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Rotating Device of a Potter's Wheel
This rotating device of a potter's wheel was made of stone and dates back to the Old Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Utu-Hegal's Stone Monument
The cuneiform inscriptions on this fragment of a stone monument mention the name of Utu-Hegal, King of Uruk. 2125 BCE, from Ur, Mesopotamia, Iraq.
The British Museum, London.
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Detail, Trajan's Column
A detail from Trajan's Column in the Forum Romanum of Rome. Erected in 113 CE the column and its reliefs commemorate the emperor's campaigns in Dacia. The reliefs are an invaluable source of information on the Roman army...
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The Lost Roman Harbor of Caesarea Maritima | Rome's Ancient Maritime Wonder. An Overview
Caesarea Maritima was a city built over 2,000 years ago (c. 22-10 BCE) on the coast of the Eastern Mediterranean. With Roman engineering and largesse, Herod the Great (r...
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Cuneiform Tablet from Alalakh with Saustatar's Seal
This clay tablet represents a lawsuit against Niqmepa King of Alalakh brought before Saustatar king of Mitanni who used a seal made about 2200 BCE and later recut for an earlier king of Mitanni, Shutarna...
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Egyptian Child's Coffin
Coffin of a young child named Nefretiri. New Kingdom of Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1220 BCE.
State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.
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Statue of Brigid at Saint Brigid's Well, Kildare
Saint Brigid's Well, Kildare, believed to be the well used by Brigid herself and where she let her white cow drink water. The well continues to be a sacred site of pilgrimage, especially for the celebration...
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Prince's Tomb (Cava Lazzaro, Ragusa, Sicily)
Castelluccian Culture tomb (early bronze age, 2200-1400 BCE) excavated in the rock, with a double-room and eight false pillars on the facade, in bas-relief, finely decorated with chevron engraving, triangles...
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Hadrian's Wall Milecastle 37
The North gate arch of Milecastle 37 on Hadrian's Wall near Housesteads Fort.
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Map of the Hadrian’s Accession Journey, 117–118 CE - Securing the Throne and Consolidating the Roman Empire
Hadrian’s accession journey (117–118 CE) began amid political uncertainty following the death of Trajan (reign 98–117 CE), when Hadrian (reign 117–138 CE...