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Extraordinarily well-preserved murals, dating from pre-Inca times, depicting stylised marine scenes. The photo was taken by Hilary Bradt and used with permission. Date of photo unknown.

Signposting at the Tucume Museum, Peru. This photo was taken by Hilary Bradt and used with permission. Date unknown.

Display of pots at Tucume Museum, Peru. The pots were found during an excavation of the pre-Inca civilisations in Northern Peru. Dates unknown. Photo taken by Hilary Bradt and used with permission.

Mural in the Tucume Museum Peru that takes the visitor through the full sweep of northern Peru's history from earliest discoveries to present day. Mural graphics are labelled in Spanish and English. The photo was taken by Hilary Bradt and...

The Doric Temple of Segesta, Sicily. The temple was constructed in the late 5th century BCE, on a hill outside the city. Perhaps due to the outbreak of war, it was never fully completed.

Vase painting (on a white-ground wine pitcher) depicting a young woman spinning wool from distaff, twisting a thread between the fingers of her right hand (ceramic oinochoe, 21.6 cm, detail; found in Locri, created in Attica; ca. 490-470...

A map of ancient Aetolia, a region in Greece.

A gold stater minted by King Ptolemy Keraunos of Macedon (r. 281 - 279 BCE). The coin was minted c. 280 - 279 BCE in Lysimachia, Thrace. It is a rare minting from Ptolemy Keraunos' brief reign as King of Macedon, and even briefer period of...

A recreation of the "Grave of the Lady of Vix", from the Museum of Pays Châtillonnais - Trésor de Vix, in France. The "Vix Grave" was an inhumation burial from around 500 BCE, in which a young woman of high social status was interred with...

The Vix Krater, a massive Greek krater, or wine-mixing vessel, found in Vix, France. This massive, 1.63 m (5'4") high bronze vessel weighs around 200kg (450lbs), making it the largest Classical Greek bronze vessel found to date. The richly...