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The main themes in Viking jewelry are patterns of nature and animals, increasing in abstraction as the time period progressed. [26] Later Viking jewelry also starts to exhibit simplistic geometric patterns. [27] The most intricate Viking work recovered is a set of two bands from the 6th century in Alleberg, Sweden. [26]
The treasure was said to have been found in a tomb on the island of Aegina, not far from Athens, in 1891, although the exact circumstances have never been determined. The British Museum purchased the bulk of the treasure in 1892 from the Cresswell Brothers, a London firm of sponge dealers.
The maize and cassava would result in population growth in the region and other parts of Africa, replacing millet as a main staple. [26] By the 16th century, the manikongo held authority from the Atlantic in the west to the Kwango River in the east. Each territory was assigned a mani-mpembe (provincial governor) by the manikongo.
The jewelry was found at Tel el-Amarna, an extensive archaeological site about 230 miles south of Cairo. ... ‘Astonishing’ jewelry found in grave of ‘most significant’ medieval woman in the UK
The necklace, paired with the other grave goods that were found, label the find as "one of the most spectacular female Early Medieval burials ever discovered in the UK," per MOLA's press release ...
Jewellery of a Berber woman in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris. Jewellery of the Berber cultures (Tamazight language: iqchochne imagine, ⵉⵇⵇⵛⵓⵛⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ) is a historical style of traditional jewellery that was worn by women mainly in rural areas of the Maghreb region in North Africa and inhabited by Indigenous Berber people (in the Berber language Tamazight ...
The medieval settlement found near Rimavská Sobota was occupied from the 11th to 13th centuries, archaeologists said. Photos show some of the wells and pottery vessels dating back at least 700 years.
In West Africa, the trans-Saharan trade routes connected the rich gold-producing regions around the Niger River with North Africa and the Mediterranean. This connection allowed West African empires like Ghana , Mali , and Songhai to flourish as they traded gold, salt, ivory, and slaves for goods from the Mediterranean world , such as textiles ...