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A Regal Velázquez Masterpiece Gets a Long Overdue Makeover
In the 1630s, Diego ... Philip’s equestrian portraits both complement and contrast with each other. Velázquez’s opted to place the queen on a white horse, echoing the stripe on the king ...
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‘King of Coke' paid cartel assassin to come to San Diego to kill a rival: DA
A man prosecutors described as a "longtime San Diego-based drug distributor who ... The self-styled "King of Cocaine" who also admitted during his sentencing that he threatened violence, and ...
The Sun Chronicle23d
H.S. BOYS BASKETBALL: King Philip connects on 12 3-pointers to top Hanover
SOMERSET — King Philip Regional High hit 12 3-pointers and had five scorers in double figures to drop Hanover High 81-72 in boys basketball Monday night at Somerset Berkley. The Warriors led 20 ...
The Sun Chronicle26d
H.S. GIRLS BASKETBALL: Attleboro stuns King Philip on Didick's last-second basket
WRENTHAM — Needing a win to clinch a share of the Hockomock League’s Kelley-Rex Division title, the King Philip Regional High girls basketball team was denied by Attleboro High’s Lily Didick ...
New York Post20d
Egypt uncovers first royal tomb in over 100 years — ending discovery drought since King Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922
The final resting place of Thutmose II -- the last of Egypt's so-called 'lost tombs' -- has been discovered, officials announced on Tuesday. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization There’s a ...
manilatimes24d
Austria celebrates 200 years of 'waltz king' Johann Strauss II
VIENNA, Austria — Even 200 years after the birth of Austria's world-famous "waltz king" Johann Strauss II — widely revered like a modern-day pop star during his lifetime — his music has lost none of ...
Daily Mail6d
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Could King Charles commission a portrait of Queen Camilla for her 80th birthday celebrations?
Might King Charles ... commission a portrait of his consort? It might expunge memories of the last royal 80th daub – Rolf Harris's painting of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
CBS News20d
Egypt announces first discovery of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's was found over a century ago
Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, which reigned for over two ...
Wall Street Journal25d
‘Queen Mariana of Austria’: Diego Velázquez’s Monumental Portrait of a Monarch
Diego Velázquez ... child to Philip IV’s son, her cousin Baltasar Carlos, the prince’s premature death from smallpox in 1646 left Mariana in Vienna and the Hapsburg Spanish king—whose ...
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This portrait may be the only one of England’s 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
It also said the back of the panel displays a merchant or cargo mark, identical to one used on a royal portrait of King Edward VI, who, in an ultimately tragic turn, anointed his first cousin once ...
CNN21d
Tomb of ancient Egyptian king unearthed in ‘remarkable’ discovery
A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission identified the tomb as belonging to King Thutmose II, an ancient Egyptian king who reigned sometime between 2000 and 1001 BC, the country’s ...
London Evening Standard21d
Richard II at the Bridge Theatre review: Jonathan Bailey is electric as the flawed king
Bailey inhabits and humanizes the king in a clean, clear ... Manuel Harlan Still, Richard II, with its rigid structure and strict double-narrative about two different styles of kingship, is ...