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Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Algeria
Image by Carole Raddato

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Algeria

The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania near Tipasa in Algeria is a funerary monument built in 3 BCE by Juba II of Numidia (c. 50 BCE- c. 25 CE) and his wife Cleopatra Selene II (40 BCE-c. 5 BCE). This tomb may have been their final resting place...
Elizabethan Royal Navy
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Elizabethan Royal Navy

A 1907 CE painting showing ships of the English Royal Navy during the Elizabethan period (1558-1603 CE).
The Royal Observatory Greenwich
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich

A print showing the Royal Observatory in Greenwich near London, founded in 1675. Engraving by Francis Place after Robert Thacker c. 1678. (British Library, London)
Royal Lodge, Chateau d'Amboise
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Royal Lodge, Chateau d'Amboise

The 15th century CE Royal Lodge of the Chateau d'Amboise, Amboise, France.
The Royal Game of Ur
Image by Jan van der Crabben (Photographer)

The Royal Game of Ur

The Royal Game of Ur, as exhibited in the British Museum, London. Early Dynastic III, about 2600 BC. Game boards of this type were found in at least six royal graves at Ur. They are made of wood, inlaid with carnelian, shell, and lapis...
Royal House of Hanover in Britain Family Tree
Image by Simeon Netchev

Royal House of Hanover in Britain Family Tree

This image depicts the family tree of the royal house of Hanover, officially known as the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line, which reigned over Britain for a remarkable 187 years, from 1714 to 1901. The ascension of the Hanoverians...
Family Tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE
Image by David Grant

Family Tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE

Family tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE. From Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great. Grant (2019) p76. Used with permission from Pen & Sword Books.
Headdress and Necklaces from the Royal Cemetery of Ur
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Headdress and Necklaces from the Royal Cemetery of Ur

An elaborate headdress and necklace made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian which belonged to a high-level Sumerian woman. These were found in the "Great Death-Pit", one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. From Ur, southern Mesopotamia...
Hattian Royal Tombs at Alacahöyük
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Hattian Royal Tombs at Alacahöyük

The Royal Tombs at Alacahöyük, built in the Early Bronze Age (2500-2000 BCE). Alacahöyük was the centre of the flourishing Hattian culture during the Bronze Age. It was later occupied by the Hittites who used the city as their first capital...
Royal Sceptre, Kingdom of Kongo
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Royal Sceptre, Kingdom of Kongo

A gold sceptre used by the kings of the Kingdom of Kongo (14-19th century CE). 17th century CE (?). (Royal Museum of Central Africa, Brussels, Belgium)
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