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The decoration on both lizard-headed female figurines might well represent tattoos or jewelery. The one on the right side appears to breastfeed an infant. Such figurines were probably made for ritual purposes. Ubaid period, 5200-4200 BCE...

A map showing the spread of Celtic-speaking peoples in Europe, and their migrations in the Post-Classical Period.

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht from Thebes, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

A section of the mural at Ajanta in Cave No. 17. depicts the 'coming of Sinhala'. The prince (Prince Vijaya) is seen in both of groups of elephants and riders. This mural also depicts the soldiers of the Gupta/Vakataka period (4th to 6th...

This painted jar dates back to the Jemdet Nasr period, 3100-2900 BCE. The jar displays geometric grey and red motifs. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

An illuminated text of the Buddhist Lotus sutra. Goryeo period (918-1392 CE). Gwangdeoksa temple in Chenan, Korea.

A bronze statuette of the goddess Bastet (labelled Bastet-E 3731), made during the Late Period of Ancient Egypt, c. 664-332 BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris.

This sutra case was excavated at Hatogamine in Kyoto, Japan. It is made of gilt bronze and dates to the 1116 CE, which was during the Heian period in Japanese history. (Tokyo National Museum)

This large pottery basin was decorated with a human face and dates back to the Akkadian period, 2350-2156 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

Warring States Period dog collar. Zhongshan State Gallery, Hebei Museum, Shijiazhuang, China.