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Ceiling mosaic depicting the baptism of Jesus by Saint John the Baptist. Baptistery of Neon, Ravenna

The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük is a 8,000-year-old Neolithic baked-clay figurine unearthed at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia which existed from approximately 7100 BCE...

A reconstruction of the Celtic Hochdorf burial mound located near Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. The burial within a wooden chamber of a single male dates to the second half of the 6th century...

A model of the waggon from the Celtic Vix burial, Châtillon-sur-Seine, in northeast France close to a fortified Celtic site or oppidum and in the vicinity of at least four more burials. Discovered undisturbed, the...

A gold neck torc from the Celtic Vix burial, Châtillon-sur-Seine, in northeast France close to a fortified Celtic site or oppidum and in the vicinity of at least four more burials. Discovered undisturbed, the princely burial...

The Franks Casket, depicting scenes from Roman, Jewish, Christian, and Germanic tradition. Auzon, France, 8th century CE. The British Museum, London.

Grave stele of Staphilos, son of Glaukias, from the Bosporan Kingdom. It depicts a soldier with the traditional Bosporan long hair and beard, and Scythian costume. It dates to the 2nd century CE and comes from the Necropolis of...

Painted terracotta statuette of a woman playing the tympanon (tambourine), 4th century BCE. Altes Museum, Berlin.

A screen shot from the virtual tour of the Antalya Archaeological Museum, one of Turkey's largest museums. Thanks to the new Sanal Muze digital portal released by the Ministry...

A replica of the Cammin Casket (that held the relics of Saint Cordula), a masterpiece of Viking Age art, c. 1000 CE, decorated in the Mammen style and found in Kamen Pomorski, Poland. The original disappeared during World War II.