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thieves steal 2,000 historical coins from French museum

The Louvre Heist Shines Light on Forgotten French Crown Jewels-and Their Political History

Before the shocking theft of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre on October 19, most had all but forgotten the ruling women who once wore them during their 19th-century reigns. Even the Louvre's own website offers little context-under "Object Location,

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Thieves brazenly steal French Crown Jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum

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Hours after Louvre heist, thieves steal 2,000 historical coins from French museum

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How a German Freight Lift Became an Unexpected Social Media Star in the Louvre Heist

Photos of a German-made freight lift that the thieves used in a lightning-fast daylight heist at the Louvre have gone viral.

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A Louvre Expert Explains That the “Egos” Who Built the Museum Also Made It Susceptible to a Heist

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France’s Fright at the Louvre Is a Global Problem

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Plotting a Heist? This German Company Wants to Give You a Lift.

“When you’re in a hurry, the Böcker Agilo carries your heavy treasures,” the ad boasted under a photo of the lift parked outside the Louvre.

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Weekly quiz: Whose crown was stolen from the Louvre?

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Louvre heist lift-maker capitalizes on product’s notoriety with cheeky Instagram ad

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Finding the jewels and the brazen thieves in the Louvre heist is now a race against time

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France's royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at the Louvre.

Louvre robbery: How thieves pulled off daring daytime heist in 7 minutes, stealing French crown jewels worth $102 million

Officials say suspects used a truck-mounted basket lift and power tools to carry out the brazen Sunday morning theft at the world’s most-visited museum.

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What to Know About the French Crown Jewels Stolen from the Louvre

The treasures were on display in the museum’s Apollo Gallery.

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$102M in jewels taken in Louvre heist, as museum director summoned by lawmakers

The president and director of the Louvre Museum has been summoned to appear before French lawmakers amid the ongoing investigation into the heist of priceless jewels.

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Louvre reopens three days after French crown jewels stolen

The Louvre Museum in Paris has reopened three days after jewellery worth 88 million euros (£76m; $102m) was stolen in a brazen daylight robbery. Visitors were welcomed back to the Louvre from 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday, but the museum said its Apollo Gallery - where the heist took place - remained closed.

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Louvre heist: The turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewelry and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre's gilded Gallery of Apollo in Paris.

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The Louvre reopens 3 days after daring theft of Napoleonic jewels

PARIS, Oct 22, (AP): The Louvre reopened Wednesday morning, three days after thieves forced open a window and stole French crown jewels in a daring, daylight raid on the museum. The Apollo Room, where the theft occurred, remained closed to visitors, while crowds - hundreds deep - waited outside the museum’s glass pyramid entrance.

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Louvre robbery suspects will be caught, expert predicts, but France's crown jewels likely lost forever

The French crown jewels robbed from the Louvre museum in Paris are likely lost forever, an art crime expert tells CBS News, even if the thieves are caught.

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Another French museum robbery sees 2,000 gold and silver coins stolen

The theft from the Maison des Lumières in Langres is the latest in as string of cultural institution heists in France.

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Louvre reopens three days after thieves stole French crown jewels

The Louvre reopened on Wednesday morning to crowds under its glass pyramid — even as France reeled from one of the highest-profile museum thefts in living memory just days earlier at the famed site.The smash-and-grab that unfolded just 250 metres (270 yards) from the Mona Lisa has prompted a national reckoning,

Stolen Louvre 'crown jewels' were worth £76MILLION as Paris police issue major security update

France's culture minister has told the National Assembly that the Louvre's security cameras were working during Sunday's infamous heist, raising further questions