Objects Overview

A tomb from the Varna necropolis (Bulgaria), circa 4600 BC.Wikipedia user: Yelkrokoyade. CC-BY-SA-3.0
Varna Penis Sheath

Scara Brae House.Wikipedia user: Solmyr. Public Domain image.
Scara Brae House

Stonehenge Trilithons. Wikipedia user: Daveahern. Public Domain image.
Stonehenge Trilithon

Polished axe. Neolithic. Polished jadeite. Colomiers, France. Object MHNT PRE.2009.0.222.1, Museum of Tolouse.  Didier Descouens.  CC-BY-SA-3.0
Polished axe

Model of a four-legged animal, possibly a horse or a deer, left, and an artifact with the finger impressions, highlighted in the white box. From Vela Spila, Croatia. Rebecca Farbstein / PLoS ONE. Rights Reserved
Ceramics

Bone flute dated in the Upper Paleolithic from Geissenklƶsterle, a german cave on the Swabian region. Replica.JosƩ-Manuel Benito Ɓlvarez. CC-BY-SA-2.5
Bone flute

Saddle quern, part of hand mill. Smooth, slightly concave upper surface. Red sandstone. Object MM11489. Medelhavsmuseet  (The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities), Stockholm. CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
Saddle quern

Willendorf Venus Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria.  Ā© Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar. CC-BY-SA-3.0
Female Figurine

Mirasievene Stela, Image Marta D-G. Rights Reserved.
Mirasievene Stela

Hawaiian navigators sailing multi-hulled canoe, ca 1781. John Webber, artist aboard Cook's ship. Source: Scanned from page 20 of the following book: Grant, Glenn (2004) Hawai`i Looking Back: An illustrated History of the Islands, Mutual Publishing, pp. 454pp. Modified by Wikipedia user: Makthorpe.  Public Domain image.
Polynesian Outrigger

Nifo'Oti Club. Sketch by Wikipedia user: CC-BY-3.0.
Nifo’Oti Club.

Gunpowder barrel. Fort Point National Historic Monument. Photograph by Flickr user: miss_millions. CC-BY-2.0.
Gunpowder barrel

Paleolithic handaxe from Happisburgh, Norfolk, found on the beach by a dog-walker in 2000. Dated 800,000 ā€“ 600,000 BP.Portable Antiquities Scheme. CC-BY-SA-3.0
Handaxe

Inca mummy bundle. Image Fraser Sturt.
Inca mummy bundle

FireErin Silversmith http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Fire_from_brazier.jpg/800px-Fire_from_brazier.jpgPublic Domain Image
Fire

Image courtesy of David Wheatley.
Bronze Age Dagger

Sailcloth with brail ring attached, Myos Hormos, Red Sea Coast. COAST  (JULIAN WHITEWRIGHT)Illustration by Juilan Whitewright. Rights Reserved.
Sailcloth

Coconut, broken into halves.Photograph by Wikipedia user: Robert Wetzlmayr. CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Coconut

 Lancaster. Henry VI. Restored, 1470-1471. AV Angel (5.15 g, 6h). London(?) mint. From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Property of Mr. C.F. Noon, F.R.C.S. (Spink 165, 8 October 2003), lot 254; E.M. Norweb Collection (Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 206.Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Angel

Alfred Jewel. Anglo-Saxon, 871ā€“899, North Petherton, Somerset. The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Oxford www.ashmolean.org. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Alfred Jewel

Roman era wrought iron nail. Province of Pannonia II. century ā€“ Hungary. Photo by Wikipedia user: Takkk.  CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Roman Nails

Surviving fragment of a Roman military diploma found at Carnuntum in the province of Noricum (Austria).  Photo by Wikipedia user: Mattias Kabel. CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Military Diploma

Hagia Sophia, photographed in 2004. German Wikipedia user: Benutzer. CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Hagia Sophia

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (7.83 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 10 BC. From CNG. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com. Wikipedia user: Carlomorino.  CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Augustus Coin

Part of the Frome Coin hoard. Wikipedia user: BabelStone. Photograph by Portable Antiquities Scheme. CC-BY-SA-2.0.
Coinage

Antikythera mechanism fragment (fragment A). Wikipedia user: Marsyas. CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Antikythera mechanism

WT_Wk7_VixCrater-CC-SA-BY-25
Vix Crater

The Body in History. Rights Reserved: John Robb.
Human Body

Theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy. Mosaic, Roman artwork, 2nd century CE. Capitoline Museum. From the Baths of Decius on the Aventine Hill, Rome.Wikipedia user: TsujigiriPublic Domain image.
Theatre Masks

Quipucamayoc and Quipu. Illustration of GuamƔn Poma. Wikipedia user: Joxemai4.  Public Domain image.
Quipu

Trundholm Sun Chariot. Rainer Zenz / German Wikipedia.Public Domain image.
Trundholm Sun Chariot

Early Bronze Age Amber necklace from ā€˜Golden Barrowā€™ at Upton Lovell, excavated by William Cunnington in 1803. Ā© Copyright Wiltshire Heritage Museum. Rights Reserved.
Amber Necklace

Individual 59 from the South Tombs Cemetery, Tell al-Amarna, Egypt. Image by Amarnah Project. Rights reserved.
Amarna Warrior Burial

Excavation photograph of 1923, viewed to the south, showing the bathroom (right) and the remains of a bedroom (left). Amarna Project website.  www. amarnaproject.comRights Reserved.
Amarna Bathroom

Tuthankamen's famous burial mask, on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. BjĆørn Christian TĆørrissen.  CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Tuthankamen’s Mask

The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu.Ā© Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Cheops Pyramid

Maasdam cheese. Wikipedia user: Arz. CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Cheese

Salt. Image by Elaine Morris.
Salt

A specimen of obsidian from Lake County, OregonWikipedia user: Locutus Borg. Public Domain image.
Obsidian micro-core

Obsidian Mirror, in later wooden frame. 1400-1520. Object: 09996. Museum of the Americas, Madrid.Gonzalo Cases Ortega. Rights Reserved. Ā© Ministerio de EducaciĆ³n, Cultura y Deporte.
Obsidian Mirror

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