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Stone Foundation Document  of King Adad-Nirari I
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Stone Foundation Document of King Adad-Nirari I

Rectangular stone foundation document of the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari I. It recounts the king's victories over the Mitanni, who had failed to gain Hittite support, and the extension of Assyrian rule west to the Euphrates. The stone appears...
Vulture Stone, Göbekli Tepe
Image by Sue Fleckney

Vulture Stone, Göbekli Tepe

Göbekli Tepe is a c. 12,000-year-old archaeological site in Anatolia, Turkey. The deepest and oldest Layer III is also the most sophisticated with enclosures characterised by different thematic components and artistic representations. This...
Medieval Stone Masons' Tools
Image by Mark Cartwright

Medieval Stone Masons' Tools

A board showing the tools commonly used by stone masons in the Middle Ages in Europe. On display at Guédelon castle in Treigny, Burgundy, France.
Viking Rune Stone (Sanda, Sweden)
Image by Emma Groeneveld

Viking Rune Stone (Sanda, Sweden)

Top part of a rune stone found at Sanda, Gotland, Sweden, dating to the Viking Age, thought to depict Odin, Thor and Freyr. The runic inscription reads: 'Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunbjörn' (The Swedish History Museum/Historiska Museet, Stockholm...
Tizoc Stone
Image by Dennis Jarvis

Tizoc Stone

The Tizoc Stone which depicts on its flat upper surface a sun-disk and around its edge a continuous frieze showing the Aztec king Tizoc and other warriors capturing deities of conquered peoples. 15th century CE. (National Museum of Anthropology...
Altuna Rune Stone
Image by Gunnar Creutz

Altuna Rune Stone

The Altuna rune stone, showing the fishing trip of Thor when he fights the Midgard Serpent, Jörmungandr, Altuna, Uppland, Sweden.
Champollion's notes from the Rosetta Stone
Image by Priscila Scoville

Champollion's notes from the Rosetta Stone

This is a copy of the Rosetta Stone with some hand notes made by Jean-François Champollion. This photo was taken at the Neues Museum, Berlim.
Neolithic Stone Axe with Wooden Handle
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Neolithic Stone Axe with Wooden Handle

A Neolithic stone axe with a wooden handle, found at Ehenside Tarn. It is on display in the British Museum, London.
Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool
Image by Jade Koekoe

Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool

Stone chopping tool. 1.8 - 2 million years old. Found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. This chopping tool is an example of the oldest known objects deliberately made by humans. This tool was found with the fossil remains of an extinct human...
Stone Lion of Hamadan, Iran
Image by Carole Raddato

Stone Lion of Hamadan, Iran

The Stone Lion of Hamadan, which once had a twin, was part of the old gate of the city of Ecbatana in Persia (modern-day Iran). According to some accounts, the lions were built upon the order of Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) to commemorate...
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