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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 Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working and is quite unique in form and design. It was labouriously beaten out of a single ingot of gold, then embellished with intense decoration of ribs and bosses to mimic multiple strings of beads amid folds of cloth. Perforations along the upper and lower edges indicate that it was once attached to a lining, perhaps of leather, which has decayed. The bronze strips may have served to strengthen the adornment further. It was found by workmen quarrying for stone, in Flintshire, North Wales, in an ancient burial mound in 1833. The mound lay in a field named Bryn yr Ellyllon (the Fairies' or Goblins' Hill). At the centre was a stone-lined grave with the crushed gold cape around the fragmentary remains of a skeleton. The cape would have been unsuitable for everyday wear because it would have severely restricted upper arm movement. Instead it would have served ceremonial roles, and may have denoted religious authority. P&EE, 1836 9-2 1;P&EE, 1856 10-14 10;P&EE, 1857 12
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The Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest ex...

Burial chamber of an adolescent male lying in a bed of red ochre with a large number of grave goods, nicknamed "Il Principe" ("The Prince"). From the archaeological site of Arene Candide on the Ligurian coast near Savona, Italy. Dated to the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) period.
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Burial chamber of an adolescent male lying in a bed of red ochre with a large nu...

Burial chamber of "Man of Menton" from the caves of Balzi Rossi. Bones and soil around the skelleton showed an intense red color, caused by powder of ochre the corpse was sprinkled with. The skull was adorned with marine shells. Upper Palaeolithic
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Burial chamber of "Man of Menton" from the caves of Balzi Rossi. Bones and soil...

A Neanderthal tomb burial from La Chapelle aux Saints, France, dating from about 50,000 years ago. The extreme infirmities of the skeleton of an old man found at La Chapelle suggest that he was cared for by other members of his clan, or he would not have survived as long as he did. Such discoveries helped to change the original perception of Neanderthals as being brutish and ape-like.
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A Neanderthal tomb burial from La Chapelle aux Saints, France, dating from about...

Beaker burial from Shrewton; 2000 BCE. A 'Beaker' period burial from an Early Bronze Age cemetery on Net Down, near Shrewton, a few miles from Stonehenge. This type of burial is typical of this period with the inclusion of a 'Beaker' pot and a copper dagger with a bone pommel.
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Beaker burial from Shrewton; 2000 BCE. A 'Beaker' period burial from an Early B...

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...

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...

Bronze fibula from the necropolis of Orainville (Aisne, France). 3rd century BCE.
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Bronze fibula from the necropolis of Orainville (Aisne, France). 3rd century BCE...

Portrait of Shah Abbas I,Isfahan,Iran,March 12,1627 with one of his concubines in the garden. Ink,colours and gold on paper,25,5 x 15 cm
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Portrait of Shah Abbas I,Isfahan,Iran,March 12,1627 with one of his concubin...

Fath Ali Shah (1762–1834), the secong Qajar King of Persia from 1797 to 1834, nephew and successor of Aga Muhammad Khan, founder of the Qajar dynasty. Around 1805, Iran. Oil on canvas,227 x 131 cm
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Fath Ali Shah (1762–1834), the secong Qajar King of Persia from 1797 to 1834, ne...

Basalt tombstone of Isa B Ahmad al-Akki, Dahlak Archipe- lago, Red Sea, 1188. It is inscribed with Isa B Ahmadi al-Akki and seven of his forefathers and with verses from the Koran. The Dahlak Archipelago off Eritrea had been used as a place of exile by the early caliphs. The craftsman, Abd al-Rahman B Abi Harami al-Makki came from a Meccan family specia- lizing in carved tombstones; another tombstone, dated five years later, includes both his nme and that of his nephew, presumably his apprentice. OA, 1928.3-5.1
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Basalt tombstone of Isa B Ahmad al-Akki, Dahlak Archipe- lago, Red Sea, 1188. It...