Purchased in India by a French trader in the 1600s, it was recut and sold to French King Louis IV. Stolen during the French ...

The text is from a 17th-century card game dedicated to the Grand Dauphin of France, the son of King Louis IV. Players competed for various colonial territories — Africa, the Americas ...

Friday the 13th comes around at least once every year, and while many know of its "unlucky" reputation, not many know why.

In the first universe, they are basically ignored in the style of French King Louis IV’s legend of “l’etat, c’est moi” (“the state, is I/me). In the second, these formal institutions ...

Ahead of the St. Regis New York’s 120th anniversary, the hotel undertook the first major renovation of its public spaces in ...

In honor of National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, BJC and the American Red Cross have partnered with the Sickle Cell ...

Two new designs—commemorating the early foundations for U.S. independence and thanking health care workers—have been unveiled ...

Purchased in India by a French trader in the 1600s, it was recut and sold to French King Louis IV. Stolen during the French ...

Purchased in India by a French trader in the 1600s, it was recut and sold to French King Louis IV. Stolen during the French Revolution, it was recut and reappeared 50 years later in the collection ...

Purchased in India by a French trader in the 1600s, it was recut and sold to French King Louis IV. Stolen during the French Revolution, it was recut and reappeared 50 years later in the collection ...