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Iberian Mask of a Woman
Mass produced in moulds, objects like this mask of a woman are inspired by Sicilian and Carthaginian models. They may have been used as offerings, images of a deity from the Phoenician-Punic pantheon, or apotropaic objects for protecting...

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Iberian Ram Protome
Believed to be an architectural element, specifically a corbel supporting an architrave or adorning a door jamp, this ram protome is made of limestone and dates from the 2nd-1st century BCE. It comes from Osuna (Seville), Spain. (Museo Arqueológico...

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Reconquista
The Reconquista (Reconquest) or Iberian Crusades were military campaigns largely conducted between the 11th and 13th century CE to liberate southern Portuguese and Spanish territories, then known as al-Andalus, from the Muslim Moors who had...

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Italy
The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula is one of the three peninsulas of Southern Europe (the other two being the Iberian Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula), spanning 1,000 km from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean...

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Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian ... (UNESCO/NHK)
The late prehistoric rock-art sites of the Mediterranean seaboard of the Iberian peninsula form an exceptionally large group. Here the way of life during a critical phase of human development is vividly and graphically depicted in paintings...

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Ancient Persia and the Arabian Peninsula
This video discusses the civilizations of Ancient Persia and the Arabian Peninsula. In this episode, the grand residences at Persepolis and the imperial palaces of Darius are toured. The second half of the video discusses the Arabian...

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Late Bronze Age Iberian Bowls
These bowls are from the Late Bronze Age settlement of Axtroki (Bolibar, Excoriatza, Guipúzcoa), Spain and are made from pure gold. When they were found, one bowl was inside the other. It has recently been suggested that these pieces and...

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Iberian Falcata Sword
An Iberian falcata sword, 399-200 BCE. (National Archeological Museum of Spain, Madrid)

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El Cid Plundering the Iberian Countryside
Illustration of El Cid's (1043-1099 CE) men plundering the Iberian countryside by Zvonimir Grbasic. Courtesy of Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

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Iberian Bull Sculpture
Iberian-Celtic bull sculpture from Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Sagunto)