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These two glass medallions (phalerae) depict portraits of two princes of the Roman imperial family. Roman period, c. 20-40 CE. 1. Left: the younger Drusus, son of Emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE). The medallion is set in its original mount...

In this limestone statue, Sabu and his wife Meritites appear seated. The wife holds her husband at the lower chest. Only the lower legs of their son Iseb appear between their legs. From modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, circa 2400...

Black Elk (also known as Nicholas Black Elk, l. 1863-1950) photographed here with his daughter, Lucy Black Elk, and wife Anna Brings White, in their home in Manderson, South Dakota, c. 1910. Denver Public Library Special Collections

French Revolutionary journalist Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) spends time with his wife Lucille (1771-1794) and child Horace-Camille (1792-1825), oil on canvas, formerly attributed to Jacques-Louis David, c. 1792. Palace of Versailles.

Bronze collection of divine figures: the goddess Isis (left) with the child Horus, the god Osiris (middle), and the god Harpokrates (right) wearing the double crown. Egypt, Saite period to Ptolemaic period, 7th to 4th centuries BCE. State...

A 1900 photograph of the composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), his wife Elvira, and son Antonio. The Puccini villa is at Torre del Lago near the composer's hometown, Lucca. (Archivo Storico Ricordi)

A seated man is flanked by his son and daughter. Granite. From Western Thebes, Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 13th Dynasty, c. 1900 BCE. It is on display at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.

In which John Green teaches you about one of the least family-friendly family dramas in the history of family dramas, Oedipus Rex. Sophocles' most famous play sees it's main character, who seems like he's got it all together, find out that...

The temple, cemetery and family mansion of Confucius, the great philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th–5th centuries B.C., are located at Qufu, in Shandong Province. Built to commemorate him in 478 B.C., the temple has been destroyed...

The Renaissance Papacy was dominated by 3 families: the Borgias, the Roveres, and the Medicis. This video discusses the family tree of each and their role in the Italian Renaissance.