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Reconstructed Limes Stone Watchtower (Wp 1/68)
Image by Carole Raddato

Reconstructed Limes Stone Watchtower (Wp 1/68)

This reconstructed limes stone watchtower (Wp 1/68) at Hillscheid (Germany) is considered the most accurate reconstruction of a watchtower that stood on the Roman frontier in German territory. The stone towers were built around 150 CE and...
Jesus Christ Depicted on Jelling Stone
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Jesus Christ Depicted on Jelling Stone

Jelling tones raised by King Harold Bluetooth (r. 958-985 CE) in memory of his deceased parents. As a Christian convert, Bluetooth was responsible for Denmark’s adoption of the new religion, thus he had one side of the larger stone depict...
Mesopotamian Carved Stone with Integral Handle
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Mesopotamian Carved Stone with Integral Handle

This carved grey stone has an integral handle. It was possibly a weight. There are eight compartments decorated with the shapes of eyes and rosettes. The handle imitates basketry and is ornamented with lozenges in relief. The stone might...
Grinding Stone from Nabta Playa
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Grinding Stone from Nabta Playa

Seeds and wild grasses were processed with round or oval grinders (manos) of hard quartzitic sandstone. These were rubbed against a larger mill stone to make flour. A depression in the lower stone's surface prevented spillage. The abundance...
Celtic Turoe Stone
Image by Dirk Huth

Celtic Turoe Stone

The Celtic Turoe Stone, 1st century BCE. Covered in vegetal designs, the significance of the stone is not known but it likely had a sacred significance and probably once stood at a sacred site. Bullaun, County Galway, Ireland.
Chavin Stone Tenon Head
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Chavin Stone Tenon Head

A stone head which originally protruded from the exterior wall of the temple at the Chavin religious site of Chavin de Huantar. Over 100 such heads have been found, each is unique and represents the transformation of a shaman into a supernatural...
Odin on Sleipnir (Tjängvide image stone)
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Odin on Sleipnir (Tjängvide image stone)

The Tjängvide image stone dating to the Viking Age found in Gotland, Sweden and probably showing Odin on his horse Sleipnir (or otherwise a dead man arriving at Odin's hall of Valhalla) on the middle-right.
Olmec Colossal Stone Head, San Lorenzo
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Olmec Colossal Stone Head, San Lorenzo

An Olmec colossal stone head in basalt from San Lorenzo, c. 1200-400 BCE. Although all wear the hat or headdress worn during war and the Mesoamerican ballgame, each of these massive heads has unique features which suggests they depict specific...
Darius I Inscribed Stone Weight
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Darius I Inscribed Stone Weight

The cuneiform inscription on this polished diorite weight states "I Darius, the great king, the son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian". This is an abbreviated version of a standard inscription on a series of stone weights of Darius, which can...
Picture Stone with Sun Wheel
Image by Wolfgang Sauber

Picture Stone with Sun Wheel

Picture stone with whirling suns, ornaments, and a ship, 5th-6th century. Fornsalen Museum, Visby (Gotland).
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