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The Balnuaran of Clava (Clava Cairns)
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The Balnuaran of Clava (Clava Cairns)

The late Neolithic Age site of The Balnuaran of Clava, popularly known as Clava Cairns, dating from 2500 BCE.
Newgrange, Bru na Boinne
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Newgrange, Bru na Boinne

Newgrange is a Neolithic monument located in the region of Bru na Boinne, County Meath, Ireland. There are thirty-seven tombs located in the valley of Bru na Boinne (Mansion of the Boyne) and it is considered to be one of the most famous...
Whispering Knights, Rollright Stones
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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.
Lime Plaster Human Statue from Ain Al-Ghazal
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Lime Plaster Human Statue from Ain Al-Ghazal

This extraordinary statue is one of the earliest large-scale representations of the human form. It was found as part of a cache of up to 25 statues buried in a pit under the floor of an abandoned house. All of these statues have naturallistically...
The Clachaig Skull
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The Clachaig Skull

This skull was excavated from the cairn of Clachaig Falls on Arran in 1900 CE. With this skull, the skeletons of 14 men, women, and children were also discovered. The skull belonged to a young adult male; he was probably a farmer. Neolithic...
Grinding Stone from Nabta Playa
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Grinding Stone from Nabta Playa

Seeds and wild grasses were processed with round or oval grinders (manos) of hard quartzitic sandstone. These were rubbed against a larger mill stone to make flour. A depression in the lower stone's surface prevented spillage. The abundance...
Amphora, Banpo phase, Shaanxi
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Amphora, Banpo phase, Shaanxi

Yangshao hemp-cordmarked amphora, Banpo Phase 4,800 BCE (Neolithic period), Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, Paris, Collection Christian Deydier.
Ain Ghazal Bust
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Ain Ghazal Bust

This two-headed bust was made of plaster and bitumen and was found in modern-day Ain Ghazal in the outskirt of Amman city, Jordan in the year 1985 CE. Pre-pottery Neolithic period, circa 6500 BCE. Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan...
Entrance to Wayland's Smithy
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Entrance to Wayland's Smithy

Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic long barrow and burial chamber in Oxfordshire, England which dates to the 4th Millennium BCE. The site was built in two phases, a timber oval chamber was constructed c. 3570 BCE, and the stone long barrow pictured...
Panorama of The Balnuaran of Clava Cairns
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Panorama of The Balnuaran of Clava Cairns

The late Neolithic Age site of The Balnuaran of Clava, popularly known as Clava Cairns, dating from 2500 BCE.
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