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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)

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Female statue. Clay with dark brown paint and white ornaments (2200 BCE) from Melos, Greece Height 18 cm Inv. 653
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Female statue. Clay with dark brown pai...

Two ducks with dark brown paint. Grey clay vase (3rd mill. BCE) found in a tomb at Seraya, Isle of Cos, Greece Height 16 cm
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Two ducks with dark brown paint. Grey clay vase (3rd mill...

Decree of the town of Cos, Greece. Inscription on stone about the conquest of Delphi by the Gauls under Brennus in March 278 BCE, followed by news of the expulsion of the Gauls from Delphi.
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Decree of the town of Cos, Greece. Inscription on stone about the conquest...

Decree of the town of Cos, Greece. Inscription on stone about the conquest of Delphi by the Gauls under Brennus in March 278 BCE, followed by the news of the expulsion of the Gauls from Delphi. Detail.
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Decree of the town of Cos, Greece. Inscription on stone about the conquest...

War elephant trampling on a Galatian warrior. Terracotta figurine (mid 2nd BCE) from Myrina, Isle of Lemnos, Greece. Height 11.3 cm Myr 284
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War elephant trampling on a Galatian warrior. Terracotta figurine (mid...

Musician playing the double flute (Aulos). Idol from Keros (2000 BCE) Paros marble
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Musician playing the double flute (Aulos). Idol from Keros (2000 BC...

Musician playing the harp. Idol from Keros (2000 BCE) Paros marble
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Musician playing the harp. Idol from Keros (2000 BC...

Bowl with pouring spout,from Heraia,Arcadia.Cycladic style. Early Helladic III period (ca.2200 BCE) Hammered gold sheet,17 x 14,40 x 10,60 cm Bj 1885
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Bowl with pouring spout,from Heraia,Arcadia.Cycladic style....

Smokehole or "fumarole" in the mud of the crater of Solfatara, one of the extinvt volcanoes of the Phlegrean Fields near Pozzuoli,Italy. Such a sight may have inspired the myth of the Cyclops Poliphem,the one- eyed giant of the Odyssee.
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Smokehole or "fumarole" in the mud of the crater of Solfatara, one of the ex...

The rocky coast of Corsica,in the Odyssee home of the Lestrygones,canibal-giants who devour some of Ulysses companions.
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The rocky coast of Corsica,in the Odyssee home of the Lestrygones,canibal-gian...

Bowl with pouring spout,from Heraia,Arcadia.Cycladic style. Early Helladic III period (ca.2200 BCE) Hammered gold sheet,17 x 14,40 x 10,60 cm Bj 1885
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Bowl with pouring spout,from Heraia,Arcadia.Cycladic style....

Umma, a Pannnonian woman, dressed in local costume, large fur hat, dress held by fibulae, large great-coat. Tombstone, limestone (around 100 CE), from Au, Leithagebirge, Lower Austria
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Umma, a Pannnonian woman, dressed in local costume, large fur hat, dress hel...