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Wedgwood Queen's Ware Glacier
A glacier of cream-coloured earthenware produced by the Etruria factory of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95). This style was popular with Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of Great Britain (r. 1760-1820) and so became known as Queen’s ware...

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Queen Tamar of Georgia
Queen Tamar of Georgia (r. 1184-1213), detail of a mural in the Vardzia Monastery in southern Georgia. 12th-13th-century. Tamar was the first ruling queen of Georgia and presided over a period of the state's greatest ever expansion.

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Daughters of Amenhotep III & Queen Tiye
This limestone tomb relief came from the Tomb of Kheruef (TT192) at Western Thebes (in modern-day El-Assasif), Egypt. These two girls are daughters of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III (c. 1386-1353 BCE) and Queen Tiye (1398-1338 BCE). Kheruef...

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Queen Sirikit of Thailand
Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Queen Sirikit of Thailand who was born in 1932 CE. The date that this photo was taken is not known. The photo shows Thai silk worn by Thai royalty.

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Portrait of Queen Hatshepsut
A stone statue of Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt (reigned 1479–1458 BC, 18th Dynasty).

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Queen Nefertiti
A bust of Egyptian queen Nefertiti ("The Beautiful One Has Come", c. 1370 to c. 1336 BCE), the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. By the sculptor Thutmose and rediscovered in 1912.
Neues Museum, Berlin.

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Queen of the Night Plaque
The Queen of the Night (also known as the Burney Relief) is a high relief terracotta plaque of baked clay, measuring 19.4 inches (49.5 cm) high, 14.5 inches (37 cm) wide, with a thickness of 1.8 inches (4.8 cm) depicting a naked winged woman...

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Queen Nzinga of Matamba
A 19th-century illustration by Achille Devéria of Queen Nzinga (aka Zingha) of Matamba (l. c. 1583-1663), a kingdom which ruled in what is today Angola. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

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Queen Teuta of Illyria
Artist's impression of Teuta, Queen of the Illyrian Ardiaei tribe, leads a pirate expedition against rome. According to Illyrian laws, piracy was a legitimate trade, which led to war against the Roman Republic, who did not approve. This...

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Queen's Megaron of the Palace of Knossos
The largely restored Queen's Megaron of the Palace of Knossos, Crete. The room was adorned with frescoes which today are preserved as copies in their original position. The most striking is the fresco of the Dolphins which decorated the upper...