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Ancient Artifacts and Texts

Collection of ancient artifacts including ostracons, oracle bones, and sealing fragments. Varying textures and colors depict historical significance.

Scherf of a jug of the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in or Before 1743 Stoneware, Rhenish, Frechen-ware, jug; fragm of base. Cologne stoneware Second
Scherf of a jug of the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in or Before 1743 Stoneware, Rhenish, Frechen-ware, jug; fragm of base. Cologne stoneware Second
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Hollow-Base Projectile Point ca. 4000-3800 B.C. Predynastic, Badarian This projectile point is a type known as a concave-base projectile point. The two long tangs forming the hollow facilitated hafting the point onto an arrow or spears shaft. The tool was used for hunting wild animals in the desert or along the Nile.. Hollow-Base Projectile Point. ca. 4000-3800 B.C.. Flint. Predynastic, Badarian. From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Matmar, Tomb 3083, BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931Italy, prehistory, eneolithic, Tools from Pulo di Molfetta sinkhole, Apulia Region, Italyidol plate idol plate, schist, 3600-2500 BC, Gruta/Lapa de Galinha, Santarém, Portugal, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21720735Openwork Copper Bead with Bird Design 12th-15th century Chimú. Openwork Copper Bead with Bird Design 315372ESTELA DISCOIDEA DE IRUÑA. Location: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. VITORIA / GASTEIZ. ALAVA. SPAIN.Bijgekapte Vuurstenen in Vuursteenscherf; 1. Cut flint. 2. And 3. Flint cut from the same type, seen both dimensions. 4. Silex shine, type knife type 1/1 Nature. .Roman wine press. 1st century. From Mas Cartella. Wine Museum. Vilafranca del Penedes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Karte des Iran auf rostigem Metall - Map of Iran on rusty metal Karte des Iran auf rostigem Metall - Map of Iran on rusty metal Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 10232064Petal-Shaped Bead, c. 1391-1353 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III. Faience; overall: 3 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/8 in.).Lid of the falcon-headed coffin of Sheshonq II from the exhibition: Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, EuropeReconstruction of the burial of the Bush Barrow Chieftain. With permission of Wiltshire Museum, Devizes, England, UKFemale figurines from Shiqmim and Beersheba, over 6,500-5,500 years ago. Made from pebble. Likely to have represented a goddess, some are natural representations of the female form while others are more stylized.USA ARIZONA Painted Rocks site nearby GILA BEND rocks engraved with enigmatic signs dated from the Hohokam Classic Period 1200-1450 ADMap of Maine on rusty metalTchungke stone used in the Tchungke game, also known as chunky game, played by the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara on display at the On-A-Slant Indian Village museum, SD