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
King or ruler in his role of priest seated             
before an offering table consecrates bread.            
Relief on the long side of a sacrificial               
basin from Temple B1, Tel Mardikh, Syria               
(Middle Bronze Age)
#08020226

King or ruler in his role of priest seated before an offering table...

Three pairs of warriors embracing to seal peace treaty.
Relief (17th BCE) on the long side of a basalt         
sacrificial basin from Temple N, Tel Mardikh, Syria    
(Middle Bronze Age)
#08020227

Three pairs of warriors embracing to seal peace treaty. Relief (17th BCE) on the...

Two warriors embrace before a deity with horned        
crown and a stern face. Relief (17th BCE) from         
the long side of a basalt sacrificial basin.           
See also 08-02-02/27                                   
From Temple N, Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age)
#08020228

Two warriors embrace before a deity with horned crown and a stern face....

Two local deities with horned crown and stern face.    
Relief (17th BCE) on the long side of basalt           
sacrificial basin. Close-up of 08-02-02/27.            
From Temple n, Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020229

Two local deities with horned crown and stern face. Relief (17th BCE) on the...

Banquet scene with flocks of sheep and goats beneath,  
one of the main sources of Ebla's riches.              
Relief (17th BCE) from the long side of a ritual       
limestone basin from the great Temple D,               
Acropolis of Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020230

Banquet scene with flocks of sheep and goats beneath, one of the main sources...

Dragon spurting. Hunting scene. Mythological figures   
from a relief on a white limestone ritual basin        
(17th BCE) from the great Temple D, Acropolis          
of Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020231

Dragon spurting. Hunting scene. Mythological figures from a relief on a white...

Lance head with the name of a scribe.                  
Bronze (Middle Bronze Age, around 17th BCE)            
found 1971 in the Fortress M of Ebla, Syria
#08020235

Lance head with the name of a scribe. Bronze (Middle Bronze Ag...

Small sardonyx vase for cosmetics or perfume           
from the Tomb of the Princess (a probably 12           
years old princess) (Middle Bronze Age, 17th BCE).     
Ebla area, Syria
#08020236

Small sardonyx vase for cosmetics or perfume from the Tomb of the Pri...

Gold jewelery and an onyx vase; six bracelets and a    
long flower-headed pin (around 1700 BCE) from the      
Tomb of the Princess (a probably 12 years old princess)
Ebla, Syria
#08020237

Gold jewelery and an onyx vase; six bracelets and a long flower-headed pin (...

Six twisted gold bracelets and a long lower-headed pin 
(around 1700 BCE) found in the Tomb of the Princess    
(a probably 12 years old princess), Ebla, Syria
#08020238

Six twisted gold bracelets and a long lower-headed pin (around 1700 BCE) found...

Animal with rider.                                     
Terracotta figurine                                    
found in 1967, Ebla, Syria
#08020239

Animal with rider. Terracotta figurine...

Sitting nude in birth-position.                        
Painted terracotta figure                              
Tell Halaf, Northern Syria                             
Size 8.3 cm                                            
AO 21 095
#080203 1

Sitting nude in birth-position. Painted terracotta figur...