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Minoan Katsambas Tomb Jug, c1400 BC. Archaeological Museum, Heraklion

Fresco (reconstruction) of Ladies of Minoan Royal Court, Knossos, Greece, c20th century

Bronze Mycenaean Armour from Dedra, Greece, c16th century BC-c12th century BC. Bronze Cuiras

Grand Staircase of Minoan Royal Palace at Knossos, Crete, c1700BC-c1400BC. Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete. Showing the Light Well

The Arrest of Christ, Painting in church of Archangel Michael, Pedhoulas, Cyprus, 15th century. The church of Archangel Michael was built 1474

St John dictating to Prochorus, 17th Century. Ikon at Byzantine Museum, Athens. St John the Baptist Dictating his gospel to his disciple Apostle St Prochorus

Sappho, Greek Lyric Poetess, born c600BC, c5th century BC
Sappho. Greek Lyric Poetess, born c600 BC, c5th century BC. Roman copy of a Greek original of the 5th century BC

Greek Pyxis, (Cosmetic Box), Women performing domestic tasks, Athens, c460BC-450 BC

Greek Musicians at a Sacrifice, Painted on wood, c520BC-c500 BC. From Corinth, Greece. At National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Minoan Pots, Knossos, Crete, c15th century BC. Minoan pottery and pots contained oils and ointments, exported from 18th century BC Crete, have been found at sites through the Aegean islands

Mercury holding a purse, carrying a travellers cloak. Roman brronze, 1st century. Mercury is also the God Hermes, the purse is symbollic of a bringer of good fortune

Roman Auxilliary Soldier, Imperial Period, c30 BC to c470

Horned Warrior God, Maryport, Cumberland, c1st-c2nd century

British Celtic Bronze Helmet, 1st century
British Celtic Bronze Helmet, 1st Ccentury. With decorated neck-guard

Three Mother Goddesses, Celtic, c1st century. A triple deity is three deities that are worshipped as one. This shows a Three Matres

Celtic Dagger and Sheath in Iron and Bronze, c600BC-c550BC
Celtic Dagger and Sheath in Iron and Bronze, c600BC -c550BC. Found in the River Thames at Cookham, Berkshire. Short iron daggers kept in sheaths appeared during the Hallstatt D period

Roman Silver Pepper-Pot in the form of a Negro slave, c2nd-3rd century. The Chaourse Treasure is a hoard of Roman silver found in Chaourse, a village near Montcornet

Celtic Bronze Three-Horned bull with Bust of two Goddesses, c1st century. From Maiden Castle, Dorset. At Dorset County Museum

Celtic Bronze collar, (Torc) from Roxburghshire, Scotland, c1st Century. Held at British Museum

Egyptian Wallpainting from the Tomb of Nebanmun at Thebes, c1400 BC. Chariot and Attendant

Papyrus, Embalming, Anubis, Ancient Egyptian, c10th century BC. Jackal headed anubis, god of embalming. Held at the Louvre

Manuscript showing afterlife, c11th century BC- c7th century BC. After death, Egyptians hoped to reach a sort of paradise they called the Fields of Offerings - a land of abundance where barley was

Papyrus of Ani, c1250 BC. The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations created c. 1250 BCE, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Hieratic Script, c10th century BC. The Hieratic script was invented and developed more or less at the same time as the hieroglyphic script

Hieratic Script, Book of the Dead of Padiamenet, 10th century BC. Chief Baker of the Domain of Amun, c945BC-900BC

Egyptian Papyrus Nespaquachouty c1050BC-1000 BC
Egyptian Papyrus Nespaquachouty c1050-1000 BC. The accused wearing the Feather of Truth before the God Ra and 2 goddesses

Leaf for a Psalter, Canterbury Christ Church, c1155-1160
Leaf for a Psalter: Canterbury Christ Church, c1155-1160. The Eadwine Psalter or Eadwin Psalter is a heavily illuminated 12th-century psalter named after the scribe Eadwine, a monk of Christ Church

Claw Beaker from an Anglo-Saxon grave at Lyminge, Kent, 5th century. At Maidstone Museum. A claw beaker is a name given by archaeologists to a type of drinking vessel often found as a grave good in

Anglo-Saxon Claw Beaker, c7th century. A claw beaker is a name given by archaeologists to a type of drinking vessel often found as a grave good in 6th and 7th century Frankish and Anglo-Saxon burials

Runic inscription on Anglo-Saxon Silver-Gift Mount, c7th century

Bronze Boar found at Colchester, Essex, Roman Period, c2nd-3rd century. The boar was a celtic (British) cult animal

Pipeclay Figure from a Roman Grave, at Colchester, Essex, c60 AD. Figure made in the Allied region of Central Figure making from grave of a Roman official of Colchester

Roman Pipeclay Head of Child from Roman grave at Colchester, Essex, c2nd-3rd century

Roman Burial (Cremation) in a face urn, Colchester, Essex c125-200. Face urn probably made in Rhineland, Burial found outside the town walk to the south at Colchester Castle Museum

Hadrians Wall. Looking east to Cuddys Crag, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Hadrians Wall. Looking east to Cuddys Crag, c20th century

3 bronze sickles, Buckinghamshire, London and Ireland, c1100BC-700 BC

Roman Fort at Housestead Wall, looking eastwards, Northumberland, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Roman Fort at Housestead Wall, looking eastwards, Northumberland, c20th century

Bronze Axe, Bronze Age, Yorkshire, c1800BC-1600 BC

Spearheads, Bronze weapons found in the Thames, c1150BC-950BC

Bronze Flanged Axe from a hoard at Arreton Down, Isle of Wight, c1600BC-1400BC
Bronze Flanged Axe from a hoard at Arreton Down, Isle of Wight c1600BC-1400BC

Peat preserved ox, Geological Museum, London, c2nd century

Fossil. Crinoid Lily, Ordovician to Pleistocene period, c450 million-10, 000 BC

Dawn at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Dawn at Stonehenge, Wiltshire; with frost on grass. Sunrise at midsummer solstice

Roman Iron Knives, Alesia, France, c1st century. Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gallic tribes allied with the Aedui

Roman jewellery detail Horse, Alesia, c1st century. Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gallic tribes allied with the Aedui

Roman Ampitheatre, Arles, France, 1st Century. Artist: CM Dixon
Roman Ampitheatre, Arles, France, 1st Century. Built in 90 AD the amphitheatre was capable of seating over 20, 000 spectators

Jove, (Jupiter), detail of Pillar of the Boatmen of Paris, Romano-Celtic (Gallic), AD14-37. Reign of Iberius, (AD 14-37). Constructed by Gaulish sailors

Celtic Bronze Iron Age Sword-Blades from Rive Seine at Paris, c800BC

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