Valley of the kings: Did you mean...?

This is a cylinder pottery jar (Type 50 B, pinkware). The name of King KA (and contents) was brushed on the jar using a black ink. King KA ruled just before the 1st Dynasty in Egypt. In general, few vessels from...

This clay tablet mentions the names of the kings of Babylon (genealogy of the Hammurabi's dynasty) as far as the reign of Ammiditana (reigned 1683-1647 BCE). The list also mentions the names of...

A London pamphlet about the arrival of the so-called Four Mohawk Kings, circa 1710.

The kings of Egypt's 6th Dynasty from the Abydos King List.

This coin (obverse) shows "King of the Kings" Farhad (Phraates) IV, reigned 38-2 BCE, in the presence of a goddess holding a horn of plenty (cornucopia); reverse, not shown. On Parthian coins, goddesses...

Tomb No 3 of the Tombs of the Kings archaeological site in Cyprus. It had a peristyle atrium surrounded on all sides by Doric columns and topped by a frieze of triglyphs and metopes. This fascinating archaeological...

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany

Tomb No 5 of the Tombs of the Kings archaeological site in Cyprus. It had a colonnaded atrium and was one of the largest tombs discovered in the necropolis covering an area of 390 square metres. This fascinating...

The Merovingian Dynasty was the ruling family of the Franks from roughly 481 when Clovis I ascended the throne of the Salian Franks until 751 when Childeric III was deposed and the Merovingians were supplanted by the Carolingian...

March to Valley Forge, a depiction of General George Washington leading the Continental Army to Valley Forge in December 1777. Oil on canvas by William Brooke Thomas Trego, 1883. Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia...