EditorialGreece: Kostaros Voloudakis (1804 - 1900), Cretan chieftain and a leader in the 1866 Great Cretan Revolution, 1866 Square, Chania (Hania), Crete
EditorialThe gold ceremony of the Chibcha chieftain.Their chieftain was sprinkled with gold. This ceremony gave rise to the El Dorado myth or the myth of the Golden Indian ‘El Indio Dorado’ or the Golden King ‘El Rey Dorado’. America. -Part VII.-German....
EditorialSword, 10th century, European, probably Scandinavia, Steel, copper, silver, niello, L. 37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm); L. of blade 31 7/8 in. (81 cm); W. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 4 oz. (1021 g), Swords, The richly decorated hilt and pattern-welded blade ind...
EditorialMemorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads to an oba (king) or chieftain, were placed on altars. Offerings were put into the opening at the top of the head. H: 24 cm.
EditorialConquest of the Inca Empire. Francisco Pizarro y Gonzalez, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos ( c.1471 or 1476-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of Lima. Peru. The Spanish expedition arrives from Puna Island to Tumbes in 1532. They enc...