- They are called Habsburg-Lothringen actually. In the passport
- I didn’t understand the angle of this article until I realized it was “Times Insider”, a sort of behind the scenes. The actual story is here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/arts/design/florentine-di...
by throwup238
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- https://archive.ph/dCcMq
by gsf_emergency_6
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- More details here (playable video of the "pale-yellow" Florentine diamond)
https://highjewellerydream.com/the-unveiling-of-the-habsburg...
by steve1977
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- How can a paper like the New York Times not even get the name of dynasty right and this across multiple articles?
It's the House of Habsburg, not Hapsburg.
- The initial reportage couldn't resist the "lost jewellery" tag when they were never lost, just not openly discussed.
by Barry-Perkins
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by renewiltord
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- Does anyone look at all these jewels and feel a bit dismissive? I get the idea for why they used to be valuable but they look incredibly gaudy and seem very much like trading beads to the Native Americans or whatever.
I get the historical significance but they don’t look good to me. Like Sue the T Rex looks cool from a distance but up close she’s got all these holes in her skull from parasites. Awful! I appreciate the beast’s skeleton for its significance but her skull is a horrid thing close up aesthetically.
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