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View of the partially reconstructed and elevated colonnaded West Bastion of the North Entrance of the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. Adorning its inner wall is a copy of the Charging Bull relief fresco. c. 1500 BCE.

Western view of Bamburgh Castle. Bamburgh was originally built as a fort in the 5th Century CE and a castle was built on the site by the Normans at the turn of the 11th Century CE. The castle was besieged twice by forces loyal to Edward IV...

This scene is part of a long tributary one where the Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE) receives Chaldean tribute from Musallim-Marduk, son of Ukani. On this panel, there are seven figures. The leading figure of the procession carries no...

This relief, which is seen on the south side of the Payava Tomb, depicts a seated Persian, apparently a satrap or governor, with attendent figures. The inscriptions in Lycian probably mention the name of the satrap as Autophradates. The Payava...

This scene is part of a long tributary one where the Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE) receives Chaldean tribute from Musallim-Marduk, son of Ukani. This is the end of the procession. The first pair of men carry shallow vessels with high...

Did you know that the Ghana king would automatically keep any gold nugget extracted that weighed between 25 grams and half a kilo? This video is all about the lucrative gold trade of ancient and medieval West Africa. West Africa was...

The affair of the diamond necklace (1784-86) was a scandal that centered around Queen Marie Antoinette of France (l. 1755-1793). Although the queen was innocent of any involvement in a plot to steal a luxurious diamond necklace, the scandal...

Face reconstruction of Eleanor of Aquitane (l. c. 1122-1204) based on her effigy from Fontevraud Abbey. She was Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII of France, the Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife...

A 16th century CE painting of Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542-1567 CE) and her second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley (1545-1567 CE),

Tintoretto: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1545 CE, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice