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Cat Statue from the Nok Culture
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Cat Statue from the Nok Culture

A human-headed cat statue from modern-day Nigeria, Nok culture, 500 BCE to 200 CE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.
Mississippian Culture Projectile Points
Image by James Blake Wiener

Mississippian Culture Projectile Points

These stone projectile points date from c. 900-1540 CE and were made by members of the Mississippian culture, which flourished in what is now the United States from c. 900-1500 CE. This set of artifacts were curiously uncovered by the U.S...
Majiayao Culture Linear Design Pottery
Image by Jan van der Crabben

Majiayao Culture Linear Design Pottery

Pottery vessel with linear whirl design from China, Gansu or Qinghai Province, Majiayao culture, late 4th / early 3rd millennium BCE. Exhibited at the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)
Image by Gina Pardo

Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)

Stone door (early bronze Age, c. 2169 - c. 1500 BCE) closing of a grave dug in the rock, decorated in relief with spiral shaped motifs. On it are carved images that could allude to the sexual act and, therefore, to the continuation of life...
Jar With Stylized Landscape, Majiayao Culture
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Jar With Stylized Landscape, Majiayao Culture

A pottery jar with stylized landscape from Gansu or Qinhai Province, China. Produced by the Majiayao Culture, late 4th / early 3rd millennium BCE. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ritual Ceramic Wash Basin (Thapsos Culture, Sicily)
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Ritual Ceramic Wash Basin (Thapsos Culture, Sicily)

Large wash basin on a high foot with bifid handle (c. 1500-c. 1200 BCE), richly decorated with geometric engravings. Thapsos Culture, Sicily. (Pencil drawing by Gina Pardo).
Polada Culture Pot
Image by Museo Civico Archeologico "G. Rambotti"

Polada Culture Pot

Clay pot, Polada Culture, Abitato del Lavagnone, Bronze Age, 1800-1600 BCE. Giovanni Rambotti Civic Archaeological Museum, Desenzano del Garda, Italy.
Ancient Greek Literature
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Ancient Greek Literature

Greek literature has influenced not only its Roman neighbors to the west but also countless generations across the European continent. Greek writers are responsible for the introduction of such genres as poetry, tragedy, comedy, and western...
A Jar from Hassuna Culture
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

A Jar from Hassuna Culture

This ball-body jar was found in the Faida district of the modern city of Musil, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. It dates back to the Hassuna period, 6th millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
Nazca Culture Bowl
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Nazca Culture Bowl

Bowl, 180 BCE / 500 CE. Nazca; south coast, Peru. The Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment.
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