Gem with Venus and Anchises. Culture: Roman. Place of origin: Italy. Date: ca. 25 BC. (18th century mount). Medium: Carnelian in modern gold and enamel mount.
Pair of wrist bracelets in the form of coiled snakes. Culture: Greek. Place of origin: Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 225–175 B.C. Medium: Bracelets: Gold; Fastening pin: Copper alloy.
The Orkney Hood, found in a peat bog in 1867, is the only complete item of fabric clothing to have survived from early medieval Scotland c. 250-615 AD, now on display at the National Museum of Scotland. Image Credit: National Museum of Scotland.