There’s a certain allure surrounding diamonds lost to history, if not only for their beauty and value, for the mystery and intrigue their disappearance stirred up, which is exactly what happened with ...

Tijl Vanneste is a historian at The Institute of Contemporary History in Nova University, Lisbon. Speaking from Portugal with ...

The story of the Florentine Diamond goes back to the powerful Medici family of Italy. The diamond’s first owner was the Duke of Tuscany and future Ferdinand II (1610-1670), a member of the ruling ...