Nationality: Portuguese Ethnicity: Portuguese & Namibe, Angolan, African. Ms. Baldaia Speaks Portuguese & English. Elsa is 5’10 ft tall and won Elite Model Look Angola 2011. Elsa Baldaia participated in Shanghai, China, in the Elite Model Look International contest, having been in the top 15. She traveled to foreign places like Paris, South Africa, United States, Spain and Germany to name a few. […]
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Month: August 2016
Model: Laureen Viala
Nationality: French Ethnicity: Mauritius, African. Ms. Viala speaks English and French. She is 5’11 ft tall and was a finalist at Elite Model Look France 2011. Beautiful make-up the brownish coral/peachy color looks great with her skin tone. Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island nation, is known for its beaches, lagoons and reefs. –mueden Population: 1.296 million (2013) […]
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics & The Dogon Tribe Offer Key To Past?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but did that same euphemism exist in antiquity? –artwork Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics is a system of writing that utilized symbols to denote specific meanings. Many contemporary Egyptologists contend that the grouping of hieroglyphics symbols offers a phonetic pronunciation of the words utilized. They imply that these […]
Ancient Metal Clamp & Keystone Cuts found in Axum, Ethiopia, South of the Sahara, Africa
The keystone cuts were found near the tombs of King Remhai & King Kaleb? Once carved, molten metal was poured into the joint to strengthen it and stop lateral movement of ancient megalithic stones. I’m not sure as to why it seems like the general populous doesn’t know that Ethiopia has a 7,000+ year old history. I […]
Forgotten or Unknown Roman Fresco
Curious looking Image from Roman Pompeii? Heracles stands beside the enthroned Lydian Queen Omphale. Above him is the winged goddess Nike, and a Satyr-boy or the god Pan holding a set of pipes. By his feet are an eagle, a lion, and the hero’s infant son Telephos suckling a doe. Museum Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di […]
The Temple Of Memnon?
There was a temple in ancient Hal-tam-ti (biblical Elam-today’s Iran) called “The Temple of Memnon“? Tales of Memnon have inspired poets and sages for 3000 years, portraying an amazing figure whose name became associated with statues along the Nile, with temples and tombs in ancient Turkey and Iran and with artwork and literature from ancient […]
Colossi Of Memnon Weighs 720 Tons Each, Egypt, Africa
The Colossi of Memnon (locally known as el-Colossat or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC), they have stood in the Theban Necropolis, located west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. The […]
Ethiopian King Ras Mäkonnen
Ras Mäkonnen Wäldä-Mika’él (May 8, 1852 – March 21, 1906), or simply Ras Makonnen, was a general and the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Mäkonnen (later known as Emperor Haile Selassie I). His father was Fitawrari Woldemikael Gudisa of Shewa. Makonnen was a grandson of Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa through his mother, Leult Tenagnework […]
Ethiopian King Memnon Was A Greek Mythical Character?
To the ancient Greeks, the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa were known collectively as Ethiopians, literally ‘those with burnt faces’. Theirs was a fabled land connected to the Greek world in myth. For example, there is the Ethiopian princess Andromeda, rescued by Perseus, and Memnon, who led the Ethiopians in the Trojan War. –Black-figured amphora. Greek, […]
The Departure of Memnon for Troy, Greek
In Greek mythology, Memnon (Greek: Mέμνων) was an Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos. –The departure of Memnon for Troy. Greek, circa 550-525 BC. Black-figure vase. Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium. As a warrior he was considered to be almost Achilles’ equal in skill. During the Trojan War, he brought an army […]
Princess Sit Hathor Yunet aka Sithathoriunet
Beautiful ancient wig with hair ornaments. I’m sure this will inspire some beauty gurus, especially women of color around the world to design their next personal custom wig creation for their YouTube videos. This is an ancient craft that is still practiced in today’s society. Found were remains of several boxes filled with jewelry and cosmetic […]
Braided Ancient Egyptian Wig
Queen Nefertiti, who lived during the fourteenth century b.c.e., was known for wearing dark blue wigs, and festive wigs were sometimes gilded, or thinly coated in gold. The wig hair often stuck straight out from the skullcap, creating large, full wigs that offered wearers protection from the heat of the sun. Most often black, wigs were […]
Model: Adeola Ariyo
Nationality: British Ethnicity: She hails from Lagos, Nigeria but has a mixed heritage, born to a Ghanaian mother and Nigerian father. Ms. Ariyo is the first African brand ambassador for Elizabeth Arden’s cosmetics. She was first discovered after participating in the continental model search Face of Africa in 2005, where she was a top five finalist. Adeola’s modeling […]
Model: Bianca Koyabe
Nationality: (Johannesburg) South African Ethnicity: African. GLAMOUR: How did winning South Africa Swimsuit influence your life and career? Bianca: Winning South African Swimsuit (Now known as World Swimsuit South Africa) gave me that extra bit of confidence. It gave me the feeling that I can actually be a really good model. I also learnt that […]
London was ethnically diverse in ancient times
Map Of The Roman Empire The most complete skeleton studied was that of a 14-year-old girl, who the museum curators have named “The Lant Street teenager“. Analysis of her DNA and chemicals in her teeth show that she grew up in North Africa. Her mitochondrial DNA lineage (passed down on the maternal line only) is […]
