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Hunters or warriors on horseback. Harness plate, silver, gilded (400-350 BCE). From Letnica, Bulgaria.
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Hunters or warriors on horseback. Harness plate, silver, gilded (400-350 BCE)....

Votive stele of a Thracian horseman found near the village of Zlatna Panega, Lovech district, Bulgaria; 2nd-3rd century CE.
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Votive stele of a Thracian horseman found near the village of Zlatna Panega, Lov...

Wounded warrior. Fresco from Pendjikent, Tadjikistan; 8th century CE.
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Wounded warrior. Fresco from Pendjikent, Tadjikistan; 8th century CE.

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.

Bison.Cave painting from Altamira,Santander, Spain.
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Bison.Cave painting from Altamira,Santander, Spain.

Decorated bone pin, Early Aurignacian period, about 34,000 years old. Deliberately made jewellery is unknown in Old Stone Age sites in Europe before the start of the Upper Palaeolithic. Some of the oldest known pieces came from the Abri Lartet, a shelter formed by a rock overhang where the users of distinctive split-based spear points camped during the early Aurignacian period, which in France lasted from 35,000 to 29,000 years ago. The decorated pin is a rare piece. There is nothing to compare with it in the whole of western Europe. From the flattened tip the smooth shaft becomes more rounded towards the middle where the simple notched decoration starts. This extends all round the shaft onto the head which is in part still rough and may not have been finished. The tip is thin and flattened. It appears unsuitable for use as a tool. On a person, it might have been worn in the hair or, to hold the sides of a collar or jacket front together below the shoulder. Perforated bone pendants with notched decoration and waste from making ivory beads were also found at the site. P&EE, Sieveking Catalogue no. 1
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Decorated bone pin, Early Aurignacian period, about 34,000 years old. Deliberate...

The Gouffre at Padirac, Massif Centrale, France. The Cave has a depth of 103 m, and is 99 m around its rim. The average diameter is 35 m.
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The Gouffre at Padirac, Massif Centrale, France. The Cave has a depth of 103 m,...

The Gouffre at Padirac, France. "Virgin and Child".
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The Gouffre at Padirac, France. "Virgin and Child".

Oval chopping tool
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Oval chopping tool

Cult complex "Soborul zeitelor" of Poduri (Assembly of Goddesses). 21 clay idols, 15 of which are painted, 6 unpainted, 13 thrones, 1 clay ball, 1 conical clay object. Pre-Cucuteni culture; settlement tumulus. From Poduri - Dealul Ghindaru, Romania. First half of the 5th Millenium BCE.
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Cult complex "Soborul zeitelor" of Poduri (Assembly of Goddesses). 21 clay idols...

Sitting male clay figurine. Red-yellowish paint. From the Middle Neolithic circular ditch at Scheltz, Austria.
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Sitting male clay figurine. Red-yellowish paint. From the Middle Neolithic cir...

Human depiction in the form of a lid handle. Elongated neck with a proportionally small head and a beak-like nose. Clay; from Ljubimec, Haskovo, Bulgaria. Height: 6,8cm
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Human depiction in the form of a lid handle. Elongated neck with a proportionall...