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Morgan Perigo of McMaster University's Class of 1965 never expected to see his graduation ring again after losing it in the surf along the coast of Barbados in 1977. But thanks to the good nature of a Barbados professional free diver named Alex Davis and the helpful alumni staff at the university, Perigo got to wear the ring again on his 83rd birthday.



John Travolta was starring in Saturday Night Fever and a gallon of gas cost 66 cents when Perigo, his wife and their two young sons traveled from their home in Canada to enjoy a vacation on the sandy beaches of Barbados.

Perigo remembered the exact moment his ring went missing in the shallow waters off the coast of Barbados' Miami Beach near the town of Oistins.

“One day I took my younger son and waded into the ocean," he told McMaster University Daily News in an email. "He was knocked over by a wave, so I reached to grab hold of him. He pulled on my hand and my Mac alumni ring came off.”

Perigo and his family searched for the ring, but were unsuccessful.

Flash forward to mid-October 2024 at the same beach, where we find Davis trying out a new metal detector in the recently churned-up shallows. Hurricane Beryl, a category 4 storm, caused heavy damage when it struck the island in July of this year, but it also shifted the sands, which was a boon to metal-detector enthusiasts.



Davis was snorkeling with his metal detector when the unit sounded an alert. Davis told CBC Hamilton that he dug down at least 15 centimeters, but all he found were rocks. The metal detector kept buzzing, so the diver kept digging. At 30 centimeters deep, he noticed a flash of gold.

"It catches your eye like nothing else," he told the outlet. "Your heart starts to race."

What he pulled from the sand was a nicely preserved McMaster University class ring mounted with a deep red stone.

Davis set out to find the rightful owner by emailing a photo and explanation to the university.

“I found a McMaster University signet ring with three initials on the inside,” he wrote to McMaster University's Alumni Department. “I found it metal detecting in Barbados this morning and suspect it’s been lost for some time.”

His email reached alumni officer Laura Escalante, who set out to solve the mystery with only two clues, both engraved on the slightly tarnished ring: the year 1965 and the initials FMP. Her quest eventually led her to mathematics major Frederick Morgan Perigo.

Reached by email, Perigo confirmed the ring was his.

“This is unbelievable news,” he wrote back.

Escalante then got to work connecting Perigo and Davis and helping coordinate the return of the ring. She called the successful reunion one of the happiest moments of her career and said the story has touched the hearts of McMaster alumni staff.

"The stars aligned and the water was clear," Davis told CBC Hamilton. "Mr. Perigo's ring was a hell of a find."

The long-lost ring arrived at Perigo's home in Burlington, ON, the day before his 83rd birthday.

“What a wonderful unexpected 83rd birthday present,” he told McMaster University Daily News.

Credits: Images courtesy of Alex Davis and Morgan Perigo via McMaster University Daily News.

A team of archeologists from the US and Egypt has unearthed a jewelry-laden tomb near Luxor that dates back 4,000 years to the 12th and 13th Dynasties. The team discovered beautiful necklaces, bracelets, armlets, scarab rings and decorative belts made of amethyst, carnelian, garnet, blue-green glazed faience (ceramic) and feldspar.



The amulets feature carved gemstones that resemble characters of the natural and spiritual worlds: a hippo, hawk, snake, ba (bird with human head), Eye of Horus and the fertility goddess Taweret, among others.



One standout necklace is strung with 30 amethyst barrel beads with an amazonite ba-shaped amulet in the center. Another exquisite piece is a belt crafted of carnelian ball beads connected by double strings of blue faience ring beads.



Two burials also contained copper or copper alloy mirrors with elegantly carved ivory handles.

The items were discovered by the Egyptian-American mission South Asasif Conservation Project, which works under the auspices of Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The Middle Kingdom tomb with 11 intact burials was found as the team was clearing the south side of the superstructure of the 25th Dynasty tomb of Karabasken.

While the burials were significantly damaged by previous floods, which destroyed the wood of the coffins and the linen wrappings, items that were impervious to water remained intact. This is why the recovered jewelry is in such pristine condition. The jewelry was found "in situ" (in its original positioning among the skeletal remains), which allowed the team to determine how the jewelry might have been worn.



According to Dr. Afaf Wahba, the burials contained the skeletons of five women, two men and three children. It is believed that they represented many generations of the same family.

Dr. Wahba noted that most of the jewelry was found in among female burials. The children and one of the men did not have any burial goods.



Interestingly, one of the male burials contained what he called "an imposing necklace" consisting of 40 faience ball beads, each separated by a single faience cylinder bead. Two cylindrical carnelian beads flank a hippo head amulet on the back.

The items in the tomb date back to the 12th and 13th Dynasties of Egypt (1938 BC-1630 BC). The tomb is the first from the Middle Kingdom period to be discovered in the South Asasif area, which is located near the west bank of the Nile next to the Temple of Hatshepsut.

Credits: Images courtesy of the South Asasif Conservation Project.

Former professional skateboarder, snowboarder and three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White dug deep into his bag of tricks to deliver a surprise marriage proposal to actress Nina Dobrev with a flawless, oval-cut 5-carat diamond ring.



White conspired with his publicist to send a fake invitation for Dobrev to attend an exclusive dinner with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour at The Golden Swan Restaurant in New York City's West Village. Knowing that his girlfriend would never pass up such an opportunity, he also arranged for a pre-dinner styling session, so she would look absolutely perfect.

When she arrived at the restaurant's private room, Dobrev froze as she was greeted — not by the Vogue editor — but by her now-fiancé. White went down on one knee and proposed under an arch of white flowers.



Dobrev told Vogue that she was in shock and doesn't remember exactly how White proposed, but she did recall that he said "all the right things."

After she accepted his proposal, the couple shared champagne and caviar with some friends and partied into the evening.



Page Six Style reported that the ring was designed by celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz, who described the gem as “a flawless diamond for a flawless girl.”

White and Dobrev had been dating for five years, and the ring has been burning a hole in White's pocket for six months. He originally planned to pop the question to Dobrev during their summer vacation, but she fractured her knee in a biking accident and the proposal was put on hold until she completed her rehabilitation.



Then, he was all set to propose during their planned trip to Cape Town, South Africa, in November, but friends of the couple started asking too many questions about his intentions. Once again, his plans were thwarted.

The fake invitation did catch Dobrev by surprise.

"He made the invite look so legitimate," she told Vogue.

On October 30, Dobrev and White turned to their Instagram pages to share pics of their surprise proposal in Lower Manhattan.

Dobrev wrote, "RIP boyfriend, hello fiancé" and punctuated her statement with two emojis, an engagement ring and an infinity sign.

"She said YES," confirmed White on his page, while punctuating his comment with the same two emojis.

According to the Daily Mail, Dobrev and White first met during a brief encounter at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards, but were formally introduced in 2019.

The 38-year-old White is a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. Dobrev, 35, is best known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce in CW's The Vampire Diaries (2009–2015).

The couple has yet to announce wedding plans.

Credits: Images via Instagram / niña, Instagram / shaunwhite.

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fun songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, the members of ZZ Top tick off a list of jewelry-wardrobe must-haves in their 1983 classic, “Sharp Dressed Man.”



Original band members Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard share their tips about snappy accessorizing in the second verse.

They sing, “Gold watch, diamond ring / I ain’t missin’ not a single thing / Cufflinks, stick pin / When I step out I’m gonna do you in / They come runnin’ just as fast as they can / ‘Cause every girl crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man.”

Written by Gibbons, Beard and Joe Michael Hill, “Sharp Dressed Man” appeared as the third track on ZZ Top’s popular 1983 album Eliminator. The album sold more than 10 million copies, earning it a Diamond certification.

The single topped out at #56 on the US Billboard 100 and remains one of ZZ Tops’ most enduring signature songs. The group performed it live at the 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards and during the halftime festivities of the 2008 Orange Bowl.

