Images

The Tomb of Empress Nur Jahan (1577-1645), constructed from red sandstone and elegantly decorated with pietra dura inlay in the mid-17th century in Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, Pakistan.

Interior of the Grand Synagogue of Edirne, one of the largest synagogues in the Balkans, completed in 1909.

The Coronation Stone is an ancient sarsen stone block recording the coronations of seven Anglo-Saxon kings: Edward the Elder, Aethelstan, Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig the Fair, Edward the Martyr and Aethelred the Unready, at Kingston-upon-Thames...

Emperor Haile Selassie's (1892-1975) League of Nations speech in 1936 against the Fascist Italian invasion. Bettmann Archive.

Ethiopian men gather in Addis Ababa, heavily armed with captured Italian weapons, to hear the proclamation announcing the return to the capital of the Emperor Haile Selassie in May 1941. Imperial War Museums, London.

A 1915 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), shown in the centre, in his role as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Russian Empire during the First World War (1914-18).

A 1917 photograph of ex-Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) while under house arrest on the orders of the Bolshevik government. Nicholas here wears his military uniform, but his decision to appoint himself commander-in-chief of the Russian...

An 1880s photograph of future Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire.

A 1913 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire, and his cousin George V, King of Great Britain (reign 1910-36). The photograph was taken in Berlin and both are wearing German military uniforms.

Terracotta bust of a maiden wearing a high-profile crown, from Pella, c. 320-300 BCE. Archaeological Museum of Pella. Pella was founded in the early 4th century BCE by Archelaus of Macedon (r. 413-399 BCE) to serve as the new capital of...