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Louvre Museum heist: Jewels with 'inestimable' value stolen from Napoleon collection

Several people disguised as construction workers broke into the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, cracking open display cases and stealing jewelry that once belonged to Emperor Napoleon a...

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

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What was stolen in the Louvre heist? What to know about the 8 jewelry pieces — and the 'race against time' to save them.

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Louvre Heist Sparks Security Scramble Across French Museums

French Justice Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Monday the jewelry heist at the Louvre museum on Sunday gave a very negative image of France as it implied a failure of security services.

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Looted Louvre treasures may never be found, experts say, as museum remains closed

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

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Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist

Culture Minister Rachida Dati told French news outlet TF1 that footage of the theft showed the masked robbers entering "calmly" and smashing display cases containing the jewels.

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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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Paris Louvre Robbery: Everything We Know

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The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and now the Louvre's royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists

This latest heist at the Louvre highlights the vulnerability of objects in public collections. The irony is they are often gifted to such institutions for safekeeping.

The Story Behind the Priceless Pieces Targeted in the Louvre Heist

Paris’s Louvre Museum has always been a cultural touchstone, but a seven-minute raid on the centuries-old art institution over the weekend has inspired frenzied conversation the world over. At about 9:30 a.

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.

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

Sunday’s robbery at the Paris museum could be the latest example of thieves targeting museums for jewels and precious metals to break down and sell on.

How thieves stole treasures worth millions from the Louvre Museum in just seven minutes

How thieves pulled off the extraordinary theft of priceless jewels from the world-famous museum in broad daylight.