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Belt ornament in the shape of a panther, Middle Iron Age Scythian culture, 6th century BC, Buj, Hungary

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Belt ornament in the shape of a panther, Middle Iron Age Scythian culture, 6th century BC, Buj, Hungary

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Persian Achaemenid rhyton in the shape of a mountain goat, lapis lazuli & gold, 6th-5th century BC

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Persian Achaemenid rhyton in the shape of a mountain goat, lapis lazuli & gold, 6th-5th century BC

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Gold ornament shaped like a lion-griffin, from the Oxus Treasure. Tajikistan, 5th-4th century BC

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Gold ornament shaped like a lion-griffin, from the Oxus Treasure. Tajikistan, 5th-4th century BC

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Bronze spiral arm ornaments. Hungary, 15th-13th century BC

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Bronze spiral arm ornaments. Hungary, 15th-13th century BC

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The treasure of treasures from the enigmatic Tartessian culture, one of the most important in Spain’s history. Hidden away around the 6th century BC.

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The treasure of treasures from the enigmatic Tartessian culture, one of the most important in Spain’s history. Hidden away around the 6th century BC.

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A butterprint in the shape of an eye flanked by two hearts, Irish, 19th century

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A butterprint in the shape of an eye flanked by two hearts, Irish, 19th century

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Scythian gold hilt with sculptured figures of two recumbent elk with birds of prey on their heads, 6th century BC

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Scythian gold hilt with sculptured figures of two recumbent elk with birds of prey on their heads, 6th century BC

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A garment button of Byzantine origin from about the 6th century CE

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A garment button of Byzantine origin from about the 6th century CE

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Copper ornament shaped like a head, with shell teeth. Peru, Moche civilization, 6th-7th century AD

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Copper ornament shaped like a head, with shell teeth. Peru, Moche civilization, 6th-7th century AD

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Ancient Roman bronze sculpture of a pouncing panther, c. 2nd-3rd century CE.

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Ancient Roman bronze sculpture of a pouncing panther, c. 2nd-3rd century CE.

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A bronze fountain gargoyle in the shape of a deer, from Islamic-era Spain, 10th century

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A bronze fountain gargoyle in the shape of a deer, from Islamic-era Spain, 10th century

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Roman poison ring in the shape of an oil lamp, 4th century, gold

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Roman poison ring in the shape of an oil lamp, 4th century, gold

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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A small ivory sculpture of a polar bear found on Igloolik Island. Middle Dorset period, 1st-6th century CE, now on display at the Canadian Museum of History

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A small ivory sculpture of a polar bear found on Igloolik Island. Middle Dorset period, 1st-6th century CE, now on display at the Canadian Museum of History

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Monstrance on display in the Matthias Church in Budapest, Hungary - 17th century

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Monstrance on display in the Matthias Church in Budapest, Hungary - 17th century

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Little Buddha who found his way to the Iron Age settlement at Helgö in Uppland, Sweden in the 6th Century.

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Little Buddha who found his way to the Iron Age settlement at Helgö in Uppland, Sweden in the 6th Century.

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Ornamental roof tile shaped like a demon. China, 17th century

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Ornamental roof tile shaped like a demon. China, 17th century

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Spice cellar in the shape of a ship. Germany or the Netherlands, 15th century

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Spice cellar in the shape of a ship. Germany or the Netherlands, 15th century

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19th-Century Czech brooch shaped in the head of the legendary Gorgon, Medusa

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19th-Century Czech brooch shaped in the head of the legendary Gorgon, Medusa

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