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  1. Fragment of pottery Fragment of pottery This piece of pottery was found at Petra in Jordan as it's colour is the same pinky brown as the wonderful buildings at ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Marcus du Sautoy's Board Game Marcus du Sautoy's Board Game This a replica of the game found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. Examples of this 'Game of Twenty ... Contributed by Individual
  3. Persian / Turkish 18k Gold Pocket Watch Persian / Turkish 18k Gold Pocket Watch Made from 18K Gold. It appears to be fine quality pocket watch dial. The enameled Time characters show both ... Contributed by Individual
  4. Ingot Ingot THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. LOOE MUSEUM. This ingot is evidence of ... Contributed by Museum
  5. Silver vase copy from 400 dC original Silver vase copy from 400 dC original My father Bruno Sonaglio is an Italian silver embosser and engraver. When visiting the Archaelogical Museum in Florence ... Contributed by Individual
  6. Stone picked up in Timnah, Yemen Stone picked up in Timnah, Yemen I picked this stone up in 1959/60 in Timna(h)in the Yemen among the ruins of the city ruled by the kings of Qataban. ... Contributed by Individual
  7. Turkoman Saddle Turkoman Saddle I bought this saddle (from a shop still using an abacus as a calculator)while on a horse riding trip in Northern Iran. ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Carved relief from Nineveh Carved relief from Nineveh At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the ... Contributed by Museum
  9. A bronze Assyrian statue of a priest A bronze Assyrian statue of a priest A bronze Assyrian statue of a priest Wearing a "Konakes" a typical dress of that period it has a lot of beautifull ... Contributed by Individual
  10. Canaan bottle from Jericho, Palestine Canaan bottle from Jericho, Palestine This ancient bottle came from Jericho, Palestine, at the time of the Canaanites c. 2000 BC. These kind of bottles were ... Contributed by Museum
  11. Oxus chariot model Oxus chariot model Model of a Persian chariot buried in a hoard from Central Asia. Contributed by The British Museum
  12. Gold coin of Croesus Gold coin of Croesus One of the world’s earliest coins minted in ancient Turkey about 2,500 years ago. Contributed by The British Museum
  13. Lachish Reliefs Lachish Reliefs Stone carvings from King Sennacherib of Assyria's palace, showing his army attacking the town of Lachish near Jerusalem Contributed by The British Museum
  14. Tiny one-handled pot with thumb marks Tiny one-handled pot with thumb marks This tiny pot comes from the ancient and important biblical site of Jericho. These little jugs were popular as tomb ... Contributed by Museum
  15. Phoenician Funereal Glass (BC) Phoenician Funereal Glass (BC) I have a cabinet with six pieces of Phoenician funeral glass which were excavated from Tibnin in Galilee by an ancester ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Flood Tablet Flood Tablet Clay tablet that caused a sensation in Victorian England. It tells the story of a flood myth from the epic of Gilgamesh. Contributed by The British Museum
  17. Early writing tablet Early writing tablet Clay tablet from the ancient Middle East with some of the world’s earliest writing - a record of workers' beer rations Contributed by The British Museum
  18. Harem wall painting fragments Harem wall painting fragments Fragments of a wall-painting of women from the caliph's palace in Samara, one of the Islamic Empire's great cities Contributed by The British Museum
  19. Arabian bronze hand Arabian bronze hand Bronze hand given as an offering in a temple in pre-Islamic Yemen - a symbol of good luck, offered for well-being Contributed by The British Museum
  20. Standard of Ur Standard of Ur The Standard of Ur is from one of the world’s first cities. It shows scenes from the life of a king of Ur, ancient Iraq Contributed by The British Museum
  21. Silver plate showing Shapur II Silver plate showing Shapur II A plate showing Sasanian King Shapur II, who ruled Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, and fought the Roman Empire Contributed by The British Museum
  22. Coin with head of Alexander Coin with head of Alexander Coin showing Alexander the Great, issued by one of his successors Contributed by The British Museum
  23. Coffee pot from Gaza Coffee pot from Gaza This traditional copper coffee pot was acquired by Trupti Desai of East Devon when she was working in the Gaza Strip in ... Contributed by Individual
  24. Aerial photograph of Troy Aerial photograph of Troy This photograph of the ancient city of Troy was taken by my grandfather Haywood Magee on Thursday 9 August 1923 from an ... Contributed by Individual
  25. Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period, c.2100 B.C. This was the heyday of the Sumerian ... Contributed by Museum
  26. Highdown Anglo-Saxon Glass Goblet Highdown Anglo-Saxon Glass Goblet Egyptian Vase transcribed with Greek inscription discovered in an Anglo-Saxon Cemetary at Highdown Hill in Worthing Contributed by Museum
  27. Glass Cosmetics Flask from The Levant Glass Cosmetics Flask from The Levant This cosmetic flask is typical of the Levant and could have come from any of the regions modern countries, such as ... Contributed by Museum
  28. Coin of Shahpur I Coin of Shahpur I After the fall of the Arsacid Empire, the Sassanids created the Persian Empire, ostensibly on purely Persian grounds-in ... Contributed by Individual
  29. Terracotta figure Terracotta figure My friend who sadly passed away in 1994 left me this in his will. A young Arab boy in Babylon gave him this as a gift ... Contributed by Individual
  30. Coins of the English&Dutch East India Co Coins of the English&Dutch East India Co Tim Padley Acquired while on school holidays in India and Burma. Contributed by Individual
  31. Coin of Menander I Coin of Menander I Tim Padley Inherited from father who worked as a Health Statistics Advisor for the World Health Organisation and ... Contributed by Individual

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