According to Dr. V. Anamali, the roots of the Indian Hindu Caste System lie in the discrimination against the Black Dravidian people of Ancient India after the Aryan conquest of the Ancient Indus Valley Civilisation also called Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa or Harappan Civilization Dr Anamali suggests that the Harrapan

Greek vase paintings can provide a wealth of fascinating information about the culture of ancient Greece. Read on to discover seven incredible examples of this highly-skilled ancient art form.

René Michel Slodtz (Michel-Ange Slodtz) - Chrysès - Manufacture de Sèvres Chryses praying to Apollo Musée du Louvre Bustie or Bust Greek sculpture reached its peak for quality and quantity around the mid 5th century BC. This was the era when the Athenians were completing the Parthenon, which featured a lot of elaborately carved sculptures as temple decorations and Myron was also completing his famous sculpture, ‘The Discus Thrower’. The essential characteristic of classical Greek art and its sculptures were mostly of a heroic realism. They always attempted to reveal the human body, in movement or repose,

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The Anunnaki God-Kings of Ancient Egypt Enki, Ptah, Ra, Osiris and Horus creating the Egyptian Civilization after the great deluge or Noah's Flood

over 900 Benin bronzes were looted during the Punitive expedition in 1897. These art pieces have remained in Europe and America till this day despite efforts by Nigeria to retrive them.

Believed to be progenies of ancient Egypt, the Dogon people who live in the central plateau region of Mali, are among the few African tribes who have managed to preserve their culture over the years. They are renowned for their knowledge about the Sirius system which dates back to 3200 BC, long before scientists discovered it in 1862. RELATED STORIES...

A 16th century Benin mask, whose image was famously used as the symbol of FESTAC ’77 (World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture) is about to be auctioned off at Sotheby’s in …

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If your official portrait doesn't look like this, you aren't a badass. Queen Tiye, chief wife of Amenhotep III, mother of Ahnkenaten (the montheistic pharoah), grandmother of King Tut, likely related toTut's successor Aye. If you let people portray you like this, you're no one's fool.

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Detailed data and minute details have both fed into an exhibition taking place In the English city of Brighton, that offers people a chance to see not only physical cultural items, but their ancient ancestors faces.

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Tiye was the Great Royal Wife of the ancient Egyptian equivalent to Louis XIV – Amenhotep III. Her son Akhenaten, was one of the biggest causes of scandal during the pharaohs’ time in Egypt. She was also a grandmother of Tutankhamun, and the sister of Ay. She was one of the most influential women of Ancient Egypt, nonetheless, her name had been forgotten for centuries.