portrait Archive

Sir Walter Raleigh ‘Self-Portrait’ Discovered Behind Walls In The Tower Of London

AncientPages.com | November 5, 2018

AncientPages.com - Tower of London is today a great tourist attraction, but the castle built on the north bank of the River Thames has not always been a place

Archaeology

X-Ray Reveal Ghostly Portrait Of Mary Queen Of Scots Hidden Underneath 16th Century Painting

AncientPages.com | November 3, 2017

AncientPages.com - An unfinished portrait of a woman believed to be Mary, Queen of Scots has been found hidden beneath another 16th-century portrait during a significant research project recently

The text on the back of the dressing mirror found in Marquis of Haihun's tombs (Photo/CCTV.com)

Archaeology

Marquis Of Haihun’s Tombs: Dressing Mirror With Confucius’ Portrait Re-Identified

AncientPages.com | March 4, 2017

AncientPages.com - Excavation of the royal tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of China's Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD) revealed many relics and among them, there is