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Gold coin of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, minted in Sicily between 1211-1250 CE. Weighs 5.2 grammes and measures 20 mm (British Museum, London)

Painted jug. Pottery. From Cyprus, Geometric Period, 1050-750 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Painted jug, barrel-shaped. Pottery. From Cyprus, Geometric Period, 1050-750 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

This ritual object, a pottery censer, was made in the shape of a prism, with superimposed sphinx and lion reliefs on both sides. The small square openings on the front and the back were for the smoke of the fumigated plants to come out. The...

Pottery jug with a broken handle. From Gezer, in modern-day Israel. Early Iron Age in Palestine/Syria, 1200-900 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Bronze figurine of a goddess. Middle Bronze Age, 1650-1050 BCE. From modern-day Syria. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

These pottery vessels show prominent Anatolian characteristics. Early Bronze Age in Cyprus, 2300-1900 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

A statuette of a lion. Faience. Early Iron Age, 1200-900 BCE. From Tel Megiddo, in modern-day Israel. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

A variety of milk pottery. Late Bronze Age in Cyprus, 1650-1050 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Figures of the Egyptian god Amun (wearing the plumed headdress) and his consort, the goddess Mut (wearing the royal vulture headdress and the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Each holds a scepter and an ankh. The figures were vandalized...