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Mother goddess' statue with a pleated skirt found outside of the South Temple of the Tarxien Temples, Malta, c. 3000-2500 BCE.

A gold alloy torc from the Belstead Brook hoard, Ipswich, England. Celtic, 150-50 BCE. Diameter 18.6 cm. (British Museum, London)

A detail of the Snettisham Great Torc. Part of the Snettisham burial hoard found in Norfolk, England. Celtic, gold alloy, 150-50 BCE. Diameter 56 cm. (British Museum, London)

Vintage package of John Rolfe pipe mixture tobacco, peach brandy flavor, made for the House of Edgeworth, Richmond Virginia.

Ta' Ħaġrat temples, Malta, built c. (3600-3200 BCE).

Central feature of the South Temple of the Tarxien Temple Complex, Malta, built c. (3000-2500 BCE).

Central Temple of the Tarxien Temple Complex in Malta, built 3000-2500 BCE.

The bronze Chertsey Shield was discovered accidentally in 1985 in a silted-up channel of the River Thames in Abbey Meads, Surrey, England. It was made in the period 400-250 BCE. It measures 83.6 cm (33 in) in height and 46.8 cm (18.5 in...

Phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi from Sidon (modern-day Lebanon), beautifully carved in white marble from Greece. The sarcophagi consist of a hollowed lower box covered by a lid that slightly conveys the contours of the upper body and the...

The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. About 1300 artifacts are exhibited, ranging in date from prehistoric times to the medieval Mamluk period.