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Table-des-Marchands Tumulus, Locmariaquer
The stone burial mound known as the Table-des-Marchands (Table of Merchants) at the Neolithic site of Locmariaquer in north-west France. The tomb was constructed in the 5th millennium BCE and is so called because of the large flat stone which...
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Crusader States
The Crusader States (aka the Latin East or Outremer) were created after the First Crusade (1095-1102) in order to keep hold of the territorial gains made by Christian armies in the Middle East. The four small states were the Kingdom of Jerusalem...
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Holy Grail Tapestries: The Arming of the Knights
Holy Grail tapestries: The Arming of the Knights, tapestry in wool and silk designed by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Dearle, 1890.
Private Collection.
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Whispering Knights, Rollright Stones
Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the Whispering Knights, the remains of the burial chamber of a Middle to Late Neolithic portal dolmen, are estimated to date to between 3800 and 3000 BCE.
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Medieval Dinner Table
A reconstruction of a typical medieval castle dinner table. Warwick Castle, U.K.
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Table Dolmen, Ganghwa, Korea
A Bronze Age table dolmen on the island of Ganghwa, South Korea. c. 1000 BCE. Such structures were built above tombs of the elite.
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Sacrificial Table, Nemea
Restored stone table on which were placed the sacrificial offerings to the Gods in Greek religious practice. One tray was for the 'Epidaurian Gods' (Apollo & Esklepios), the other for Zeus. (c. 300 BCE). Nemea Archaeological Museum.
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Pembroke Table by Chippendale
An 18th-century Pembroke table by the celebrated British furniture manufacturer Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779).
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Egyptian Offering table of Amenemhat
The surface of this black granite offering table is carved in relief with images of food and drink offerings. From Egypt. 12th or 13th Dynasty, circa 1985-1750 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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Red Granite Offering Table of King Senusret III
Offerings were placed upon a reed mat, reproduced in stone as the offering tables of the Dynastic periods. On this royal example, the hieroglyph hetep "offering" is written on the surface. The sign comprises a bound reed mat with a domed...