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Portrait Vessel, Moche Culture
Image by Caroline Cervera

Portrait Vessel, Moche Culture

This portrait vessel was made during the Moche civilization's Apogee Epoch (c. 1 CE - 800 CE). House in Museo Larco, Lima, Peru.
Gold Staff Finial, Zenu Culture
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Gold Staff Finial, Zenu Culture

A gold staff finial made by the Zenúes, a people who belonged to the Zenú tribe of ancient Colombia. It features an owl on the edge with a majestic crest, polished golden wings and false filigree openwork on its chest. Distinctive features...
Gandao in Kalasha culture
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Gandao in Kalasha culture

Gandao is the wooden image aimed at immortalizing the important departed souls of the Kalasha family member. Gandao is installed at cemetery. The Kalasha is sole pagan tribe of Pakistan with numerical strength of 4000 approx. The Kalasha...
Carved Globule Bones (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)
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Carved Globule Bones (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)

Animal bone segments (early bronze age, c. 2169 - c. 1500 BCE), between 13-15 centimeters in length, sometimes decorated with incisions on which, successively, have been carried out globules in relief. Their uses are not yet known, although...
Philia Culture Pottery from Cyprus
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Philia Culture Pottery from Cyprus

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

This piece shows a feline, owl, serpents, and condor. The owl and condor represented the sky while the feline represented the earth and dominance. The serpent represented the subterranean world. Housed in the Museo Larco, Lima, Peru.
Kikimora in Popular Culture
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Kikimora in Popular Culture

Henry Cavill in The Witcher (2019) by Netflix. The image portrays a modern reimagination of Slavic Kikimora. © Netflix
History of the Etruscan Culture: the First Great Italian Civilization
Video by Kelly Macquire

History of the Etruscan Culture: the First Great Italian Civilization

The Etruscans, who knew themselves as the Rasenna, were a culture that flourished in central Italy in the region of Etruria between the 8th and the 3rd century BCE. They are first mentioned by the Greek writer Hesiod in the 8th century BCE...
Gobekli Tepe - the World's First Temple?
Article by Brian Haughton

Gobekli Tepe - the World's First Temple?

Located in modern Turkey, Göbekli Tepe is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. The discovery of this stunning 10,000 year old site in the 1990s CE sent shock waves through the archaeological world and beyond, with...
Legends of the Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire
Article by Brian Haughton

Legends of the Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire

The Rollright Stones is the collective name for a group of enigmatic prehistoric monuments located next to an ancient ridgeway known as the Jurassic Way, on the border between the English counties of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. The name...
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