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A Portrait of Tsar Peter III and his wife, the future Catherine the Great, oil on canvas by Georg Christoph Grooth, c. 1745. Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine.

This clay tablet represents a letter from Ḫattušili III (king of the Hittite Empire) to Kadašman-Enlil II (Kadashman-Enlil II; the Kassite king of Babylon). The beginning reads "I mourned for your father and shed tears for him. I sent a messenger...

A 1762 portrait of George III of Great Britain (r. 1760-1820) by Allan Ramsay. (Historicalportraits.com)

Siege scene depicting the Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III armed with a bow. Next to him, an Assyrian warrior wears a classical pointed Assyrian helmet and holds a dagger. Alabaster wall relief, from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia...

A c. 1390 CE manuscript illustration showing Edward III of England presenting his son Edward the Black Prince with the title of Prince of Aquitaine, an act made in 1362 CE. (British Library, London)

This is a detail of a large limestone relief (showing a boat trip) that came from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. The throne name (prenomen) cartouche of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III (regined 1479–1425 BCE...

A medieval manuscript illustration showing the coronation of Alexander III of Scotland (r. 1249-1286 CE) at Scone. (Corpus Christi College Cambridge, England)

The effigy of Henry III of England (r. 1216 - 1272 CE), from his tomb in the Westminster Abbey, England. Gilt bronze, made c. 1292 CE.

Late 16th Century CE portrait of Richard III of England (r. 1483 - 1485 CE). Unknown artist, 638 mm x 470 mm (25 1/8 in. x 18 1/2 in). (National Portrait Gallery)

On 9 July 1776, American Patriots and Sons of Liberty pull down the statue of King George III of Great Britain in New York City, shortly after George Washington read the United States Declaration of Independence. Two months later, the British...