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King Horemheb with Amun-Ra, probably from the temple of Amun-Ra at Thebes, Karnak, possibly usurped from Tutankhamun (c. 1336-1327 BCE), 18th Dynasty, c. 1323-1295 BCE. The inscriptions identify the headless king as Horemheb...

King Tang of Shang Dynasty as imagined by Song Dynasty painter Ma Lin. Hanging scroll, color on silk. Size 249.2 x 111.4 cm (height x width). Painting is located in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

An idealised portrait of King Wen of Zhou (11th century BCE), the first Chinese ruler to claim the Mandate of Heaven. Ming Period illustration.

King Ajatashatru Venerates the Buddha, from the Bharhut Stupa, c. 100-80 BCE. Indian Museum, Kolkata.

King Jungjong of Joseon (r. 1506-1544 CE), painting by a Joseon artist, before 1506 CE.

King Ashurbanipal in a detail of a Neo-Assyrian relief depicting a lion hunt (British Museum).

King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) of the Neo-Assyrian Empire depicted in the game Old World.

A photograph showing King Geroge VI (r. 1936-52) and Queen Elisabeth visiting the bomb damage at Buckingham Palace during the London Blitz, September 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

A medieval illustration of King David I of Scotland (r. 1124-1153 CE) knighting a squire.

A 16th century CE depiction of the Danish king Sweyn II (r. 1047-1076 CE), Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark.