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Portrait of a young Thai 'queen' holding flowers competing for 'Flower Festival Queen' title, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Portrait of a long necked Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, AsiaThe women of the Padaung hill tribe wear heavy brass ornaments around their neck and limbs. These ornaments look like separate rings but are really a continuous coil of brass that can weigh anywhere from five to twenty-two kilograms and measure up to 30 meter in length. The quantity of visual rings (in reality, the length of the brass coil) is increased every year, according to the age of the woman.

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman weaving on a hand held loom, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman weaving, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Pectoral decorated with the vulture of Upper Egypt, made of gold cloisonne inlaid with glass paste, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Pendant in the form of a boat showing a scarab, the symbol of the god's resurrection, flanked by two royal serpents, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Necklace with pendant in the form of a boat showing a scarab, the symbol of the god's resurrection, flanked by two royal serpents, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Pectoral of the sacred eye flanked by the serpent goddess of the North and the vulture goddess of the South, made from gold cloisonne with glass-paste, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Pectoral decorated with winged scarab, protected by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, made from gold cloisonne with glass-paste, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Pectoral in gold cloisonne with semi-precious stones and glass-paste, with winged scarab, symbol of resurrection, in centre, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Pendant in gold cloisonne depicting Nekhabet, vulture-goddess of the South, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Bezel of a ring showing the king venerating the sun-god, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Royal diadem found on the king's mummy, with the vulture of the South and the cobra of the North on the forehead, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Earrings which show the king flanked by two sacred serpents in the centre of the clip, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discoverd in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Portrait of a traditional Cambodian apsara dancer, temples of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

View of gold jewellery on display in shop window in the Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Close up of gold necklace on display, the Gold Souk, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Close-up of a girl's dress decorated with old gold coins, Lambri Triti festival, Olymbos, Karpathos, Dodecanese islands, Greece, Mediterranean, Europe

Ashanti (Asante) tribe chief, adorned with jewellery of local gold, at a tribal feast at Accra, Republic of Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Gold and gem jewellery from Ayutthaya period, 17th and 18th centuries, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nigerian families attending a tribal gathering cultural festival at Maiduguri in Nigeria, West Africa

A young girl wearing an ornate gold head-dress with gold necklace and earrings in traditional style in Java, Indonesia.

Young pretty girls in brightly coloured national costume and jewels at a festival in Calcutta, India

Gambian women smartly dressed while atttending an Independence Day reception at the State House in Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa.

Gold jewels - necklaces, bangles, bracelets and pendants on display at the Gold Souk in Kuwait City, Kuwait

Gold artifacts in Cao Museum in the El Brujo Archaeological Complex near Trujillo, Peru, South America

Gold artifacts in Cao Museum in the El Brujo Archaeological Complex near Trujillo, Peru, South America

Gold jewelry necklaces and bracelets in goldsmiths shop, Grand Bazaar (Great Bazaar) (Kapali Carsi), Beyazi, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Boys panning in the Bagmati River for gold from teeth and jewellery, after the remains of funeral pyres are tipped into the river, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Boys panning in the Bagmati River for gold from teeth and jewellery, after the remains of funeral pyres are tipped into the river, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia