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A miner's leather shoe and a cowhorn for signalling calls, from the prehistoric salt mine in Hallstatt, Austria. Salt was mined in Hallstatt as early as 1000 BCE and mining continued until about the first century CE. It was resumed in the 12th century.
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A miner's leather shoe and a cowhorn for signalling calls, from the prehisto...

Loom (reconstruction) as used in the 8th to 3rd centuries BCE. Weights are polished stones. Woven and tailored textiles have been found in the Hallstatt saltmine.
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Loom (reconstruction) as used in the 8th to 3rd centuries BCE. Weights a...

Lead-figurine of a rider, from the necropolis in Froeg, Austria. These small lead figures were found in great numbers and may have been decorations for funerary vessels. Length 6.1 cm
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Lead-figurine of a rider, from the necropolis in Froeg, Austria. These sm...

Dagger with iron blade and bronze handle with bone incrustations (left). The scabbard of sheet- bronze on the right. From the necropolis in Hallstatt, Austria, tomb 116. Length, dagger 34.7 cm, scabbard 28.2 cm
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Dagger with iron blade and bronze handle with bone incrustations (left...

Handle of a dagger, detail of 07-02-03/59, showing two human figures and bone incrustations. From the necropolis in Hallstatt, tomb 116. Lenght (entire dagger) 34.7 cm
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Handle of a dagger, detail of 07-02-03/59, showing two human figures and bo...

Large bronze fibula, probably worn as a pectoral, from the necropolis in Hallstatt, Austria. Twelve solar disks on small chains (two missing), hanging from a boat-like brooch with a pair of horses and two birds. Height 30 cm
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Large bronze fibula, probably worn as a pectoral, from the necropolis in H...

Large bronze fibula, detail of 07-02-03/61, from the necropolis at Hallstatt, Austria. The top of the brooch, with a pair of horses and two birds. Height (of entire fibula with pendants) 30 cm.
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Large bronze fibula, detail of 07-02-03/61, from the necropolis at Hallst...

Gold torque and bracelet from the tomb of Rheinheim, Saarland, Germany.
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Gold torque and bracelet from the tomb of Rheinheim, Saarland, Germany.

Gold torque, detail of 07-02-03/63, showing a female head and a mythical animal. From the tomb at Rheinheim, Saarland, Germany.
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Gold torque, detail of 07-02-03/63, showing a female head and a mythic...

Gallic warrior with sword belt, helmet and torque. Bronze, Illyrian make.
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Gallic warrior with sword belt, helmet and torque. Bronze, Illyrian make.

Anhour Khaou, chief builder at Thebes, seated with his wife (earring) and grandchildren, gently holding a lock of one of the granddaughters. Wallpainting in Anhour Khaou's tomb, carved 10 m below ground level in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Egypt.
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Anhour Khaou, chief builder at Thebes, seated with his wife (earring) and g...

Harpist playing and singing to Anhour Khaou, chief builder at Thebes (fan: symbol of office), and to his wife (earring). Only painting of a singing harpist. Wallpainting in Anhour Khaou's tomb, carved 10 m below ground level, in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina.
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Harpist playing and singing to Anhour Khaou, chief builder at Thebes (fan:...