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Predynastic Period Vessel from Egypt
Terracotta vessel from the Predynastic Period in Egypt, c. 4500-3100 BCE. From the late Predynastic Period onward, the Egyptians used painted, incised, and polished pottery in life and as burial accessories for both the rich and the poor...
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Jomon Period Dogu
This is a headless dogu. Earthenware figures (dogu) were important in the Jomon period and as many as 1000 have been found at some sites. Some seem to represent imaginary animals but most are human in shape. Are they females, or without a...
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Necklaces from the Old Babylonian period
These 3 necklaces were founds inside graves. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.
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Pottery Jar from Ninevite V Period
This pottery jar was handmade and painted. It is carinated and stemmed with four equidistant vertically perforated lugs on the carination. Ninevite 5 Period, 3000-2750 BCE. From Nineveh, Northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The British Museum, London...
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Shaft-Hole Axe from Early Dynastic Period
This shaft-hole axe dates back to the early dynastic period,2800-2350 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Woman from the Hellenistic Period
This terracotta statuette depicts a woman. The woman is recumbent and is naked and wears an elaborate headdress. She looks forward, as if she is talking to someone or looking at something. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Hellenistic period, 334-139...
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Pottery Jar from Hellenistic period
This partially broken jar dates back to the Hellenistic period, 323-30 BCE. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Terracotta Female Figurines from the Ubaid Period
The decoration on both lizard-headed female figurines might well represent tattoos or jewelery. The one on the right side appears to breastfeed an infant. Such figurines were probably made for ritual purposes. Ubaid period, 5200-4200 BCE...
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Map of the ancient Near East during the Amarna Period
Map of the ancient Near East during the Amarna Period, showing the great powers of the period: Egypt (green), Hatti (yellow), the Kassite kingdom of Babylon (purple), Assyria (grey), and Mittani (red). Lighter areas show direct control, darker...
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Samurai Armour, Sengoku Period
Samurai facemask and armour from the Sengoku period (Warring States Period), 1467-1568 CE. (Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas, USA)
