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This gypsum wall panel depicts two female courtiers in front of a table, on which the royal horse bridle has been placed. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurbanipal II, 660-650 BCE. From the North Palace at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day...

Galleries of the Palais-Royal, c. 1800. By an anonymous author. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Rulers of Scotland from 1371 and of England and Ireland from 1603, the House of Stuart presided over an era of dynastic union, religious conflict, civil war, regicide, and eventual restoration. Their story culminated with the Act of Union...

A stone monolithic obelisk marking the tomb of King Ezanas of the kingdom of Axum (aka Aksum, modern Ethiopia), c. 400 CE. The carvings imitate the architectural features of dry-stone and timber housing.

Painted limestone relief, possibly depicting Akhenaten and Nefertiti, from Amarna, 18th Dynasty, c. 1335 BCE. Neues Museum, Berlin.

Tombs of the Achaemenid kings of Darius I, Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I at Naqsh-e Rostam.

A fresco from the Chapelle Sainte-Radegonde, thought to depict Henry II of England (1154 - 1189 CE), Eleanor of Aquitane (r. 1137 - 1204 CE), and their children. The fresco may also depict Henry the Young King (r. 1170 - 1183 CE). Late 12th...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (Ancient Orient Museum/Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Istanbul, Turkey...

Burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden. Legend has it that three Norse gods - Odin, Thor, and Freyr - were buried under each and the site where the Temple of Uppsala once stood was sacred to them. Excavations of the mounds and site in the...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (Ancient Orient Museum/Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Istanbul, Turkey...