“Sharp dressed depends on who you are,” Hill told Spin magazine in 1985. “If you’re on a motorcycle, really sharp leather is great. If you’re a punk rocker, you can get sharp that way. You can be sharp or not sharp in any mode.”

Founded in Houston in 1969 as a blues-inspired rock band, ZZ Top featured its three core members from 1970 until Hill's untimely death in 2021 at age 72. The band continues to tour with the bassist-vocalist duties passed on to Elwood Francis, who had been the band's guitar tech for three decades.

Gibbons told Q magazine that their first gig at a Knights of Columbus Hall outside of Houston in 1970 was attended by just one person.

“We shrugged and pressed onwards,” he said. “We took a break halfway through, went out and bought him a Coke.”

Over the course of the following 54 years, the band would go on to sell more than 50 million albums worldwide. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Please check out ZZ Top’s live performance of “Sharp Dressed Man.” The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…

“Sharp Dressed Man”
Written by Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Joe Michael Hill. Performed by ZZ Top.

Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don’t know where I am goin’ to
Silk suit, black tie,
I don’t need a reason why
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
‘Cause every girl crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man

Gold watch, diamond ring,
I ain’t missin’ not a single thing
Cufflinks, stick pin,
When I step out I’m gonna do you in
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
‘Cause every girl crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man

Top coat, top hat,
And I don’t worry ’cause my wallet’s fat
Black shades, white gloves,
Lookin’ sharp lookin’ for love
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
‘Cause every girl crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man



Credit: Photo by Tilly antoine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About two million Muslims visit Mecca during the hajj pilgrimage each year to seek forgiveness, grow closer to God and cleanse their souls of sins. And if they're lucky they might even get to touch or kiss the historic and sacred "Black Stone of Mecca."



During a recent episode of The UnXplained, host William Shatner told Discovery channel viewers about the fascinating history of the stone and how it could have otherworldly origins.



According to the Muslim faith, the stone is said to have fallen from heaven. Where it touched down marked the exact location where the the first mosque, the Kaaba, was built by the biblical Abraham and his son, Ishmael.



In modern-day Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the Kaaba is a cube-like, 43-foot-tall black granite structure at the center of the Grand Mosque courtyard. And mounted into the eastern corner of the Kaaba, behind a silver frame, is the Black Stone of Mecca. The exposed face of the stone measures 20 cm (7.9 in) by 16 cm (6.3 in).

The curious stone is actually an amalgamation of eight or more smaller stones that have been cemented together. Gem experts who have viewed the stone believe it could consist of basalt, agate or obsidian rock. It might also be a meteorite, which could explain its heavenly origin story.

The difficulty in putting the speculation to rest is the fact that this stone may never be released for gemological analysis because of its religious significance.

Shatner told his viewers that in the year 605 AD, the stone was set into the Kaaba's wall by the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

After his conquest of Mecca in 630 AD, Muhammad is said to have ridden around the Kaaba seven times on his camel, touching the Black Stone with his stick each time around in a gesture of reverence and humility.

In current days, the Muslim faithful honor Muhammad by walking around the Kaaba seven times. Some of the pilgrims who can maneuver to the inner-most circular path will be fortunate enough to touch the stone or even kiss it.

So, you may be wondering why the stone seems to be fractured, pieced together and then cemented into place.

Ancient-origins.net explained that the Black Stone was damage during the Umayyad siege of Mecca in 683 AD. It was reportedly struck and smashed to pieces by a stone fired from a catapult.

In his book, Travels in Arabia, Swiss adventurer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt got close enough to the Black Stone during a trip to Mecca in 1814 to provide this first-hand report: "It is an irregular oval, about seven inches (18 cm) in diameter, with an undulated surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones of different sizes and shapes, well joined together with a small quantity of cement, and perfectly well smoothed. It looks as if the whole had been broken into as many pieces by a violent blow, and then united again."

Over time, the stone reportedly has become smoother and darker due to the enormous number of pilgrims who have touched and kissed the stone.

