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Decorated stone from Kilwarden, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 2500-1700 BCE. National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.

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.

Gold dress fastener from Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, Late Bronze Age, c. 800-700 BCE. National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.

From Rubayyat, Egypt. Ptolemaic period, 305-30 BCE. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)

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...

Vase found at Ballinchalla, Co. Mayo, Ireland, Early Bronze Age. National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.

This terracotta figure of a naked goddess probably came from Tamassos, Cyprus. Cypro-Archaic, 600-480 BCE. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)

This terracotta statuette of a mother holding a child on her chest possibly came from Larnaca, Cyprus. Cypro-Classical, 400-310 BCE. On loan from The Cyprus Museum. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)

This bowl of bichrome ware was found in Cyprus. Cypro-Geometric 850-750 BCE. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)

This jug of bichrome ware was found in Cyprus. Cypro-Archaic 600-480 BCE. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)