He had a mausoleum built of white marble and decorated with gold leaf.

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Sitting in his cosy private apartment decorated with gold brocade wall coverings, fine antique furniture and paintings, he explained to me how the Knights are changing.

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Shekede said she and colleague Stephen Rickerby were surprised to discover paintings of remarkable "sophistication" -- with walls decorated with gold leaf, precious pigments and organic glazes.

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They wore some 30 different uniform styles, each with a different color piping on the jacket and cap, and decorated with elaborate gold or silver-plated wire on the shoulder board.

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There are inlaid camel-head benches and painted peacock-and-lion chairs from Rajasthan, a table made from a traditional Indian four-poster bed decorated with embroidered cloth of gold, Hindu devotional paintings, showcases housing exquisite jewellery and carved peasant objects.

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Mr Uribe's custom-made bed was decorated with a canopy, flowers and gold-trimmed bows at it was towed by a truck through the streets of Monterrey to a local hall for the civil service, the Associated Press news agency reported.

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This year, it has unveiled a set of 12 Blue Label bottles, each decorated with a different zodiac animal etched with gold onto the glass.

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Then Phelps rebounded, winning four gold medals and two silver medals, making him, with 22 medals, the most decorated Olympian of all time.

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He became the most decorated Olympian of all time at London 2012, taking his total of medals to 22 and his haul of gold medals to 18.

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