

Investigators are racing against time to recover priceless royal jewels stolen from the Louvre before they are broken up and lost for ever.

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Paris Louvre Robbery: Everything We Know

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France’s Louvre Struck by Thieves in Daring Daytime Jewel Heist

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Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum

One object, the emerald-set imperial crown of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugénie, containing more than 1,300 diamonds, was later found outside the museum, French authorities said.

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Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing jewelry of "inestimable heritage and historical value" in brazen heist

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Thieves hit the Louvre again. Here's a look at other famous heists in museums worldwide

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The Louvre heist has us thinking about past art heists in Philly

What we know about the Louvre jewel heist, plus a look at thefts from museums in the Philly area over the years.

This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

Louvre jewel theft: latest in string of museum heists

The heist at the Louvre in Paris on Sunday is the latest major robbery of artworks and precious objects from museums. They seized two major artworks — "The Scream" and "Madonna" — in a 50-second operation,

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Here are the facts on the jewels stolen from the Louvre

The hunt is on for the thieves who stole French Crown Jewels from the Louvre on Sunday, but officials fear the items they took will never be seen again. There are also calls for increased security at museums all over France.

A Brief History of Heists at the Louvre

From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian musuem has seen some audacious crimes over the decades.

Louvre heist: What was stolen and how the thieves did it

Nine priceless items were stolen from the Louvre during a daring daytime heist on Oct. 19. Here's what was stolen and how the thieves did it.

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A daylight heist and a national 'humiliation': How 7 minutes at the Louvre stunned France

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.

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Louvre Museum closed second day; police race to find stolen jewels

One day after four men staged a heist of the Louvre Museum, French officials were looking Monday to find the thieves and the priceless jewels they swiped.