She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...
Great Tombs of the MayaThe Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, is Pakal the Great’s tomb was found in 1952. To its right is Temple XIII, is the resting place of the Red Queen. Palenque’s ...
After Queen Victoria's beloved husband passed away in 1861, the monarch was bereft with grief. The void Prince Albert left was soon filled, however, by an unexpected figure which shocked ...
Specific tombs include one for Djehuti-Mes, the overseer of Queen Teti Sheri’s palace. While Mes’ tomb was largely emptied of artifacts, a funerary monument with engravings date the tomb to ...
Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...
A bust of Queen Victoria has disappeared from a town in North Wales after more than 130 years. The bronze bust has withstood two world wars and a global pandemic, but it has recently disappeared ...
Despite monarchy being largely constitutional at the start of Queen Victoria’s ascension, her 63-year reign saw her preside over the abolition of slavery, the expansion of workers’ welfare, the speedy ...
Archaeologists have made a massive new discovery that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt as experts say the findings could “reconstruct history”. The remains of the tomb of ...
Victoria found this very chafing and relished her new-found freedom from such restrictions when she ascended the throne, aged just 18 years and 3 weeks old. The idea of Queen Victoria keeping a ...
and the spectacular sixteenth-century tomb of St. Sebaldus. Here, we will discuss the Victorian interest in collecting casts. From the Cast Court, we'll move to the British Galleries, which chart the ...
While looting certainly stripped some of the more precious pieces from the tombs over the past centuries, the archaeologists also found pottery tables used to offer bread, wine, and meat and archer’s ...