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Ptolemy V
Ptolemy V (r. 205-181 BCE) gold octadrachm. (Numismatics Museum, Athens)
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Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII silver tetradrachm, 1st century BCE. (Numismatics Museum, Athens)
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Attalus I
Attalus I (r. 241-197 BCE) on a silver tetradrachm from Pergamon. (Numismatics Museum, Athens)
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Gold Bracelets & Dress Fastner from Ancient Ireland
Gold collection found near New Ross, Co. Waterford, Ireland, Late Bronze Age, c. 800-700 BCE.
National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.
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Decorated Stone from Ancient Ireland
Decorated stone from Kilwarden, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 2500-1700 BCE.
National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.
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Wine Jar Sherd with Cursive or Hieratic Script
The hieratic script identifies the contents of the jar as wine of year 39. From Egypt; precise provenance is unknown. Late 18th Dynasty, circa 1375 BCE. National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
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Gold Dress Fastener from Ancient Ireland
Gold dress fastener from Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, Late Bronze Age, c. 800-700 BCE.
National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.
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Mummy-mask of Painted & Gilded Cartonnage
From Rubayyat, Egypt. Ptolemaic period, 305-30 BCE. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
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Detail of the Coffin of Diefiawet from Egypt
The surfaces of the coffin of Diefiawet were covered with painted scenes and hieroglyphic texts to assist and protect her passage into the afterlife. Isis and Nephthys, the sisters of Osiris, protect the head and the foot of the mummy, and...
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Ballinchalla Lidded Vase
Vase found at Ballinchalla, Co. Mayo, Ireland, Early Bronze Age.
National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.
