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Grave goods/headdress of Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg (Germany). approx. 9000 years old

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Grave goods of Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg (Germany). approx. 9000 years old

https://www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/permanent-exhibition/human-succession/the-shaman-from-bad-duerrenberg

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Figurine of a woman, earthenware, Mexico, 1500 BCE - 500 BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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A rock crystal jar from the Galloway Hoard from around AD 900

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A rock crystal jar from the Galloway Hoard from around AD 900

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Manuscript page from Timbuktu, Mali, 1731 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Ornate gaming pieces, gold, resin, and precious gems, Mughal India, late 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Iron table clock with silver and gold inlay, Spain, ~1880 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Qiblah compass for determining the direction to pray towards Mecca, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, 18th or 19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Gold dinar, Umayyad Caliphate, found in modern-day Lebanon, 694 AD-695 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Iron and enamel ring, Poland, 1831 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Decorated vase, Japan, ~1890 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Umayyad Gold Dinar, 723 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ceremonial axe, Iran, 1700 AD - 1886 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Breech-loading pistol using Lefaucheaux pinfire cartridges, Lviv, then-part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ~1870 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Iron plaque with a depiction of a knight, Switzerland, made between 1850 AD and 1950 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Signet ring of the Polish Legions, WW1, 1914 Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Karacena scale armour, Poland, 17th or 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Decorated glass dish, Egypt, 8th-9th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bottom of a Roman pot, inscribed with "Gaius the Fish-Eater" and a doodle of an otter, found in a wreck off the coast of Ireland, 2nd century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/2503.379

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Silver pendant with a bird and crossbows, the Netherlands, 1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold Umayyad coin, probably minted in Damascus, 691 AD-692 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Meiji-era plate depicting a giant elephant, Japan, ~1890 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Pocket Sundial, Anglo-Saxon, 10th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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7-Barrel Wheellock Pistol, Nuremberg, Germany, 1560 AD - 1596 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ammunition pouch, brass and iron, Ukraine or Poland, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate lock and accompanying key, Poland, 1630 AD - 1660 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Porcelain vase, Japan, ~1910 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Folding game board for chess and backgammon, India, 17th-18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Barreled/shrouded hunting crossbow ('Slurbow'), Germany, 1700-1750 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Ornate ceremonial mace, Ottoman Empire or Poland, ~1750 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Ornate dagger and mail-piercer, ivory and steel, India, 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Meiji-era silver vases, Japan, ~1910 Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Costume of the First KKK, a racist terrorist paramilitary organization, USA ~1870 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Iron figurine of a cobra, Poland, ~1880 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Polish 'Bechter' Mail-and-Plate Armor, ~1560 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Steel war mask, Anatolia or Western Iran, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate dagger and sheathe, India, 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Glass mosaic bowl, Roman Empire, 1st century BCE or 1st century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Japanese armor, 1573 AD-1614 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wheellock target-shooting rifle, Germany, ~1590 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Halberd, Poland, 1550 AD-1650 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Planispheric Astrolabe Inscribed in Judaeo-Arabic, Spain, ~1300 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Plaque of Shoki the Demon-Queller, copper and precious metals, Japan, 1910 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Medieval game pieces, Germany, 11th or 12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Turban helmet, Poland, 1750 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Turkish Janissary's gun, Ottoman Empire, ~1800 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Musketeer's powder flask, iron, Western Europe, 16th or 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver Temple Pendant, Kyiv, Ukraine, 11th-12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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German wheellock hunting rifle, 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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nazi coin celebrating zionism Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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nazi coin celebrating zionism

Promotional coin issued by the nationalist German newspaper, Der Angriff. The coin was struck in 1934 to memorialize the journey of Baron von Mildenstein, a Nazi party member, to Palestine. The trip resulted in a pro-Zionist report encouraging Jewish emigration to Palestine and elsewhere, published in Der Angriff. It is embossed with the text, Ein Nazi fahrt nach Palastina, [A Nazi goes to Palestine] which is also the title of a book published by the Nazi Party in 1934.

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Chainmail, the Ottoman Empire, 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Hellenic diadem, gold and gems, found in Crimea, Ukraine, 250 BCE-150 BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Nose Ornament with Shrimp, Peru, 500 AD-800 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Theatre mask, Athens, Greece, 2nd-century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Theatre mask, Athens, Greece, 2nd-century BCE

Made of Pentelic marble. Found near the Dipylon Gate. This could be the “ruler slave”, the “first slave” a character of the New Comedy

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Tusk vases, silver, ivory, and gold dust lacquer, Meiji Japan, ~1885 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver ring, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1000 AD-1200 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bird-shaped incense burner, brass, Iran, 12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate fork and knife with scabbard, Ottoman Empire, 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Earthenware lamp-holder, Iran, 9th-10th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Temple pendant, gold and enamel, Kyiv, Ukraine, 11th-12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Roman legionary re-enactor with a writing tablet Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ornament depicting a Portuguese visitor, brass and iron, Benin, 16th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate snuff box, France, 1744 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Mail shirt, Germany, late 14th or early 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ceremonial sword, ivory, Nigeria, 17th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Funeral portrait of a soldier, Roman Egypt, 2nd century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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The Nefertiti Bust, limestone, Ancient Egypt, 1345 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Roman 'hologram' ring with an illusion of 3d depth, gold and quartz, Roman Empire, 1st century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ring of an officer in the 5th (V) 'Macedonian' Legion, with swastikas as decoration or good-luck symbols, gold, Roman Empire, ~200 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ring cuirass, Sudan, 1744 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Brass sword, Nigeria, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver coin of ancient Athens and modern Greek 1 Euro coin, 425-400 BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Coral in a Kunstkammer, a 'Curiousity Cabinet', a popular means of displaying upper-class wealth and learning in the early modern period; example from Austria? Late 1500s AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold coin of the Kilwa Sultanate, Tanzania, 14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Takouba sword with scabbard, West Africa, 19th-20th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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"Cobweb Valentine", animated version in post body, Britain, 1840 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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