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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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Menhir Filitosa III in an alignment in the Filitosa prehistoric settlement.
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Menhir Filitosa III in an alignment in the Filitosa prehistoric settlement.

Western cult monument, Filitosa prehistoric settlement. The "torres", cupola buildings of uncertain use, were surrounded by much older menhir-type megalith rocks which marked the entrance to what may have been a fortress or a center of cultic rites.
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Western cult monument, Filitosa prehistoric settlement. The "torres", cupola bui...

Western cult monument, Filitosa prehistoric settlement. The "torres", cupola buildings of uncertain use, were surrounded by much older menhir-type megalith rocks which marked the entrance to what may have been a fortress or a center of cultic rites.
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Western cult monument, Filitosa prehistoric settlement. The "torres", cupola bui...

Shelter under a huge rock. From the first occupation of Filitosa prehistoric settlement.
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Shelter under a huge rock. From the first occupation of Filitosa prehistoric...

View over the Filitosa prehistoric settlement. Men may have settled there as early as the 7th millenium BCE. Primitive shelters gave way to early mehirs, to finely sculpted anthropomorphic menhirs, to the final, cupola crowned "torre".
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View over the Filitosa prehistoric settlement. Men may have settled the...

Phallus of light-brown stone. Southern Algeria.
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Phallus of light-brown stone. Southern Algeria.

Small mortar with eyes, 17,5 x 12 cm Southern Algeria.
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Small mortar with eyes, 17,5 x 12 cm Southern Algeria.

Ostrich egg,light-brown stone,with a relief of three ostriches. H: 24 cm. From Southern Algeria.
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Ostrich egg,light-brown stone,with a relief of three ostriches. H: 24 c...

Small mortar,with a star on the reverse side. 33 x 20 cm. From Southern Algeria.
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Small mortar,with a star on the reverse side. 33 x 20 cm. From Souther...

Small mortar,with a star on the reverse side. 33 x 20 cm. From Southern Algeria.
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Small mortar,with a star on the reverse side. 33 x 20 cm. From Souther...

Cult stele of a bird of prey, a falcon(?). H: 15,5 cm. From Algeria.
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Cult stele of a bird of prey, a falcon(?). H: 15,5 cm. From Algeria...

Sculpture of a bone of an ox, grey stone. H:9,5 cm From Algeria.
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Sculpture of a bone of an ox, grey stone. H:9,5 cm From Algeria.