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
Dagger with iron blade and bronze handle with          
bone incrustations (left). The scabbard of sheet-      
bronze on the right. From the necropolis in Hallstatt, 
Austria, tomb 116.                                     
Length, dagger 34.7 cm, scabbard 28.2 cm
#07020359

Dagger with iron blade and bronze handle with bone incrustations (left...

Handle of a dagger, detail of 07-02-03/59, showing     
two human figures and bone incrustations. From the     
necropolis in Hallstatt, tomb 116.                     
Lenght (entire dagger) 34.7 cm
#07020360

Handle of a dagger, detail of 07-02-03/59, showing two human figures and bo...

Large bronze fibula, probably worn as a pectoral,      
from the necropolis in Hallstatt, Austria. Twelve      
solar disks on small chains (two missing), hanging     
from a boat-like brooch with a pair of horses and two  
birds.    Height 30 cm
#07020361

Large bronze fibula, probably worn as a pectoral, from the necropolis in H...

Large bronze fibula, detail of 07-02-03/61, from       
the necropolis at Hallstatt, Austria. The top of       
the brooch, with a pair of horses and two birds.       
Height (of entire fibula with pendants) 30 cm.
#07020362

Large bronze fibula, detail of 07-02-03/61, from the necropolis at Hallst...

Gold torque and bracelet from the tomb of Rheinheim,   
Saarland, Germany.
#07020363

Gold torque and bracelet from the tomb of Rheinheim, Saarland, Germany.

Gold torque, detail of 07-02-03/63, showing a          
female head and a mythical animal. From the tomb       
at Rheinheim, Saarland, Germany.
#07020364

Gold torque, detail of 07-02-03/63, showing a female head and a mythic...

Reclinign stag, metal ornament of electrum, an alloy   
of gold and silver. From Tapioszentmarton, Hungary.    
Length 22 cm
#07020365

Reclinign stag, metal ornament of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver. From...

Running stag. Gold, from Zoeldhalompuszta, Hungary.    
Length 23 cm
#07020366

Running stag. Gold, from Zoeldhalompuszta, Hungary. Length 23 cm

Skull of an enemy with iron hooks, hung as a trophy    
upon the gate of a celtic oppidum north of Marseille,  
France.
#07020367

Skull of an enemy with iron hooks, hung as a trophy upon the gate of a celti...

Head of the statue of a Celtic deity with glass-paste  
eye, from the oppidum at Bouray-sur-Juine (Essonne),   
France.                                                
Bronze
#07020368

Head of the statue of a Celtic deity with glass-paste eye, from the oppidum at...

Gallic warrior with sword belt, helmet and torque.     
Bronze, Illyrian make.
#07020369

Gallic warrior with sword belt, helmet and torque. Bronze, Illyrian make.

The Arc de Triomphe (Triumphal Arch) in Carpentras,    
France, shows two Gallic prisoners, hands fettered     
behind their backs.
#07020370

The Arc de Triomphe (Triumphal Arch) in Carpentras, France, shows two Gallic...