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The Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Thebes, c. 1323 BCE - The Boy King and the Tomb That Rewrote Egyptology
The tomb of Tutankhamun (c. 1345–1323 BCE; reign c. 1332–1323 BCE), located in the Valley of the Kings, offers a rare and largely intact snapshot of royal burial practice during Egypt’s New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BCE). Although Tutankhamun’s...
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Death of Messalina
The Death of Messalina, oil on canvas painting by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, 1916.
Depicted here is the killing of Valeria Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius.
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Proclaiming Claudius Emperor
Proclaiming Claudius Emperor, oil on panel painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1867.
Depicted here is Claudius being proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard following the assassination of Caligula.
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Map of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt c. 1330 - Slave Soldiers Who Ruled an Empire
The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1250–1517) emerged from the military elite of the late Ayyubid state and transformed a palace coup into one of the most durable powers of the late medieval Islamic world. Following the death of al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb...
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Map of the Sumerian Civilization - Where Cities Began
The rise of Sumerian civilization in southern Mesopotamia (c. 6000–2300 BCE) represents one of the earliest transformations from agrarian village life to urban state formation. Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, this alluvial...
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Statue of Horus at Edfu
Statue of Horus, black granite statue. Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 07 September, 2025. A colossal 3.2 meters (10.50 ft) tall black granite statue of Horus as a falcon wearing the double crown (Upper and Lower Egypt) embodying the majesty of the...
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Postage Stamps of British Somaliland
A selection of postage stamps from British Somaliland (aka the Somaliland Protectorate). The protectorate was established in 1884 and became part of an independent Somalia in 1960.
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Somali Woman Building a Traditional House
A photograph of a Somali woman building a traditional nomadic house, an aqal.
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Flag of Somalia
The flag was adopted by Somalia when that state was created in 1960. The five points of the star represent the regions Somali people live in East Africa. In the colonial period, these regions were part of British Somaliland, French Somaliland...
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Statue of Sayyid Moḥammad ‘Abdallah Hassan
Statue in Mogadishu, Somalia of the Somali Islamic leader Sayyid Moḥammad ‘Abdallah Hassan (d. 1920) who led a long-running series of rebellions against colonial rule in the Horn of Africa, including against the British Somaliland.
