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A photograph by Gertrude Bell (l. 1868-1926) of a ruined spiral minaret near the Mosque of Abu Dulaf. Taken in 1909 in Iraq. (Gertrude Bell Archive)

The celebrated double spiral staircase inside the Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.

An example of a castle vice or spiral staircase, Caerphilly Castle, Wales. 1268-1290 CE.

This fibula (spiral brooch) is made from a single piece of coiled bronze and would have been used to fasten two halves of a garment at the shoulder. Perhaps from Macedonia. 10th-8th century BCE. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

The Phaistos disk is a fired clay disk, probably of Minoan origin, measuring some 16cm in diameter and impressed on both sides with 242 symbols set in a spiral arrangement. As yet, this unique archaeological find remains an undeciphered enigma...

Trajan's column, erected in 113 CE, stands in Trajan's Forum in Rome and is a commemorative monument decorated with reliefs illustrating Roman emperor Trajan's two military campaigns in Dacia (modern Romania). The column was the first of...

The Chateau de Chambord, located in the Loire Valley of Loir-et-Cher, France, was built between 1519 and 1547 CE. This fine French Renaissance building, although impressive in both size and architectural detail, was commissioned by Francis...

Clava Cairns is an early Bronze Age site in Scotland, located east of the city of Inverness, consisting of three well-preserved cairns (two of which are passage graves) and a number of free-standing stones strategically placed for astronomical...

Archaeological Park of Baratti and Populonia Porcareccia Necropolis Tomba della spirale d’oro per capelli (Tomb of the Gold Hair Spiral) End of 7th – early 6th century BCE Governmental excavations, 1933 Dimensions: diameter 7 m The...

Art made by Scandinavians during the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) mostly encompassed the decoration of functional objects made of wood, metal, stone, textile and other materials with relief carvings, engravings of animal shapes and abstract...