Credit: Screen capture of photo of Black Stone of Kaaba via YouTube / History. Wide view of Kaaba Al-Musharrafah by LaachirDeeper, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo of Kaaba by Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

After 26 years of non-stop, 24/7 production, the Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories recently surpassed the 100-million-carat milestone. That's equivalent to 22 tons of diamonds.



Ekati is Canada's first diamond mine and consistently ranks as one of the top-10 producers worldwide. Not only does the mine maintain a track record of generating four to five million carats per year, it also continues to yield top-quality rough diamonds, including extremely rare fancy yellows.

Back in March of 2023, Australia-based Burgundy Diamond Mines paid $136 million to acquire Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd. and its prized Ekati property. Burgundy had been very familiar with the Canadian mining operation because it often purchased Ekati rough diamonds for its cutting and polishing operation in Perth, Australia.



Burgundy’s acquisition of Ekati guaranteed a steady flow of premium material from a tier-one asset in a tier-one country, according to Kim Truter, CEO of Burgundy Diamond Mines. It also solidified the company’s strategy of becoming truly vertically integrated across the diamond value chain.

“As we reflect on this historic achievement, Ekati continues the legacy as one of the premier diamond assets in the world,” said Truter. “We are proud of the team we have in place and of everything we have achieved so far. Ekati still has 140 million carats remaining in Indicated Mineral Resources, one of the largest unmined diamond endowments in the world."



Since opening in 1998, the Ekati mine has been an important economic contributor to Canada’s Northwest Territories through job creation and community investment.

According to miningnewsnorth.com, Ekati has generated more than 74 million man-hours of employment in the Northwest Territories, with approximately 35 million of those hours coming from 16,000-plus positions held by Indigenous workers.

As the mining operation advances into its second quarter-century, Burgundy will focus its resources on various projects within the Ekati property, including the Misery underground extension, Sable Underground, Point Lake open pit, Fox high-value stockpiles, Fox underground and other undeveloped resources.

Located approximately 300 km northwest of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories and just 200 km south of the Arctic Circle, the remote mining operation is accessible seasonally via ice roads.

Credits: Images courtesy of Burgundy Diamond Mines.

A sensational 37-carat emerald brooch commissioned by Prince Aga Khan for his wife, Nina Dyer, in 1960, and then sold at Christie's Geneva in 1969 for $75,000, is returning to the venerable auction house on November 12 carrying a pre-sale estimate of $6 million to $8 million.



The unusually transparent and evenly colored emerald is bordered by 20 marquise-shaped diamonds boasting a total weight of 12.04 carats. Christies wrote that the brooch/pendant designed by Cartier Paris epitomized the elegance and sophistication of its era.

Accounting solely for inflation, an item that sold for $75,000 in 1969 would be worth $642,000 today. If the Aga Khan fetches somewhere in the mid-range of its pre-sale estimate, say $7 million, the true value of the piece would have accrued by a magnitude of more than 10.

The Aga Khan assumed the role of the spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismailia Muslims in 1957, at age 20, after succeeding his grandfather. It was that same year that he married Dyer, a strikingly beautiful socialite and model, who was six years his senior.

Dyer's first marriage was to billionaire Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen, heir to the Thyssen steel and armaments empire. Their three-year marriage ended in 1956.

According to Christie's, like many of the beautiful jewels commissioned by the Aga Khan for Dyer, she wore this exceptional piece at numerous prominent events.

In 1969, the Aga Khan emerald brooch was purchased by Van Cleef & Arpels at Christie's inaugural Magnificent Jewels sale at Le Richemond Hotel in Geneva. Later, it was sold to luxury jeweler Harry Winston.

“The emerald brooch is not just a piece of jewelry. It carries with it the stories and charm of a bygone era,” commented Max Fawcett, Christie’s Head of Jewelry Europe. “We are thrilled to present it once again, not only because of its history, but also due to the increased interest in colored stones the market has witnessed in recent years."

He noted that the 37-carat Colombian emerald shows no indications of clarity modification and is accompanied by an SSEF report stating the exceptional quality and rarity of the stone.

