It is perhaps the most famous jewel in the world, a deep steely-blue diamond of extraordinary size and beauty that sits behind thick glass in a museum in Washington, D.C., where it has been admired by ...
Many precious stones have a blood-soaked history, but a new book reveals the world’s most famous diamond the Koh-i-Noor surpasses them all, with a litany of horrors that rivals “Game of Thrones”. The ...
The Hope Diamond, more than 45 carats, was believed to bring curses to the owners. Now in the Smithsonian. Associated Press Photo Archives Local lore has long said that the owner of one of the world’s ...