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A photograph of Mongkut (also called Phrachomklao, posthumous name Rama IV) King of Siam (r. 1851 – 1868 CE). This photograph has been taken from a glass negative by John Thomson (1837 - 1921 CE) in 1866 CE and shows King Mongkut in state...

The inscriptions on this stone plaque mention the name of Enannatum I, king (or ruler) of Lagash. The plaque was fixed to a wall of a shrine or temple. The king's hands are folded in a worship position. c. 2420 BCE, from Girsu (modern Tell...

King Tang of Shang Dynasty as imagined by Song Dynasty painter Ma Lin. Hanging scroll, color on silk. Size 249.2 x 111.4 cm (height x width). Painting is located in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

An idealised portrait of King Wen of Zhou (11th century BCE), the first Chinese ruler to claim the Mandate of Heaven. Ming Period illustration.

King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) of the Neo-Assyrian Empire depicted in the game Old World.

An alabaster bas-relief depicting the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III. From the central palace, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, northern Iraq. Neo-Assyrian era, circa 728 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

A photograph showing King Geroge VI (r. 1936-52) and Queen Elisabeth visiting the bomb damage at Buckingham Palace during the London Blitz, September 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

A portrait of King Edward III of England (r. 1327 - 1377 CE) from the National Portrait Gallery in London. Made by an unknown artist c. 1597 - 1618 CE. Oil on panel. 584 mm x 448 mm (23 in x 17 5/8 in) uneven.

A portrait of King Edward I of England (r. 1272 - 1307 CE) from the National Portrait Gallery in London. Made by an unknown artist c. 1597 - 1618 CE. Oil on panel. 580 mm x 450 mm (22 7/8 in x 17 3/4 in).

Louis XVI, king of France and Navarre, wearing his grand royal costume in 1779, oil on canvas by Antoine-François Callet, 1789. Palace of Versailles.