Leading jeweller Alexey Baburov honoured by Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
Hollywood star's triumph as fans go into meltdown to present the actor with top award from the heart.
Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.
Pictured: the gleaming riches no-one was meant to see belonging to an ancient nomad potentate, and his queen...or was she his concubine?
….and it was worn by a man!
Eyecatching belt buckles worn by Xiongnu female invaders is found buried on the banks of the Yenesei River in modern-day Tuva Republic.
Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.
Scientists intrigued over 'space rock' found 35 years ago, before being dumped in a geologist's fish tank.
Made from melted gold and silver jewellery belonging to 147 Yakutian fans.
Tattooed 2,500-year-old princess found mummified and preserved in permafrost could finally be reburied in special monument.