Mr van Rijn, 55, is the rogue Dutch art dealer who helped police set up an arts sting last week which recovered an ancient Peruvian head dress stolen nearly 20 years ago.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | London | The 'Indiana Jones' of Chelsea

He pointed out ancient photos of Kashmiris in formal dress and showed us black-and-white images printed on silver gelatine paper.

BBC: The man in the white tunic

All this, too, is in the style of ancient carols, which translated the Christian mysteries to local places and contemporary dress.

ECONOMIST: Charles Causley

Labour dares not tinker with the City's ancient guilds and their elaborate ceremonies, which offer pinstriped bankers a chance to dress in fancy costumes and dine in grand halls.

ECONOMIST: Ballots for banks

People tithed in Mercury dimes and buffalo nickels, and pews filled with old men who wore ancient black suit coats over overalls, and young men in short-sleeved dress shirts and clip-on ties.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Frogtown'

In 1907, influenced by an ancient statue, the "Charioteer of Delphi, " and its gown of fluted folds, Fortuny fashioned an immortal dress.

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