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This ivory plaque is part of the so-called "Nimrud Ivories." The sphinx wears the typical Egyptian Pharaohs' double crown and an apron with cobra. This indicates that the plaque was made by a Phoenician craftsman. From Nimrud (ancient Kalhu...

This Phoenician carved ivory panel is one of an almost identical pair with one now in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. They originally formed part of a piece of furniture, perhaps a throne. The incised letter 'aleph' beside holes on the top and...

Phoenician or Carthaginian amulets in the form of bearded heads made of sand-core glass, 4th-3rd century BCE (Cagliari, Museo Archeologico Nazionale).

This is a baked clay votive figurine of woman playing a tambourine. The curls of her hair show a Greek influence. The Canaanite traditions of terracotta figurine manufacturer were continued by the Phoenicians, both at home and in the colonies...

A Phoenician carved scarab seal (sard and gold) depicting the hawk of Horus holding an ankh and a feather of Maat. 750-500 BCE. (British Museum, London)

A Phoenician-Punic gold pectoral, 8th-7th Century BCE. From the El Carambolo Treasure, Seville. (National Archaeological Museum, Madrid)

This vessel belongs to a ceramic tradition known as "black-on-red" ware, the most ubiquitous of the Iron Age's Cypro-Phoenician exports. Iron Age II, 1000-539 BCE. From Amman, Jordan. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan).

This is a head of woman wearing an Egyptian wig. The hole at the top is a hole for suspension. Part of a baked clay votive figure. The Canaanite traditions of terracotta figurine manufacturer were continued by the Phoenicians, both at home...

Baal (also given as Ba'al) is a Canaanite-Phoenician god of fertility and weather, specifically rainstorms. The name was also used as a title, however, meaning "Lord" and was applied to a number of different deities throughout the ancient...

The Celtic languages form a branch of the Indo-European (IE) language family. They derive from Proto-Celtic and are divided into Continental Celtic languages (Lepontic, Gaulish, Galatian, Noric, Celtiberian, Gallaecian) and Insular Celtic...