It establishes a Fingerprint Bureau at the tail end of the Victorian era in 1901,” says Read. “Fingerprints are complex. … CID head Edward Henry develops a system for sorting them based on ...

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Why is the dead of winter a good time to start a new year, anyway? In the medieval era, much of Europe thought March 25th was ...

An antique ring, described as two gold bands parallel to each other with a rectangular sapphire and two rectangular diamonds on either side, was stolen. A single strand pearl necklace with a crown ...

Progress is good, but vintage ... rings that will look great on your loved one’s finger. Even small vintage cut stones look expensive and classy. They demonstrate that a person cares about his style ...

especially after Swift was seen wearing a diamond Infinity ring. Here's everything you need to know. In the last month, rumors have swirled around the relationship between Taylor Swift and Kansas ...

Ah, the '90s. Everything seemed much simpler then, including shopping. Now that we have the entire internet at our disposal, it can be overwhelming to find exactly what we're looking for — we ...

(Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's) Frank Everett, the Vice Chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry, says, “Antique ... is a part of.” Victorian Rose Cut Diamond Ring.

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist ...

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Zendaya wore what appeared to be a 5.02-carat cushion-cut diamond ring at the 2025 Golden Globes Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

But that’s what we love about the early 3D era of gaming. Games were becoming more of an event with the advent of CD technology giving developers more space to pop voice samples and primitive ...