grandegyptianmuseum:

“In today’s political landscape, female rulers are few and far between, But thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme, controlling the authoritarian state as power brokers in times of war and peace. Even with their success, these political masterminds were just as often used as pawns in a patriarchal society. Through the seductive lens of six remarkable female pharaohs―including Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra―celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney explains how these women ruled and what made ancient Egypt unique among history’s greatest empires. Her remarkable book illuminates the complexities of their unusual power―and why its like has never been seen since.”

― When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, by Kara Cooney

melianinarda:

The Silmarillion aesthetic |
Ingwë Ingweron | The High King of all the Elves



Ingwë is the King of the Vanyar and the High King of all the Elves. He was the leader of the first Kindred of Elves of the Vanyar tribe and his name means “first one, Chief” in Quenya.


Ingwë was reckoned as High King of all the Eldalië, the Elves of the Great Journey, and because of this he is called Ingwë Ingweron, the “Chief of the Chieftains”. He lived in Taniquetil, ruling from beneath Manwë High King of Arda.


amazing art (detail) by Choistar

melianinarda:

The Silmarillion aesthetic |
The Second House of The Noldor | HITHLUM

Hithlum was cold and rainy, but quite fertile. The Noldor landed here in the Firth of Drengist and first camped at the shores of Lake Mithrim.

Later in the First Age, Hithlum was continually under attack by Morgoth, finally being lost after the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.

Hithlum was completely destroyed during the War of Wrath.

Hísilómë or Land of Mist