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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 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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Blue glazed composition wig with diadem from a royal statue excavated in Thebes. Blue was the color of Egyptian gods’ hair. 18th-19th Dynasty. British Museum

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Blue glazed composition wig with diadem from a royal statue excavated in Thebes. Blue was the color of Egyptian gods’ hair. 18th-19th Dynasty. 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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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Roman knobbed blue glass beaker with a plain ground rim, bulging sides and a flat base: blown into a silver case with openwork designs. 50-100 CE, from Italy, now housed at the British Museum

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A Roman knobbed blue glass beaker with a plain ground rim, bulging sides and a flat base: blown into a silver case with openwork designs. 50-100 CE, from Italy, now housed at the British Museum

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A Hellenistic mould-pressed glass mosaic bowl, made in either Cyprus, Egypt or the Levant. 200-50 BCE, found in Rome and now housed at the British Museum

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A Hellenistic mould-pressed glass mosaic bowl, made in either Cyprus, Egypt or the Levant. 200-50 BCE, found in Rome and now housed at the British Museum

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A golden ring from Ugarit, in Syria, engraved with the phrase "the free woman". Late Bronze Age , now housed at the National Museum of Damascus

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A golden ring from Ugarit, in Syria, engraved with the phrase "the free woman". Late Bronze Age , now housed at the National Museum of Damascus

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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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Ancient Egyptian gold necklaces, now housed at the British Museum. 18th Dynasty, c. 1550–1292 BCE

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Ancient Egyptian gold necklaces, now housed at the British Museum. 18th Dynasty, c. 1550–1292 BCE

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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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Lapis-lazuli bull's head, probably Mesopotamian in origin, set into a gold mount of Egyptian workmanship, from the 3rd Intermediate Period , with floral decoration. From Dahshur in Egypt, now housed at the British Museum

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Lapis-lazuli bull's head, probably Mesopotamian in origin, set into a gold mount of Egyptian workmanship, from the 3rd Intermediate Period , with floral decoration. From Dahshur in Egypt, 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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Cylindrical hematite weights from Warka in Iraq. Old Babylonian Empire, 2000-1600 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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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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A gold phiale from the Panagyurishte treasure, decorated with black African heads. 4th-3rd century BCE, now housed at the National Historical Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria

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A gold phiale from the Panagyurishte treasure, decorated with black African heads. 4th-3rd century BCE, now housed at the National Historical Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria

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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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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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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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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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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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