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Longshan Culture
The Longshan culture (aka Lung-shan) flourished in parts of late Neolithic northeast China during the third millennium BCE and was an important link in the development of Chinese civilisation from the independent neolithic communities...
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Pottery Goblet from Tulaylat al-Ghassul
Grape vines were first cultivated during the Chalcolithic period. It is probable that such goblets, which are similar to modern wine glasses, were used for drinking wine. Late Chalcolithic period, 3800-3600...
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Moche Head [Pottery Vessel]
Portrait head of a Moche man. Peru, Moche Culture, 1st to 7th century CE. Fired clay.
Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Majiayao Chinese Pottery
This is a single-loop-handled pot from the Gansu Province of China; it dates back to the Majiayao Period, circa 3400 to 2000 BCE. Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibit in the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Pottery Jar from Hellenistic period
This partially broken jar dates back to the Hellenistic period, 323-30 BCE. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Fragment of a Phrygian Goose-Headed Pottery
Only this part of a reddish painted pottery has survived. This is a goose's (or duck's) head. From Samsun, Black Sea Region, in modern-day Turkey. Phrygian, 5th to 4th century BCE. (The British Museum, London...
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Pottery Lamp
This glazed pottery lamp dates to back to the 6th century CE. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.
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Pottery Plaque from the Hellenistic Period
This round pottery plaque depicts various human daily activities. In the middle, a man and a woman are having sex, and on the left, a standing woman holds a young child on her shoulders. Hellenistic Period...
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Pottery coffin from Duhok
This pottery coffin contains a woman's skeleton inside it, and it was found in Faida district, near modern Dukok city, Iraq. 1st millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Pottery Lamps
These two pottery lamps date back to the Neo-Assyrian period, 911-612 BCE. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.