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A c. 1661 portrait by John Michael Wright of Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685) wearing his royal regalia. The orb and sceptre have been used in English/British coronation ceremonies ever since and are part of the British Crown Jewels...

Royal procession leaving Rajagriha, possibly depicting Ajatashatru (or Bimbisara) on a visit to the Buddha, significant because it shows the king, chariots and elephants and the components of a royal procession. 1st century BCE. Location...

The First World War (1914-18) witnessed an arsenal of new weapons as all sides were desperate to gain an advantage, particularly in the static trench warfare of the Western Front. There were some old tried-and-tested weapons like the Lee-Enfield...

The royal House of Hanover, formally the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line, ruled Britain for nearly two centuries (1714–1901), shaping the political and constitutional development of the United Kingdom during a period of imperial...

Map of the Persian Royal Road from Susa to Sardes.

Family tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE. From Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great. Grant (2019) p76. Used with permission from Pen & Sword Books.

Akhenaten and the royal family blessed by Aten, limestone relief from Tell el-Amarna, New Kingdom of Egypt, c. 1350 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Berlin.

An elaborate headdress and necklace made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian which belonged to a high-level Sumerian woman. These were found in the "Great Death-Pit", one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. From Ur, southern Mesopotamia...

An Egyptian Royal Woman, probably of the 18th Dynasty, possibly Nefertiti.

A 1913 photograph of the Russian royal family. Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) with their four daughters (L to R), Olga (born 1895), Maria (born 1899), Anastasia (born 1901), and Tatiana (born...