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Mona Lisa to the Nazis: Robbed often, why latest Louvre theft is different

Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.

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A history of heists at the Louvre: From the Mona Lisa to Napoleon's jewels

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The theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum in 1911: here's the story

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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; $88m) was stolen in a brazen daylight robbery.

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Louvre’s Director Says Key Camera Was Pointing Away From Jewelry Thieves

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Paris prosecutor says stolen Louvre jewels worth an estimated $102 million

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The Louvre reopens 3 days after one of the biggest museum heists of the century

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

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Slow getaway of the Louvre thieves in plain sight

The Louvre has a wild history of being robbed in broad daylight

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects.

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Has Anyone Seen the Mona Lisa?

The Mona Lisa is the most widely recognised and most famous painting ever. Although the King of France, Francis I, and Napoleon Bonaparte both fell in love with Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, she ended up in the Louvre,

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The Man Who Wants to Dig Up Mona Lisa

Italian art historian Silvano Vinceti's journey to identify the woman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" has now wound its way to a graveyard. Yes: Vinceti has literally decided to unearth the mystery behind da Vinci's masterpiece. Later this ...

ABC 7 Chicago

Doctor believes Mona Lisa was suffering from thyroid condition

It's the most famous painting in the world, but could the Mona Lisa have been hiding a disease in plain sight? Dr. Mandeep Mehra of Brigham and Women's Hospital says it's his opinion that Lisa Gherardini, aka Mona Lisa, was not well when she sat for the ...