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This is a steatite statuette which depicts 3 standing persons. The woman stands in the middle (her name is Aa-Nubt) and her sons (Khenti-Khati-Hetep and Maat-Neferu) flank her on either side. From Egypt, precise...

A wooden horned mask of the Kingdom of Luba (15-19th century CE), central Africa. Height: 47 cm. (British Museum, London)

A carved wooden stool in the form of a figure from the Kingdom of Luba (15-19th century CE), central Africa. Height: 42.5 cm. (British Museum, London)

A soapstone Buddhist stele from the Unified Silla Kingdom of Korea. From the Piamsa Temple. The scene depicts Buddha and disciples with apsaras looking on. Height: 40 cm, c. 673 CE. (National Museum of Korea...

An 1857 photograph by Robert Howlett of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), one of the key figures of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Brunel is standing in front of the restraining chains used in the...

A ceramic funerary urn from the Unified Silla kingdom of ancient Korea. The decoration is typical of the period and was achieved using stamps. 8th century CE. (Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, D.C)

This is one of the very few surviving artifacts from the Musasir Kingdom, 8th century BCE. It was found near Rowanduz village, modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. The statue has lost most of its fine details...

Mutapa (aka Matapa, Mwenemutapa, and Monomotapa) was a southern African kingdom located in the north of modern Zimbabwe along the Zambezi River which flourished between the mid-15th and mid-17th century CE. Although sometimes described...

Women in ancient Egypt had more rights than in any other ancient culture and were valued with greater respect. This is evident not only in the physical evidence and inscriptions but in their religion. Some of the...

A map indicating the approximate territory of the ancient Kingdom of Zimbabwe (in modern Zimbabwe) and its capital Great Zimbabwe. The kingdom flourished between c. 1300 and c. 1450 CE.