"We might see an emerald of this quality come up for sale once every five or six years," said François Curiel, Christie’s chairman EMEA. "It’s an exciting opportunity for jewelry collectors to acquire one of the rarest treasures on Earth."

The first time Curiel laid eyes on the Aga Khan emerald brooch, he was a 21 year old and fresh out of gemological school. It was 55 years ago when he accompanied his father to both the dealer preview and the inaugural Magnificent Jewels evening auction.

The Aga Khan and Dyer divorced in 1962 and, suffering from depression, she died from an overdose of sleeping pills in 1965 at age 35.

Credit: Photo courtesy of Christie's.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is living the dream. Less than six weeks after signing the most lucrative contract in NFL history — a $240 million, four-year extension — the 31-year-old star popped the question to Sarah Jane Ramos with a 10-carat diamond ring.



Oh, and there's more to mark Prescott's memorable 2024. The blissful couple welcomed Margaret Jane (MJ) Rose Prescott into the world on February 29.

The signal caller announced the engagement news on his Instagram page, writing to his 2.2 million followers, "Mine Forever!!!! The Best Friend, Partner, Teammate, Mother, and Now Fiancé I could Ask or Pray for! Thank you God for this Blessing and Family! I Love you @sarahjane 4EVER!"



The post included candid shots of the QB proposing to Ramos on a golf course and others pics of what seem to be scenes from an engagement party, where the adorable MJ made a guest appearance in her daddy's arms.



The ring was designed by Prescott in collaboration with celebrity jeweler Jason Arasheben of Jason of Beverly Hills.



On his business's Instagram page, Arasheben noted that the 10-carat emerald-cut diamond is set between tapered baguettes on an 18-karat yellow gold band. Jewelry-industry pundits put the ring's value at $1 million.

"In my business, there are high-maintenance clients and then there's Dak," Arasheben told si.com. "Dak was so easy to work with and was very intentional with every detail of this ring."

Arasheben added that Prescott was involved in every aspect of the design process and really wanted this to be a ring she would love.

"He wanted something classic, but with a little flare and that's exactly what we did," he said.

Credits: Prescott proposal and party photo via Instagram / _4dak and sarahjane. Screen captures of ring via Instagram / jasonofbeverlyhills.

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you memorable songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, the heartthrob boy band NSYNC compares a very special woman to precious stones in 1999’s “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You.”



Led by Justin Timberlake, they croon, “In all of creation, all things great and small / You are the one that surpasses them all / More precious than any diamond or pearl / They broke the mold when you came in this world.”

While teen girls worldwide pinned NSYNC posters to their walls and dreamed that Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass were singing about them, the song's official video uncovers a surprising fact: The song is a tribute to mom.

Shot mostly in black and white, the video explores the powerful bond between a mother and son, from birth to old age.

Released as the third single from their self-titled album, “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You” ascended to #8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #9 on the Canada Top Singles list. The song, which was written by Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken, marked the first time NSYNC broke into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was also a commercial success, as it remained in the Top 10 for 30 weeks.

NSYNC was founded in Orlando, FL, in 1995 as an alternative to the wildly popular Backstreet Boys. The group’s all-caps name, sometimes depicted with a star before the first “N,” seems to have two origin stories. Some have claimed that it is derived from a comment uttered by Timberlake’s mom, who was impressed by how the boys’ voices were “in sync.”

A second theory is that NSYNC represents the last letter of the original band members' first names: JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, JasoN, and JC. (Jason Galasso was replaced by Lance Bass later in 1995. Galasso reportedly dropped out of the group because he didn't like its direction and didn't want to be a teen idol. He later became a mortgage broker).

The star preceding the name was recommended by Israeli illusionist Uri Geller, who believed the symbol would bring them good fortune. At a cafe in London, Geller sat with the band members as he drew a star next to the word “NSYNC” on a napkin.

“I told them, if they place that star on their first CD, they’re going to shoot up to #1,” Geller told the Huffington Post in 2015.

