Queen mother of the west: Did you mean...?

Did you know that the rulers of the Ghana Empire were so rich they were known as Kings of Gold? This video is all about the rise and fall of the great Ghana Empire, once known as the land of gold. The Ghana Empire flourished in West Africa...

This sculpture represents a sacred boat on a sledge. It included a seated figure of Queen Mutemwia, wife of Thutmose IV. Only her legs and right hand remained intact, but part of the head is also in the British Museum. Mutemwia clasps a looped...

Looking East, Looking West: Mughal Painting between Persia and Europe November 19, 2015 Getty Center Lecture by Kavita Singh Introductory remarks by Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Brian Sweeney Kavita Singh is professor of art history at...

The Wolof Empire of West Africa. Support me, thank you! https://www.patreon.com/AfricNetwork?... Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/africnetwork/ facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Africnetwork... Twitter - https://twitter.com/AfricNetwork...

This video documentary aims to prove that China had contact with the Western world of ancient Greece far earlier than previously suggested. Using the Terracotta Army as their visual template, these scientists work to find further evidence...

An 1846 family portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter showing Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901), Albert, Prince Consort, and their then five children. (Royal Collection)

Queen of the Night, a large plaque made of baked straw-tempered clay, modelled in high relief. From southern Iraq, Old Babylonian period, 1800-1750 BCE. The figure of the curvaceous naked woman was originally painted red. She wears the horned...

A model of the Queen Anne's Revenge. The ship was originally used for the transportation of slaves but was captured and converted into a 40-cannon pirate ship by Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach (d. 1718). (North Carolina Museum of History)

The tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542-1567) in Westminster Abbey.

A c. 1578 CE portrait by Nicholas Haillard of Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542-1567 CE). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)