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A young Roman lady’s comb -taken with her to the grave. This comb is made of antler, and dated to the late 4th or early 5th century AD. This artefact is courtesy of & can be viewed at the City Museum, Venta Gallery, Winchester, England.
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Replica of Minoan clothing by Bernice Jones, Archaeology Magazine.
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Helmet. Date: 4th century B.C. Culture: Greek. Medium: Bronze. Collection: The Art Institute of Chicago
630
Relief of Eagle-Headed Winged Figure Standing Between Two Sacred Trees. Neo-Assyrian, from Nimrud (Iraq), dated to ca. 883-859 BC. Detailed post: instagram.com/archaeologyart
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Egyptian Papyrus Reed Ring,. Date: New Kingdom, 1550-1077 BC. Meidum: Made of gold, jasper and lapis lazuli. Private Collection.
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Etruscan Gold Centaur Earrings, c. Late 4th - Early 3rd Century BC.
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Roman flasks, 1st century. Collection: The Getty.
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Detail, The 'Ladies in Blue' fresco. It shows three women richly dressed and lavishly bejeweled depicted against a blue background. Neopalacial period, 1600 - 1450 BC. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete.
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Bilingual Sumerian Proverbs, Babylonia c. 2000-1700 BC. Written in Neo Sumerian and Old Babylonian cuneiform on clay, containing 42 proverbs, a folk tale and a fable.This is the only known major bilingual proverb tablet of Old Babylonian origin. More: schoyencollection.com/24-smaller-col…
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Ceramic vessels. Place of Origin: Cahokia, Illinois, United States. Date: c. 11th-13th centuries.
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Dolphin Sealstone. Place of Origin: Crete. Date: Middle Minoan, c.1800-1700 BC. Culture: Minoan. Now on display at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK. Medium gold. Photo Credit: Bridgeman Images.
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The Conversation (The New Bracelet) by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1883.
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Proto-Hittite Chariot with Oxen, c. 1800- 1500 BC. This bronze sculptural ensemble representing a pair of oxen drawing a cart was created by the predecessors of the Hittites, making this group approximately 4,000 years old.
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Egyptian Shabtis, Archaeological Museum of Zagreb. A shabti (also known as shawabti or ushabti) is a generally mummiform figurine of about 5 - 30 centimetres found in many ancient Egyptian tombs.
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The Roman world at the time of Trajan’s death in 117 AD stretched from the shores of the Caspian Sea in the east to Spain’s Atlantic coast in the west; from Britain in the north to Egypt in the South.
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An example of ancient Inca Stonework: Coricancha (The Golden Temple, from Quechua quri gold; kancha enclosure), Peru.
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Mosaic from Sousse (ancient Hadrumetum)- fishing scenes. II century AD. Archaeological Museum, Sousse, Tunisia.
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Minoan Amethyst Seal, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University.
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Ornamental plate (lapis lazuli) with Winged Bull, Achaemenid Empire 500-400 BC. The name “lapis lazuli” means “blue stone.” The gorgeous blue color of lapis lazuli has attracted the attention of artists for thousands of years.
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Roman Votive Ear Panel, 1st-3rd century AD. Made from marble with a Greek inscription “"IAEICEYXHN”“(?). Votive offerings were presented to a god, sometimes either in the hope of a cure or as thanks for one. They were made in the shape of the afflicted body part.
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“The Finding of Moses” - 1885 by Frederick Goodall.
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