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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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Hunter attacking a giant bird. Detail of the embossed and engraved sheet-bronze Benvenuti Situla from Este, Italy. Height of the frieze 5.5 cm Inv. 4667
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Hunter attacking a giant bird. Detail of the embossed and engraved sheet-bronze...

Banqueting scene, a musician playing the flute. Detail from the center row of scenes embossed on the Vace Situla, found in a tumulus in Slovenia. See also 07-01-03/35-37,46,50. Sheet bronze (6th BCE). Height (detail) 24 cm - Inv. P 581
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Banqueting scene, a musician playing the flute. Detail from the center r...

Riders on their horses. Detail from the top row of scenes embossed on the Vace Situla, found in a tumulus in Slovenia. See 07-01-03/35-37,46,50. Sheet bronze (6th BCE). Height (of detail) 24 cm Inv. P 581
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Riders on their horses. Detail from the top row of scenes embossed on the V...

Hunting hares. Scene from an embossed sheet-bronze belt from tomb 161 in Este-Nazari, Venetia, Italy.
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Hunting hares. Scene from an embossed sheet-bronze belt from tomb 161 in Es...

Embossed belt made of sheet-bronze, from tomb 795, Hallstatt Archaeological Site.
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Embossed belt made of sheet-bronze, from tomb 795,...

Circles of flowers and animals, embossed bronze lid of a situla, from tomb 697, Hallstatt Archaeological Site. Diameter 22.9 cm Inv. 25830
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Circles of flowers and animals, embossed bronze lid of a situla, from tomb 6...

Stags and griffins, embossed on the lid of a situla from tomb 696, Hallstatt Archaeological Site, Austria. Sheet bronze Diameter 23.7 cm Inv. 25816
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Stags and griffins, embossed on the lid of a situla from tomb 696, Hallstatt...

Horse head, ceremonial axe, insignium of a dignitary or chieftain, from the Sarviz Canal, Tolna, Hungary. Bronze Height 8.5, length 12 cm
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Horse head, ceremonial axe, insignium of a dignitary or chieftain, from the S...

Bovine animal. Small bronze statue. From tomb 507, Hallstatt Archaeological Site, Austria. Height 9.7 cm
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Bovine animal. Small bronze statue. From tomb 507, Hallstatt...

Horse. Ssmall statue from Obrany, Moravia Bronze, height 9 cm
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Horse. Ssmall statue from Obrany, Moravia Bronze, height 9 cm

Cow and calf as handle on a vessel used to scoop soup or broth from a larger container. From tomb 671, Hallstatt Archaeological Site, Austria. Bronze, 29.4 cm across
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Cow and calf as handle on a vessel used to scoop soup or broth from a lar...

Cow and calf as handle for a bowl used to scoop soup or broth from a larger vessel. Detail: the cow is riveted to the bottom of the bowl. See 07-02-02/45 From tomb 671, Hallstatt Archaeological Site, Austria Bronze, 29.4 cm across.
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Cow and calf as handle for a bowl used to scoop soup or broth from a lar...