Geller’s prediction was nearly spot-on. The album peaked at #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

The group went on to sell 70 million albums and became one of the top-selling boy bands of all time. The group announced a “temporary hiatus” in 2002, and the official breakup was in 2004, according Bass's 2007 memoir.

Please check out the official video of NSYNC performing “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You.” It’s been viewed on YouTube more than 34 million times. The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…

"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You"
Written by Carl Allen Sturken and Evan A. Rogers. Performed by NSYNC.

Can this be true?
Tell me, can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My life was complete
I thought I was whole
Why do I feel like I’m losing control?

I never thought that love could feel like this
And you’ve changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There’s an angel?
It’s a miracle

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it’s true
God must have spent
A little more time
On you
(A little more time, yes he did baby)

In all of creation, all things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all
More precious than any diamond or pearl
They broke the mold when you came in this world

And I’m trying hard to figure out
Just how I ever did without
The warmth of your smile
The heart of a child
That’s deep inside
Leaves me purified

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it’s true
God must have spent
A little more time
On you

Never thought that love could feel like this
And you’ve changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There’s an angel?
It’s a miracle

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it’s true
God must have spent
A little more time
On you

God must have spent
A little more time, on you
(on you, on you, you, you, oh yeah)
A little more time
On you



Credit: Screen capture via YouTube / Salg 1000.

The Boston Celtics raised Banner 18 to the rafters of TD Garden and received their exquisite championship rings on Tuesday prior to their opening night 132-109 drubbing of the visiting New York Knicks. The vaunted franchise now claims more championships than any other NBA team, and this year's ring — with a lot of bling and hidden surprises — is a fitting tribute to that accomplishment.



“We collaborated closely with the Celtics ownership on the ring design," said Jason Arasheben, CEO Jason of Beverly Hills. "The Celtics had 17 championships before last season, which means they’ve had 17 championship rings before us. We all wanted to make sure the 18th was the best and most memorable."

As with all of Arasheben's championship rings, this one contained unique details.



Two hidden elements are only viewable when the ring top is removed. The inside of the top of the ring is inlaid with a piece of the TD Garden's famed parquet floor, along with the date and score of the team’s championship clinching game. On the other side is a miniature championship banner, encircled by the jersey numbers of each player.

Also, for the first time in history, an NFC (Near-Field Communication) chip has been installed into each ring. When the recipient's phone taps the parquet on the inside of the ring, a video link is enabled that shows how the jewelry was made.

The championship ring also has its share of symbolic elements.

The 18 emerald-cut diamonds on the outer bezel represent the 18 franchise championships, and the 84 points of diamonds on the side bezel represent the Celtics' playoff winning percentage during their championship season.



Also on the face of the ring, the word WORLD is rendered in 30 points of diamonds, representing the total seasons played by the Celtics at TD Garden. The word “CHAMPIONS” is set with 80 white diamonds to honor the team’s 80 combined wins during the regular season and playoffs.

The 16 emerald-cut diamonds on the inner bezel represent the total playoff wins for 2024.

Circling the top of the ring is the year of each championship season in raised yellow gold against a black enamel background.

A texture mimicking the parquet floor pattern is etched into both sides of the ring.



The "player" side of the ring features the player’s name in black enamel on a gold plaque with round diamonds flanking the side of each player’s name. The two diamonds represent the total championships under current ownership. Under the name is the player's number rendered in diamonds. Below the number is the team's 2024 mantra, "Whatever It Takes."

The "team" side of the ring includes the championship year, the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy rendered in gold and diamonds, and the combined record for the 2024 Boston Celtics' season (80-21).

The inside shank contains the 2024 playoff series records along with the three-letter initials of the Celtics' opponents.

After Tuesday's game against the Knicks, Celtics' shooting guard Jaylen Brown told ESPN how the ring symbolizes the team's long road to the championship.

"I mean that ring is just an object, but it's everything — the emotions, the heartbreak, the embarrassment, the work, the drive, the dedication," he said. "That's what that ring represents, you know what I mean?"

Credits: Images via Instagram / Boston Celtics and Jason of Beverly Hills.