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Iron Age


pre-Roman Iron Age: Hallstatt period, Latene period



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A dying Gaul at the feet of the Goddess Themis. Zeus Altar, erected 180 BCE by Eumenes II. Although the sculptures illustrate the war of the Gods against the Giants, the altar was erected to celebrate the victory over the Gauls.
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A dying Gaul at the feet of the Goddess Themis. Zeus Altar, erected 180 BCE by E...

Servian fortification wall near the railway station in Rome, Italy, erroneously named after the Etruscan king Servius Tullius (578-534 BCE), built around 390 BCE after the invasion of the Gauls.
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Servian fortification wall near the railway station in Rome, Italy,...

Servian fortification wall near the railway station in Rome, Italy, erroneously named after the Roman King Servius Tullius (578-534 BCE), built around 390 BCE after the invasion of the Gauls. Detail of 01-03-01/2
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Servian fortification wall near the railway station in Rome, Italy,...

The bishop's church of Aguntum, once a Celto-Roman temple, in Lavant, Carinthia.
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The bishop's church of Aguntum, once a Celto-Roman templ...

Dancer.Detail of a black earthenware vessel with stamp decoration from Sopron,Hungary. Overall height: 41,5 cm See also 07-01-03/15,16;05-01-06/54,55
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Dancer.Detail of a black earthenware vessel with stamp decoration fr...

Woman with lyre.Detail of a black earthenware vessel with stamp decoration from Sopron,Hungary. Overall height: 41,5 cm See also 07-01-03/15,16;05-01-06/53,55.
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Woman with lyre.Detail of a black earthenware vessel with stamp decoration fr...

Geometric design and stamp ornament.Detail of a black earthenware vessel from Sopron,Hungary. Overall height: 41,5 cm See also 07-01-03/15,16;05-01-06/53,54.
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Geometric design and stamp ornament.Detail of a black earthenware vessel from...

Pottery cinerary urn shaped like a hut, early Italian Iron Age, Villanova, 900-800 BCE. The hut represented here is oval in plan, built of wooden posts and beams with wattle and daub walls.The doors of the urns were kept shut with a bronze pin.
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Pottery cinerary urn shaped like a hut, early Italian Iron Age, Villanova, 900-8...

Weaving combs made of bone. Finds from the early phase of the Iron Age, corresponding to the 6th century BCE Hallstatt culture of Central and Western Europe, consist mainly of weapons and jewellery.
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Weaving combs made of bone. Finds from the early phase of the Iron Age, corresp...

Lady of Elche. Painted limestone bust; from L'Alcúdia, Spain; 4th century BCE. The famous but controversial "Lady of Elche" (Dama d'Elx in Catalan, Dama de Elche in Spanish) is a polychrome stone bust that was revealed as found by chance in 1897 at L'Alcúdia, an archaeological site that was on a private estate about 2 km, south of Elx (Spanish Elche) (Alicante, Land of Valencia, Spain). The Lady of Elx is generally believed to be Iberian art of the 4th century BCE, or of the Hellenistic or the Roman periods. The bust is usually thought to represent a woman wearing a very complex headdress and big coils on each side of the face. A minority interpretation sees it representing a man.
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Lady of Elche. Painted limestone bust; from L'Alcúdia, Spain; 4th century BCE....

Bronze dagger and scabbard with figures of animals. Celtic; 6th century BCE.
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Bronze dagger and scabbard with figures of animals. Celtic; 6th century BCE.

Bronze fibula in shape of a human figure. Celtic; from Hradek near Manetin, Bohemia; 450 BCE.
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Bronze fibula in shape of a human figure. Celtic; from Hradek near Manetin, Boh...