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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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Buffalo,light limestone.
From Algeria.

#06020243

Buffalo,light limestone. From Algeria.

Buffalo,light limestone.
From Algeria.

#06020244

Buffalo,light limestone. From Algeria.

Stele, perhaps a falcon, H:19,5 cm. head 8 cm
From Algeria.

#06020245

Stele, perhaps a falcon, H:19,5 cm. head 8 cm From Algeria.

Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm
From Algeria.

#06020246

Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm From Algeria.

Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm
Side-view of 06-02-02/46
From Algeria

#06020247

Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm Side-view of 06-02-02/46...

Neolithic skull,plastered over;eyes inlaid with ivory.
Skulls of ancestors were probably preserved in plaster
to be worshipped.

#06020248

Neolithic skull,plastered over;eyes inlaid with ivory. Skulls of ancestors were...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from
lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature
of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black
bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in
1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602

#06020249

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from
lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature
of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black
bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in
1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602

#06020250

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from
lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature
of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black
bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in
1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602

#06020251

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from
lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature
of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black
bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in
1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602

#06020252

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from
lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature
of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black
bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in
1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602

#06020253

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from
lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature
of reed-bundles.Female figure and two busts,decorated
with bitumen,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in
1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.

#06020254

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...