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Bust of Amenemhat V
The Bust of Amenemhat V is a siltstone head and shoulder of the 13th Dynasty king Amenemhat V, held in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum and dated to 1783-1780 BC.
Bust of Ankhhaf
The Bust of Ankhhaf is a painted limestone portrait of Old Kingdom prince and vizier Ankhhaf, found in his Giza tomb in 1925 and held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Bust of Cleopatra
The Bust of Cleopatra is a Ptolemaic royal portrait sculpture in granitic stone, dated c. 47–30 BC and probably depicting Cleopatra VII, held in the Royal Ontario Museum.
Bust of Costanza Bonarelli
The Bust of Costanza Bonarelli is a marble portrait bust by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, made around 1637 as a private portrait of his lover and now in Florence's Bargello.
Bust of Hatshepsut
The Bust of Hatshepsut is a portrait sculpture of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, produced for her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri in Thebes around 1473–1458 BCE.
Bust of Louis XIV
The Bust of Louis XIV is a white marble portrait of King Louis XIV by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculpted in Paris in 1665 and held at the Palace of Versailles.
Bust/waist/hip measurements
Bust/waist/hip measurements are the three torso circumferences used to size women's clothing, defined in ISO 8559-1, central to ready-to-wear sizing since the 1920s half sizes, and affected by vanity sizing that makes a size 6 jean vary up to 6 inches across brands.
Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes is the stage name of Trevor George Smith Jr., an American rapper born in Brooklyn in 1972, known for rapid-fire delivery and a solo career beginning in 1996.
Bustan
Bustan (بوستان), also known as Sa'di-nama, is a moralistic and anecdotal Persian verse work of some 4,100 couplets by the poet Sa'di of Shiraz, completed in 1257.
Bustan al-Salatin
Bustan al-Salatin is a 17th-century Malay work of universal Islamic history and princely instruction, written in Aceh by the scholar Nuruddin al-Raniri, begun in 1638 at the command of Sultan Iskandar Thani.
Bustard
Bustards (Otididae, order Otidiformes) are 26 species of large ground-dwelling birds of dry open grassland across Africa, Eurasia, and Australia, including the great bustard, the heaviest flying bird at up to about 21 kg, with nearly two-thirds of species at conservation risk.
Busted (band)
Busted are an English pop-punk trio formed in 2000 in Southend-on-Sea by Matt Willis, James Bourne, and Charlie Simpson, known for "Year 3000" and "Crashed the Wedding," their 2005 split, and the 2015 reunion.
Busted! (범인은 바로 너)
Busted! (범인은 바로 너) is a South Korean mystery variety series for Netflix, created by Cho Hyo-jin, Kim Joo-hyung, and Go Min-seok, spanning three seasons.
Buster Bloodvessel
Buster Bloodvessel, born Douglas Woods (raised Douglas Trendle, b. 1958, Hackney), is the English frontman of ska band Bad Manners, formed 1976; four UK Top 20 albums, 13 hit singles, 111 chart weeks 1980-83, and an 18-stone weight loss after 2004 surgery.
Buster Brown
Buster Brown: American comic strip by Richard F. Outcault, debuting in the New York Herald May 4, 1902, starring the mischievous wealthy boy Buster, his dog Tige, and Mary Jane; famous for shoe-brand merchandising and newspaper rights battles.
Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe, born Clarence Linden Crabbe, was an American Olympic swimmer and actor who won 1932 gold in the 400-meter freestyle and starred as Flash Gordon.
Buster Douglas
Buster Douglas (James Douglas), American heavyweight boxer from Columbus, Ohio; on February 11, 1990, as a 42-1 underdog, he knocked out undefeated champion Mike Tyson in 10 rounds at the Tokyo Dome, the biggest upset in boxing history.
Buster Edwards
Buster Edwards (Ronald Christopher Edwards, 1931–1994) was a Great Train Robbery gang member who fled to Mexico, served nine years, and later ran a famous flower stall at Waterloo station, played by Phil Collins in the 1988 film Buster.
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton (Joseph Frank Keaton, 1895–1966), "The Great Stone Face," American silent-film comedian and director of The General, Sherlock Jr., and Steamboat Bill, Jr.; vaudeville-trained, MGM-signed 1928, honorary Oscar 1960.
Buster Merryfield
Buster Merryfield (Harry Merryfield, 1920-1999), English actor and former NatWest bank manager who became Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses from 1985 to 1996, famous for the catchphrase "During the war...".
Buster Odeholm
Buster Odeholm, born 1992 in Glumslöv, Sweden, is a Swedish metal producer known for low-tuned extreme metal, guitarist of Humanity's Last Breath and drummer of Vildhjarta.
Buster Posey
Buster Posey (Gerald Dempsey Posey III, born 1987) is a former Giants catcher, three-time World Series champion, 2012 NL MVP, and since September 2024 the Giants' president of baseball operations.
Buster Sword
Buster Sword (バスターソード), the oversized broadsword of Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII (1997), passed down from Angeal Hewley to Zack Fair; depicted over five feet long, a steel version would weigh around 120-156 kg.
Buster Welch
Buster Welch (1928–2022), Texas cutting horse trainer and rancher, won the first NCHA Futurity in 1962 and four more, trained world champion Marion's Girl, worked for King Ranch, and appeared in Yellowstone season 4.
Bustin' Loose
Bustin' Loose is the alias of Tom Lilly, a London-born producer and DJ based between London and New York who founded the disco label The Disco Express.
Bustle
Bustle: a pad, cushion, or wire or steel frame worn under the back of a woman's skirt, also called dress improver or tournure; defined the Victorian silhouette in two periods, about 1870–1875 and 1882–1889, peaking in size by 1886.
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio, Lombardy city in Varese province, Italy; about 85,000 residents, largest in its province. Historic cotton center nicknamed the Manchester of Italy, home to the Textile Museum, far cheaper than nearby Milan.
Buston VI Necropolis
Buston VI is a late Bronze Age Sapalli culture necropolis in Surkhandarya, southern Uzbekistan, excavated 1990–2008 by Nona Avanesova; a fire-cult burial and ceremonial site with crematoria, cenotaphs, and about 400 burials.
Busu
Busu (附子) is one of the best-known kyogen, the Japanese comic theater performed alongside noh: a master leaves servants guarding a 'poison' barrel that actually holds sugar.
Busua Beach
Busua Beach is a curved bay of golden sand in Busua, a fishing village in Ghana's Western Region, widely regarded as Ghana's leading surf beach.