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This map illustrates the Middle Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2055–1650 BCE), a period of political stability, economic revival, and cultural flourishing between the turbulence of the First and Second Intermediate Periods. Established by Mentuhotep...

Arsenical copper axe-head, dating to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It has nine binding-holes, three in each tang. Traces of the original wooden haft survive and the remains of some organic material are preserved in the corrosion product on...

Drawings of stone tools belonging to the Middle Palaeolithic (sometimes called 'Mousterian') industries, found from Europe and the Near East to Africa between approximately 250,000 and 30,000 years ago. It is associated with archaic homo...

Hand axe from the site of Lyndford Quarry (near Mundford, Norfolk, UK), which dates to around 60,000 years ago and falls within the Middle Palaeolithic industry.

Medieval literature is defined broadly as any work written in Latin or the vernacular between c. 476-1500, including philosophy, religious treatises, legal texts, as well as works of the imagination. More narrowly, however, the term applies...

A map illustrating the political situation in the Ancient Near East around the first half of the second millennium BCE as Assyria reestablished its independence and broke Mitanni power in conjunction with the Hittites. Moreover, the Assyrians...

A map depicting the divisions of the Islamic Empire during the second Islamic civil war - the Second Fitna. The dominions of the Umayyads, Zubayrids, Kharjites, Al Mukhtar and those regained by the Byzantines are shaded in colors as indicated...

Early Northern Wei style grotto at Longmen Grottoes, Henan Province, China. c. 500 CE

The Dark Ages as synonym for the Middle Ages is still quite widespread, especially when you want to criticise something seen as despicable and retrograde, however the designation is extremely limited and does little justice to an extraordinary...

The votive or sacred Warka Vase is decorated with three horizontal registers and shows signs of repair in antiquity. The middle register depicts a procession of naked male figures carrying bowls and jars of sacrificial elements, such as fruit...