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Cylindrical hematite weights from Warka in Iraq. Old Babylonian Empire, 2000-1600 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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Cylindrical hematite weights from Warka in Iraq. Old Babylonian Empire, 2000-1600 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A proverb tablet, dated to the Old Babylonian Period , which says: "The dog understands: 'Take it!' It does not understand: 'Put it down!'". From Iraq, now housed at the British Museum

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A proverb tablet, dated to the Old Babylonian Period , which says: "The dog understands: 'Take it!' It does not understand: 'Put it down!'". From Iraq, 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 gold collar from Sintra in Portugal, 1250-800 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A painted pottery beaker from Susa in Iran. 4200-3800 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A painted pottery beaker from Susa in Iran. 4200-3800 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Etruscan golden fibula from Vulci in Italy, 675-650 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Etruscan golden fibula from Vulci in Italy, 675-650 BCE, 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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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 terracotta rattle in the form of a pig or boar. From Cyprus, 300-50 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A terracotta rattle in the form of a pig or boar. From Cyprus, 300-50 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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An obsidian bowl from Tepe Gawra in Iraq. 4100-3900 BCE, now housed at the Penn Museum in Pennsylvania

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An obsidian bowl from Tepe Gawra in Iraq. 4100-3900 BCE, now housed at the Penn Museum in Pennsylvania

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A gold dress-pin with a blue, spherical fluted glazed composition bead at the head. From Cyprus, 1550-1050 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A gold dress-pin with a blue, spherical fluted glazed composition bead at the head. From Cyprus, 1550-1050 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Moche ceramic vessel in the form of a musician sitting cross legged playing a flute. From Peru, 200-600 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Moche ceramic vessel in the form of a musician sitting cross legged playing a flute. From Peru, 200-600 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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The Mold gold cape is a ceremonial cape of solid sheet-gold from Wales dating from about 1900–1600 BCE in the British Bronze Age. It was found at Bryn yr Ellyllon burial mound near Mold, Flintshire in 1833, and is now housed at the British Museum in London

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The Mold gold cape is a ceremonial cape of solid sheet-gold from Wales dating from about 1900–1600 BCE in the British Bronze Age. It was found at Bryn yr Ellyllon burial mound near Mold, Flintshire in 1833, and is now housed at the British Museum in London

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A wooden bucket with a waterfowl's head. 4000-2000 BCE, from the Gorbunovsky peat bog in Russia, now housed at the State Historical Museum in Moscow

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A wooden bucket with a waterfowl's head. 4000-2000 BCE, from the Gorbunovsky peat bog in Russia, now housed at the State Historical Museum in Moscow

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A bronze armlet from Ban Chiang in Thailand, ca. 300 BCE–200 CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A bronze armlet from Ban Chiang in Thailand, ca. 300 BCE–200 CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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An amethyst jar from Egypt, circa 3000 BCE, now housed at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin

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An amethyst jar from Egypt, circa 3000 BCE, now housed at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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Agee arrow points made from novaculite, and found in Arkansas. 700-1000 CE, now housed at the Museum of Native American History in Arkansas

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Agee arrow points made from novaculite, and found in Arkansas. 700-1000 CE, now housed at the Museum of Native American History in Arkansas

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A gold necklace from Greece, 300-250 BCE, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A gold necklace from Greece, 300-250 BCE, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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The Mold gold cape. Bronze Age, c. 1900-1600 BC. From Mold, Flintshire, North Wales. British Museum.

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The Mold gold cape. Bronze Age, c. 1900-1600 BC. From Mold, Flintshire, North Wales. British Museum.

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Head from a Hellenistic bronze portrait statue of a North African, found under the Temple of Apollo in Cyrene, Libya. 300 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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Head from a Hellenistic bronze portrait statue of a North African, found under the Temple of Apollo in Cyrene, Libya. 300 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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