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Queen Mary (l. 1876-1953), consort of George V of England (r. 1910-1936), wearing four of the famed Cullinan diamonds. She is wearing Cullinan I and Cullinan II on her sash and Cullinan III and Cullinan IV from her necklace. Detail of a photo...

Red moon with a wolf.

Model of Cahokia Mounds, Illinois, which flourished between c. 650 - c. 1350 CE.

Types of projectile points of the Paleoindian period in North America. National Park Service, Southeast Archaeological Center

A 17th-century painting of the emperor and founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur (l. 1483-1530), given name Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

A replica of the enamelled gold armlet presented to Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901) in 1850 after its acquisition from the Punjab following the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-49). The central stone was the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which the queen had recut...

An 1856 painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter of Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901). The queen is wearing a pendant with the Koh-i-Noor diamond. The Koh-i-Noor is a 105.6 carat, oval-cut brilliant. Mined in India, the stone is now part of the British...

An exact replica of the Koh-i-Noor, a 105.6 carat, oval-cut brilliant diamond. Mined in India, the stone is now part of the British Crown Jewels and kept in the Tower of London. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, aka Prince...

Dolon, the son of Emuedes was a participant in the Trojan War and fought for Troy. On this Attic red-figure lekythos dated to 460 BCE, Dolon is depicted walking on all fours and covered in a wolf skin as a disguise while he spied on the Greeks...

A selection of worked stone tools and weapons from Poverty Point, Louisiana, USA. Dated to c. 1700-1100 BCE.