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This coin (obverse) shows "King of the Kings" Farhad (Phraates) IV, reigned 38-2 BCE, in the presence of a goddess holding a horn of plenty (cornucopia); reverse, not shown. On Parthian coins, goddesses often present the king with a variety...

Tomb No 3 of the Tombs of the Kings archaeological site in Cyprus. It had a peristyle atrium surrounded on all sides by Doric columns and topped by a frieze of triglyphs and metopes. This fascinating archaeological site contains a set of...

The kings of Egypt's 6th Dynasty from the Abydos King List.

The coat of arms of the French monarchy with three golden fleurs-de-lis. Basilica of Notre Dame, Cléry-Saint-André, France.

Two panels from a much larger composition, each showing a youth dressed in Egyptian royal costume grasping a tree formed by a lotus flower arising from a double volute. On the front of the lower right-hand tenon of the right ivory panel...

This fragment of a clay tablet mentions certain formulas of naming years depending on major historical events. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Early dynastic period, 2800-2300 BCE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

In the last century of their rule, four Plantagenet kings are violently deposed and murdered by members of their own family and England is dragged into decades of brutal civil war.

A Buddhist stupa in Pakistan, claimed by few to be 4,500 years old, is attracting local and international tourists who hear numerous tales of ancient kings and their enemies who inhabited the area in ancient times.

Related exhibition: Haremhab, The General Who Became King November 16, 2010—July 4, 2011 Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Edwards Professor of Egyptology and Philology Emeritus, University College London, and Fellow Commoner, Christ's College...

Professor Kate Williams reflects on the reign of King James II, who ruled for only three years. Learn how this last Stuart king was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. ???? It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit...