“Twenty miles off the coast of Uganda in the unpredictable waters of Lake Victoria lies an island full of mystery. Unknown even to the local residents, it is an island of musical rocks. Numerous prehistoric stone gongs sit silently beneath the huge granite borders that characterize Lolui island.” Support TARA’s mission to preserve and share […]
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Year: 2016
Ancient Gold Ram’s-head Pendant
What is a pendant ? It’s a piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn around the neck hanging downward. This ancient gold ram’s-head was made during the Kushite Period. Representations show these pharaohs wearing a ram’s-head amulet tied around the neck on a thick cord. Rams were associated with the god Amun, particularly in Nubia, […]
Ancient Nubian Temple Found In Sudan, Africa
Archaeologists excavated a sprawling temple complex dedicated to the god Amun at the Sudanese site of Dangeil. Egypt’s most important and enduring relationship was, arguably, with its neighbor to the south, Nubia, which occupied a region that is now in Sudan. The two cultures were connected by the Nile River, whose annual flooding made civilization […]
Brazilian Model: Caroline Tavares
Nationality: Brazilian Ethnicity: Portuguese, Indigenous & Afro-Brazilian. Born in São Paulo, she stands at 5’9 1/2 ft tall, with light maroon eyes. Famous for large eyes & full lips. Give this woman a cosmetics contract. -Sola Ms. Tavares was was discovered by an assistant of Mega Model Brazil, standing behind the counter of a restaurant where she works with […]
Model: Sany Liriano
Nationality: Dominican / Swiss Ethnicity: Born in La Vega, Dominican Republic, African Descent. Ms. Liriano was brought up in Zurich, Switzerland but currently resides in Milano, Italy. Fluent in 4 languages: English, Spanish, Italian & Swiss German. She stands at 5’10 Ft Tall. Class of 2014 KV Zürich Business School , Zürich, Switzerland. sany liriano – WOMEN DIRECT MILANO / WOMEN […]
The Oldest Boat To Be Discovered In Africa Is At Least 8,000 Years Old?
Dufuna Canoe is a canoe discovered in 1987 by a Fulani cattle herdsman a few kilometers from the village of Dufuna in the Fune Local Government Area, not far from the Komadugu Gana River, in Yobe State, Nigeria. Radiocarbon dating of a sample of charcoal found near the site dates the canoe at 8500 to 8000 […]
African Gladiators Under Caesar’s Rule?
Caesar, Morituri te salutant! [“Caesar, Those about to die salute you.!”] The city was becoming an important trade center. Probably in the first half of the sixth century, the Carthaginian admiral Hanno founded several colonies along the coast of what is now Morocco and proceeded to the gold river Senegal, and even reached Mount Cameroon. […]
Prince of poets.
Beautiful ancient mosaic. Virgil is seated between the muse of epic poetry, Calliope (on the left), and Melpomene, the muse of tragedy, who carries a theatrical mask. The poet holds a scroll containing part of his Aeneid. Bardo National Museum, Tunis. -History of the ancient world. The Tunisia Museum The national Bardo Museum is a […]
Ancestry DNA Results
For this result I used AncestryDNA I used this company because they have the largest database. When I first read the results & saw this map, I wasn’t really shocked. I knew I was of mixed heritage. It also explains and help me understand my appearance. I’m mostly composed of African & European Ancestry. Like many […]
E-V13 DNA originated in Northeastern Africa around 18,000 years ago entered Europe at some time via the Balkans?
Why the men of Abergele carry the rare marker is not yet known, but its high frequency could be due to the settlement of the town during the 1st to 4th centuries AD by Roman soldiers. –The Last Legion Movie Still- 2007 A more likely Roman genetic legacy in the British Isles lies in the […]
DNA test proves some East Africans are descendants of Chinese sailors shipwrecked on Kenya’s shores 600 years ago
Their ancestors were said to be from indigenous women who intermarried with Chinese Ming sailors when they were shipwrecked. The earliest contacts between Kenya and China. Six centuries later, the descendants of these Chinese sailors are visible in Lamu where China’s ancient Maritime Silk road terminates. In Siyu village, archaeologists have discovered artifacts like porcelain and […]
Model: Zaina Gohou
Nationality: German Ethnicity: German & Ivorian, African Ms. Gohou stands at 5’10 ft tall. She’s fluent in English & German. Some of her hobbies are painting, skiing & hiking. She has a university degree as a psychologist before starting her modeling career. Booked by the likes of L’Oreal , Chanel , Givenchi and Balmain . A life […]
Model: Aya Jones
Nationality: French Ethnicity: Her Father is from the Ivory Coast, African. Ms. Jones was raised in Paris, France. She is fluent in English & French. Many took notice of Jones’ poise, 5’10” frame, gorgeous wide eyes, and pillowy lips. SHOWS WALKED: Prada, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, Sacai, Giambattista Valli, Sonia Rykiel, […]
Marie Antoinette & Her Music Tutor Joseph Boulogne Of African Ancestry
Before Prince there was Le Mozart Noir / Joseph Boulogne, Le Chevalier Saint Georges portrays the remarkable life of a man who overcame the adversities of class, race and society to become a international superstar in 18th century France whose work has fallen into neglect due to the prejudices of history. –Marie Antoinette -film still […]
Remains of an African woman who died more than 1,000 years ago during Saxon times in Britain, Europe
Experts say the remains are those of a Sub-Saharan African woman and date from between 896 AD and 1025 AD. At the time of the discovery, the force said a Roman cemetery had been found near to the site which could explain the findings. Believed to have traveled more than 3,000 miles from Africa. Gloucestershire […]
Great Olympic Athlete: Simone Arianne Biles
Nationality: American Ethnicity: African descent Biles is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the “Final Five” at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She also won the bronze medal for the balance beam during the Olympics. Biles is a three-time […]
Olympic Gold Medalist: Sherri Howard, as Queen Isis in The Scorpion King
Nationality: (Sherman, Texas) American Ethnicity: African descent Sherri Frances Howard is a former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She is the older sister of 1988 relay teammate Denean Howard. More fascinating is she has a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University. She competed in the 1980 Olympic trials in the […]
Oba is the word for King in the Yoruba
There are two different kinds of Yoruba monarchs: The kings of Yoruba clans, which are often simply networks of related towns (for example, the oba of the Egba bears the title “Alake of Egbaland” because his ancestral seat is the Ake quarter of Abeokuta, hence the title Alake, which is Yoruba for Man of Ake. […]
Bust Of The Ethiopian King Memnon?
Roman; Thyreatis, Greece (c. 170 C.E.) –Tom Ljevar This marvelous bust is one of the very few documents of an actual black person from Greek and Roman antiquity. Memnon was a pupil and protégé of the well-known Athenian entrepreneur and philosopher Herodes Atticus. It was found more than a century ago in one of several […]
Mosaic Of Two Fighters Dueling From Rome, Italy
This portrays two fighters dueling with shields and swords. The influences of these mosaics are rooted in late antique impressionism that could be seen in frescoes, manuscript paintings and many pavement mosaics across villas in Africa, Syria and Sicily during the 5th century. The utterances they shout at each other are reproduced in written form: fol! […]
The Adoration of the Kings
Jan Gossaert was one of the first painters of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting to visit Italy and Rome, which he did in 1508-09, and a leader of the style known as Romanism, which brought elements of Italian Renaissance painting to the north, sometimes with a rather awkward effect. Beautiful intricate design gold breastplate / […]
Were There Africans In Europe During Medieval Times?
Breviary of Marie de Saint Pol The Breviary of Marie de Saint Pol is an illuminated prayer book, made in Paris c. 1330-1340. It was commissioned by Marie de Saint Pol, Countess of Pembroke (c. 1304-1377). Marie founded the Hall of Valence Mary in Cambridge in 1347, now better known as Pembroke College. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD She […]
Ghanaian Chieftain Son Marries English Woman
The occasion was front-page news in Britain, in Ghana, and many other countries. Coverage in newspapers around the world ranged from the hostile to skeptical to admiring. He was born in Kumasi to Nana James Appiah and Nana Adwoa Akyaa, members of the Ashanti imperial aristocracy. Joe Appiah, a Ghanaian political figure and former diplomat […]
A United Kingdom Movie: An African Chief & His English Wife Forbidden Love
The back story: The Chief of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now known as Botswana) Seretse Khama & his English wife, Ruth Williams that he married in 1948. It was a whirlwind romance. Seretse didn’t seek consent from his uncle because he knew it would be denied, but Ruth had to ask her father George, who argued that […]
Ancient African Mathematics: The Ishango Bone 26,000+ years old?
Found in Sub-Sahara Africa? Older than the ancient Egyptians? “Today, however, the more than 20,000 years old Ishango bone is considered to be the first evidence of a calculator in the world, although in the Lebombo mountains of Zwaziland a similar find has been dated to 35,000 years ago. Named after the place where it was […]
Ancient African Mathematics from Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s ancient and advanced system of mathematics is the same sophisticated system that modern computers use today. The strange and ancient method of multiplication that Ethiopian merchants used for thousands of years is explained. Using an example of multiplying 11 by 15 and using coffee beans as counters, the method of halving the 11 and […]
Hidden Figures: The African American Women Mathematicians Who Helped NASA
Black or white, East or West, single or married, mothers or childless, women were now a fundamental part of the aeronautical-research process. –Courtesy of William Morrow Working as a research mathematician at Langley was a very, very good black job — and it was also a very, very good female job. They had learned the […]
Model: Elsa Baldaia
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. […]
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 […]