Prehistory


Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.



5 subcategories
Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

Celtic

CELTIC

Iron Age

IRON AGE

Neolithic (Young Stone Age)

NEOLITHIC (YOUNG STONE AGE)

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

PALAEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE)

1,733 photos
Babylonian tablet with inscription.                    
Terracotta (605-562 BCE) Late Iron Age                 
Inv. H 1814
#08051116

Babylonian tablet with inscription. Terracotta (605-562 BCE)...

Jug and pot, from Nazareth, Israel.                    
Terracotta, Late Bronze Age
#080512 5

Jug and pot, from Nazareth, Israel. Terracotta, Late Bronze...

Bronze bracelet (oil lamp in the background).
#080512 6

Bronze bracelet (oil lamp in the background).

Bronze bracelet.                                       
Late Iron Age
#080512 7

Bronze bracelet. Late Iron Age

Three small jugs from a tomb in Bethlehem, Israel.     
Late Iron Age
#080512 8

Three small jugs from a tomb in Bethlehem, Israel. Late Iron Age

Male head, found in a sanctuary                        
at Ashdod, Israel.                                     
Pottery, Late Iron Age
#080512 9

Male head, found in a sanctuary at Ashdod, Israel....

Clay figurines of two men and a woman.                 
Neolithic period, 7.500-8.500 BCE                      
H: 7-15 cm
#080513 1

Clay figurines of two men and a woman. Neolithic period, 7.500-...

Ceremonial sickles made of bone; tops are carved       
in the form of animal heads.
#080513 2

Ceremonial sickles made of bone; tops are carved in the form of animal he...

Zoomorphic vessels in the shape of a dove              
and another bird.                                      
Middle Bronze II, 18th-17th BCE
#080513 4

Zoomorphic vessels in the shape of a dove and another bird....

Two kohl (eye make-up) tubes made of limestone,        
flanked by two monkeys, found in a burial cave         
in Gezer, Israel.                                      
15th-14th BCE
#080513 5

Two kohl (eye make-up) tubes made of limestone, flanked by two monkeys,...

Human figure, pre-pottery Al-Ghazal period, Jordan.    
On 30 years' loan from the Amman (Jordan) Museum       
to the Louvre. The head is formed of clay over a       
human skull. H:90 cm
#080513 6

Human figure, pre-pottery Al-Ghazal period, Jordan. On 30 years' loan from t...

Three vessels, one glazed, two painted.                
Middle Bronze, 19th-17th
#080513 7

Three vessels, one glazed, two painted. Middle Bronze, 19th-17th