The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of

Commodity thieves generally don’t worry about leaving some valuable pieces behind. The Louvre robbers tried to steal a crown that had belonged to Empress Eugénie, featuring eight gold eagles, 1,354 diamonds, 1,136 rose-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds. But they abandoned it in their haste to leave.

The Louvre reopened 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 museum. The smash-and-grab that unfolded just 250 meters (270 yards) from the Mona Lisa and has prompted a national reckoning,

Thieves broke into the museum's Galerie d'Apollon and made off with "priceless" jewelry, French interior minister Laurent Nuñez said.