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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)

1,733 photos
Two starving Egyptians. Relief from the access ramp of the pyramid of Ounas, last king of the 5th Dynasty (2420 BCE) from Saqqara, Egypt. Pyramid Era, Old Kingdom. Limestone,38 x 20 x 1,4cm E 17381
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Two starving Egyptians. Relief from the access ramp of the pyramid of...

Bes, god of matrimony, as a dwarf. Stone figure (1500 BCE) New Kingdom, Egypt N 437
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Bes, god of matrimony, as a dwarf. Stone figure (1500 BCE)...

Young girl carrying offerings on her head. Wood statuette Middle Kingdom (1990-1650 BCE) E 10781
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Young girl carrying offerings on her head....

Carved knife;Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory.Four registers.Fighting warriors and two different ship types.Recto. (32nd-31st BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Negade II. From Jebel el Arak, south of Abydos,Egypt. 25,5 cm Inv. 11517
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Carved knife;Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory.Four registers.Fighting warri...

Carved knife.Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory,Four registers.Fighting warriors and two different ship types.Recto. (32nd-31st BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Negade II. From Jebel el Arak, Egypt Inv. 11517 Detail of handle.See also 08-01-08/1 for verso.
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Carved knife.Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory,Four registers.Fighting warri...

Palette with wild animals and dogs. Oval slate with hollow centre. Reverse side of 08-01-08/3. (36th-35th BCE) Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt. Grauwacke, 32 x 17,7 x 1,8 cm E 11 052
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Palette with wild animals and dogs. Oval slate with hollow centre. Rev...

Fragment of the "Hunting Palette", 3.300-3.100 BCE Grauwacke from Abydos, 40,6 x 40,5 cm E 11254 Decorated with a hunting scene in the desert,clothing and arms are found later in pharaonic society.
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Fragment of the "Hunting Palette", 3.300-3.100 BCE Grauwacke from Abydos, 4...

Concubine of the dead. Ivory figurine, 1st-2nd Dynasties (32nd-27th BCE), Archaic Period, Egypt. E 11 888
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Concubine of the dead. Ivory figurine, 1st-2nd...

Votive boat. Recovered from the bottom of the sea near Sharm el-Scheich, Sinai. Terracotta, Predynastic Period, (before 3000 BCE), Egypt.
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Votive boat. Recovered from the bottom of the sea near Sharm el...

Vase with ship and animals. Painted pottery, Pre-Dynastic Period (34th-30th BCE), Egypt. Inv. 20 304
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Vase with ship and animals. Painted pottery, Pre-Dyn...

Small recipient with elephant on top, ladder ornaments along the body. Painted terracotta (35th-33rd BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt. Inv. 22 388
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Small recipient with elephant on top, ladder ornaments along t...

Palette for make-up, with two birds' heads. Slate (32nd-30th BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt. Inv. 19 748
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Palette for make-up, with two birds' heads. Slate (32nd-30th BCE),...