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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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Dot-ornaments on a "window-stone" at Mnajdra Temple, Malta. The Malta temples are considered the world's oldest megalith constructions (4th mill. BCE).
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Dot-ornaments on a "window-stone" at Mnajdra Temple, Malta. The Malta temples...

Entrance gate of the Mnajdra temple complex, Malta, seen from the interior. Mnajdra is situated far from all settlements, 100 m above the Mediterranean (4th mill. BCE).
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Entrance gate of the Mnajdra temple complex, Malta, seen from the interior....

A tall monolith looms above an "apse" at the Mnajdra temple complex, Malta. Some of the vertical monoliths used in the Maltese neolithic temples are between 4 and 7 m high and weigh up to 20 tons (4th mill. BCE).
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A tall monolith looms above an "apse" at the Mnajdra temple complex, Malta. S...

An altar in the Tarxien temple complex, situated in a busy suburb of the town of Tarxien, Malta. Tarxien Temple consists of four individual temples; walls and altars are decorated with spiral ornaments (4th mill. BCE).
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An altar in the Tarxien temple complex, situated in a busy suburb of the...

Altar room at Tarxien temple. The stones lining the platform are decorated with a spiral ornament (4th mill. BCE).
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Altar room at Tarxien temple. The stones lining the platform are decorat...

Altar room at the Tarxien Temple, Malta. The temple complex, situated in a busy suburb of the town of Tarxien, is famous for its finely polished stone and spiral ornaments (4th mill. BCE).
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Altar room at the Tarxien Temple, Malta. The temple complex, situated...

One of the "apses" or oval ends of a cult room in Tarxien Temple, Malta. The temple complex is situated in a busy suburb of the town of Tarxien and is famous for its finely polished monoliths and spiral ornaments (4th mill. BCE).
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One of the "apses" or oval ends of a cult room in Tarxien Temple, Malta. T...

Ruins of Skorba Temple, near Zebbieh, Malta (4th mill. BCE).
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Ruins of Skorba Temple, near Zebbieh, Malta (4th mill. BCE).

Female idol from Strelice, Moravia. Lengyel Culture, Neolithic (5th-4th mill. BCE) Terracotta. Height 21.5 cm
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Female idol from Strelice, Moravia. Lengyel Culture, Neolit...

Vessel in the form of the lower part of a female body. From Drenovac, Serbia. Vinca-Plocnik Culture. Terracotta (5th-4th mill. BCE), Neolithic. Length 7.5 cm
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Vessel in the form of the lower part of a female body. From Drenovac, Se...

Vase with anthropomorphous elements. From a prince's tomb, tomb VI in Nove Kosariska, Dunajska Luzna, near Bratislava, Slovakia. 48 x 52 cm across Inv. MV 6/1962
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Vase with anthropomorphous elements. From a prince's tomb, tomb VI in Nove Ko...

Urn-shaped vase with string design.(Schnurkeramik) Height 26 cm
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Urn-shaped vase with string design.(Schnurkeramik) Height 26...