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Ice Age Reindeer Antler Carving, c. 15,000 B.C., Featured in 'Ice Age Art Now' Exhibit, British Museum

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Ice Age Reindeer Antler Carving, c. 15,000 B.C., Featured in 'Ice Age Art Now' Exhibit, British Museum

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A 15,000-year-old baton made from a reindeer antler, and depicts a leaping horse. Found at the Bruniquel Cave, and is now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Saint-Germain en Laye, France

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A 15,000-year-old baton made from a reindeer antler, and depicts a leaping horse. Found at the Bruniquel Cave, and is now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Saint-Germain en Laye, France

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A Roman glass bottle containing cremation. 1-200 CE, found in Hertfordshire in England and now housed at the British Museum

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A Roman glass bottle containing cremation. 1-200 CE, found in Hertfordshire in England and now housed at the British Museum

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Double phallus engraved on a pierced stick. From the Gorge d'Enfer in France, made of reindeer antlers, 17,000-11,000 BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in France

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Double phallus engraved on a pierced stick. From the Gorge d'Enfer in France, made of reindeer antlers, 17,000-11,000 BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in France

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Egyptian gold ring with a cat. Made around 1070-712 BC, the ring is now in the collection of the British Museum.

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Egyptian gold ring with a cat. Made around 1070-712 BC, the ring is now in the collection of the British Museum.

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British court dress ca. 1750 featuring enlarged panniers currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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British court dress ca. 1750 featuring enlarged panniers currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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Silk map sampler featuring England and Wales, British, c. 1750-1800.

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Silk map sampler featuring England and Wales, British, c. 1750-1800.

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A gold collar from Sintra in Portugal, 1250-800 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A gold collar from Sintra in Portugal, 1250-800 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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Babylonian Tablet with Inscribed Riddle, c. 1500 BC, British Museum

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Babylonian Tablet with Inscribed Riddle, c. 1500 BC, British Museum

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Pietra dura table-top, 17th century CE, now housed at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery in England

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Pietra dura table-top, 17th century CE, now housed at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery in England

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Carved rock crystal cylinder seal featuring an image of a seated figure made somewhere in Mesopotamia, c. 2115-2006 BCE.

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Carved rock crystal cylinder seal featuring an image of a seated figure made somewhere in Mesopotamia, c. 2115-2006 BCE.

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A turtle pendant carved from a sperm-whale tooth. From Hawaii, late 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A turtle pendant carved from a sperm-whale tooth. From Hawaii, late 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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