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Theodebald and Gunther, young sons of the Frankish King Chlodomer (r. 511-524), are murdered by their uncle, King Chlothar I (r.511-561). In this depiction, King Chlothar is shown standing over his murdered nephew with a knife, while a tearful...

A 19th-century depiction of Chlothar I, King of the Franks (r. 511-561), a son of Clovis I (r. 481-511), oil on canvas by Jean Louis Bezard, commissioned by Louis-Philippe, King of the French in 1838 as part of a series on the portraits of...

Queen Clotilde (center) presides over the division of Clovis I's kingdom between his four sons (Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I, and Chlothar I) who are gathered around her. Bibliothèque municipale de Toulouse.

Head of Chlothar I, Frankish king of Soissons and later of all the Franks (r. 511-561) Museum of Soissons.

Reconstruction of the Dendera Zodiac with its original colors. Egypt, c. 1st century BCE.

A close up of a pair of wooden doors covered with Khatam at the Royal Balcony of the Marble Throne in Golestan Palace.

Rectangular box with khatam decoration, Iran, Qajar period, 1850-7. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Khatam decoration (ivory, red sandalwood, copper) on side of a wooden casket. Size 125x42 mm. Supposedly the end of the 19th century.

Persian drum elaborately decorated with khatam, Iran, 19th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A colour print of an illustration by Robert Charles Dudley showing the SS Great Eastern laying the first Atlantic telegraph cable in 1865-7. The steamship was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) and completed in 1858. It was the...