Museum Theft

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  Six Ancient Roman-Era Statues Stolen From National Museum In Syria

  Thieves broke into the national museum in the Syrian capital and stole several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era, officials said Tuesday.

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  DNA Evidence, Prior Thefts: All About 4 Suspects Charged In Louvre Heist Case

  Four suspects in the Louvre heist have been handed preliminary charges and incarcerated, including three believed to be members of the team who forced its way into the museum, leaving with $102 million worth crown jewels.

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  5 More Arrested In Louvre Heist, Jewels Still Missing

  Five more people have been arrested in the investigation into the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum, but the treasures remain missing, the Paris prosecutor announced Thursday.

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  Louvre Heist Suspect, Trying To Fly To Algeria, Was Caught At Paris Airport

  While one of the suspects is a French national, another holds both French and Algerian citizenship, reported local media.

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  Timeline Of Jewel Heist At The Louvre Museum In Paris

  Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of precious jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday.

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  2 Suspects Arrested Week After Priceless Jewels Stolen From Louvre Museum

  Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of precious jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris, the news agency AFP reported today, citing two sources close to the case.

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  Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Offers To Buy Stolen Louvre Jewels, But Not For Paris

  Earlier, Durov said he was not surprised by the heist, calling it a "decline" of France.

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  Finding Jewels And Brazen Thieves In Louvre Heist Is A Race Against Time

  The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France's royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, 4-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle

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  Louvre Museum Reopens 3 Days After Over $100 Million Jewel Heist

  The Louvre reopened its doors to visitors on Wednesday, three days after it had been shuttered over the theft of precious royal jewellery, a journalist saw.

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  Stolen Louvre Jewels Valued At Over $100 Million, Museum Director Summoned

  The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than $100 million, a French prosecutor said Tuesday, as the museum's director faces security questions from a Senate committee over the brazen weekend heist.

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  The Louvre To Grunes Gewolbe: Biggest Museum Heists In History

  Precious jewels from the Napoleon era were stolen from the renowned Louvre Museum in Paris this morning.

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  Mona Lisa Theft To Nazi Loots: Biggest Heists At The Louvre Museum

  The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris was closed on Sunday following a robbery, France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati confirmed. Authorities have not yet disclosed details about what was stolen or how the robbery occurred.

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  Gold Worth $700,000 Stolen In Paris' Natural History Museum

  Thieves have broken into Paris's Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples worth 600,000 euros ($700,000) in the latest of a series of robberies from cultural institutions, according to the museum.

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  Wooden Diorama of Granary and Scribes Found in Ancient Egyptian Tomb of Meketre

  A wooden diorama found in the tomb of Meketre, a high-ranking official in ancient Egypt, depicts a granary with scribes, highlighting Egypt’s reliance on grain storage and record-keeping. Discovered in 1920, the model is now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It shows a design to prevent theft and pest damage, with figures carr...

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  Iconic Ruby Slippers From The Wizard Of Oz Up For Auction At $550,000 Nearly Two Decades After Theft

  The auction also includes other items from the film including the screen door from Dorothy Gale's Kansas home and the hat worn by Margaret Hamilton