Diamonds were first discovered nearly six thousand years ago in ancient India. They have been treasured for their beauty and their remarkable properties
In Indias Guntur region, a slave working in the Kollur mines discovered what would become one of the most famous diamonds in the history of the world.
The Blue Hope Diamond has fascinated and amazed for centuries. Like all natural diamonds, the Hope Diamond has been around for hundreds of millions of years; but its wild journey that brought it such fame began in the 17th century, when a wandering merchant named Jean-Baptiste Tavernier stole the gem off of the forehead of a sacred statue of the Hindu goddess Sita.
The Koh-i-nor (mountain of light) is undoubtedly one of the largest and most storied diamonds in the history of mankind.