Ancient Faces: Egyptian Portrait Of A Man
Under Greco-Roman rule, Egypt hosted several Greek settlements, mostly concentrated in Alexandria, but also in a few other cities, where Greek settlers lived alongside some seven to ten million native Egyptians. Native Egyptians also came to settle in Faiyum from all over the country, notably the Nile Delta, Upper Egypt, Oxyrhynchus and Memphis, to undertake […]
Ancient Faces: Another Mummy Portrait From Egypt, Africa
Social status The patrons of the portraits apparently belonged to the affluent upper class of military personnel, civil servants and religious dignitaries. Not everyone could afford a mummy portrait; many mummies were found without one. Flinders Petrie states that only one or two per cent of the mummies he excavated were embellished with portraits. The rates […]
Ancient Faces: The Mummy Portraits From Egypt
“Tondo of the Two Brothers” In the last decade, the genre of Roman painted portraiture that was first discovered in the cemeteries of Egypt’s Fayum Oasis has inspired a series of important publications, conferences and international exhibitions. 1 Primarily painted on wooden panels, these vivid likenesses are persistently termed Fayum portraits, despite the fact that […]
The Ivory Lady of York, In 350 AD England
Archaeologists have revealed the remains of what they say was a “high status” woman of African origin who lived in York during Roman times. Academics say the discovery goes against the common assumption that all Africans in Roman Britain were low status male slaves. The university’s Dr Hella Eckardt said a study of the skull’s size […]
Roman mosaic found in Spain?
Mosaico romano encontrado en Merida España This mosaic was also claimed to be found in Pompeii. I’ll share the findings of this image soon. In North Africa, a tiny relict population, the Barbary leopard, persists in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco –afrilodge Ancient Rome The African leopard is a leopard subspecies native to Africa. It […]
Ancient Faces: Romano-Egyptian Mummy Portrait of a Bearded Man
Place: Egypt (Place created) Date: about 150 – 170 This image is housed at the Getty Villa. This is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD. –Artist Unknown Encaustic on wood. Dimensions: […]
The Burning Of Library In Alexandria, Egypt, Africa
This library is most famous for having been burned down resulting in the loss of many scrolls and books; its destruction has become a symbol for the loss of cultural knowledge. Sources differ on who was responsible for its destruction and when it occurred. The library may in truth have suffered several fires over many […]
Albert Einstein Teaching Physics
The Nobel prize winning scientist Albert Einstein teaching a physics class at Lincoln University (HBCU in Pennsylvania) in 1946. “The first institution found anywhere in the world to provide a higher education in the arts and sciences for male youth of African descent.” In 1946, When Dr. Bond invited Einstein to Lincoln, the student body consisted […]
Ancient Egyptian Statute Found In Israel
Documents discovered at Hazor and at sites in Egypt and Iraq attest that Hazor maintained cultural and trade relations with both Egypt and Babylon. In the course of close to 30 years of excavation, fragments of 18 different Egyptian statues, both royal and private, dedicated to Egyptian kings and officials, including two sphinxes, were discovered […]
Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Boat
This beautiful alabaster boat model remains unexplained so many years after its discovery. It measures twenty-eight inches in length and consists of a tank with a high central pedestal supporting a boat ornamented with ibex heads at the prow and stern. Amidships is what appears to be an open sarcophagus under a canopy whose collumns […]
David Bowie & Iman’s Wedding & Daughter
David Bowie and supermodel Iman were married on June 6, 1992 at St. James Church in Florence, Italy St. James Church, an Episcopalian house of worship built in the 18th century, is only authorized to bless civil ceremonies, the father of glam rock and the glamorous Somali-born model were first wed in Lausanne, Switzerland before celebrating […]
The Daughter Of A Super-Model & Rock Star Father: Alexandria Zahra Jones
Nationality: American Ethnicity: Her father is British, who’s real name is David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, he was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Her mother is Somali born Super-Model, actress & entrepreneur, Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, aka known as Iman, African. Alexandria recently turned 16 with her mother quoting to this black and white […]
Why Is History Important?
It is important to study history so one may learn about past human behavior that is relevant to the intellectual growth and development of an individual. Studying the events of the past give us an understanding of how the world came to be, not only in your world but around the world including all cultures […]
Queen Arawelo / Araweelo
Did this African Queen exist in ancient times or is this a legend? Once upon a time, in Somalia, there was a kingdom ruled by a strong and beautiful queen. The Queen’s name was Ebla Awad, but everybody knew her as “Queen Arraweelo.” The Queen came to power around AD 15 after a long war between Somali clans. […]
Great Athlete: Serena Williams
Nationality: American Ethnicity: African descent. She is 5’9 Ft tall. Williams was the highest paid female athlete in 2016, earning $28.9 million in prize money and endorsements. In addition to English as her native language Williams also speaks conversational French, and knows some Spanish and Italian. At the 2013, 2015, and 2016 French Open she […]