this is the official view of our early ancestors
diorama of Ali Kosh, 7500 BC, Zagros Mts., SW Iran
Egyptian black-top pots, c. 4000 BC
Egyptian predynastic stone tools
Egyptian predynastic chipped stone tools
Egyptian predynastic stone projectile points
stone saws
stone knives?
Egyptian predynastic pottery
stone projectile points, Italy & Denmark
stone projectile points, Germany & France
stone projectile points, Belgium
early European shell & stone ornaments
stone projectile points, Ireland
stone projectile points, Sweden
early European bone needles, harpoon, awls
early European pottery
early European stone tools
early European stone axes & eccentrics
early European stone chisels with antler handles
early European stone daggers
early European stone axes
the "Iceman," c. 3000 BC
metalsmith, Larsa, Mesopotamia, c. 1800 BC
ancient Mesopotamia art: bull figure
Sumerian woman, 2700 BC
Babylonian man, Larsa
clay calcula, Ali Kosh, S.W. Iran, 7000 BC
Larsa, Mesopotamia, 1800 BC, Uruk in distance
Larsa, Mesopotamia, 1800 BC
Rim-Sin, King of Larsa, 1800 BC
cuneiform clay tablets
commemorative clay cones from construction of temple, Isin, 1934-1924 BC
Mesopotamia roller seals, 2000-1500 BC
Mesopotamia roller seals, before 2000 BC
terra-cotta art, Indus Valley, 2500 BC
ceiling fragment, Egypt, 11th Dynasty
legs of man, Lower Egypt, Ptolemaic Period
head of woman, Lower Egypt, Ptolemaic Period
fragments, New Kingdom & Dynasty 11
relief of Egyptian royal figure
stela of Ta, son of Senu, Lisht, Dynasty 12
Egyptian Book of the Dead
mummies: 2 cats, hawk, crocodile, ibis in jar
box of 198 shabtis
mummy coffin of Tenet-Khansu, high priestess of Amon-Ra, Dynasty 21, c. 1000 BC
mummy, c. 200 BC
model of house
coffin
coffin lid
fragment of tombstone, Dynasty 18; clay cones, Dynasty 26 & New Kingdom
fragment of mummy wrapping, 300-200 BC
funerary stela, Dynasty 18, 1420 BC
stela of Nebsumenu, Abydos, Dynasty 18, c. 1400 BC
symbols of the gods: Egyptian amulets
Egyptian mummy masks collected by Sir Flinders Petrie
Egyptian mummy & coffin, c. 150 BC to 50 AD, 2011 photo
Egyptian canopic jars, 945-772 BC, 2011 photo
Egyptian mummy coffin, 2011 photo
Egyptian shabtis, 2011 photo
Egyptian shabtis, 1292-1190 BC, 2011 photo
Egyptian tomb ceiling fragment, c. 1850 BC, 2011 photo
Egyptian funerary stela, c. 1500 BC, 2011 photo
Egyptian offering tray, c. 1800-1400 BC, 2011 photo
Egyptian shabti box & offering table, 2011 photo
Egyptian alabaster & ceramic vessels, 2011 photo
Egyptian model bed with female figure, 1550-1187 BC, 2011 photo
Egyptian plate, 2011 photo
Egyptian necklace, 2011 photo
Egyptian beads, 2011 photo
Egyptian necklaces, 2011 photo
Egyptian ceremonial flail, c. 1400 BC or later, 2011 photo
Egyptian mummy mask, 2011 photo
Egyptian woman's mummy board fragment, c. 200 BC to 100 AD, 2011 photo
Egyptian Fayum portrait, 50-200 AD, 2011 photo
Egyptian canopic jar lids, 2011 photo
Egyptian canopic jar, 2011 photo
Egyptian natron packet & unguent jars, 2011 photo
Egyptian winged heart scarab, c. 400-200 BC, 2011 photo
Egyptian sons of Horus, 2011 photo
Egyptian bead network shroud, 1075-332 BC, 2011 photo
Egpytian amulets, 2011 photo
Egyptian amulets, 2011 photo
Egyptian hairpiece, 2011 photo
Egyptian mummy, c. 200 BC to 150 AD, 2011 photo
Luristan bronze weapons
Luristan bronze swords (2002 photo)
Luristan bronze spears (2002 photo)
Luristan bronze axe (2002 photo)
Luristan bronze bit (2002 photo)
Luristan pottery
Luristan artifacts
grave goods from Bab-edh-Dhra
Bab-edh-Dhra grave, 3150-3050 BC
Bab-edh-Dhra tombs
Bab-edh-Dhra grave, 3050-2950
Heinrich Schliemann's treasures of Troy, donated by his widow
graves of the Steppes
marble figurine, Cyclades, 3rd millennium BC
alabaster figurines from western Anatolia, 3rd millennium BC
Mycenaean pottery
Mycenaean figurine
Cyprus, 2300-1550 BC
Cypriot string-holed bottles, Middle Bronze Age
Cypriot, Middle Bronze Age
clay animals & gods, N. Syria & S. Anatolia, 1800-1200 BC
clay gods, N. Syria & S. Anatolia, 1800-1200 BC
clay animals, N. Syria & S. Anatolia, 1800-1200 BC
clay ritual furniture, N. Syria & S. Anatolia, 1800-1200 BC
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, spindle whorls, pins, & sickles
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, bronze axes
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, bronze knives
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, bronze weapons
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, ceramic rings used as pottery stands
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, pottery
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, stone & bone weapons
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, bear teeth & boar's tusk
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, net floats
Swiss lake dwellers, European bronze age, bronze sickles
Egyptian faience bracelets, uraeus, & scarab
Phoenician glass bottle & beads
Egyptian clay amulet molds
Egyptian bronze pectoral
Egyptian wood headrest & comb
Cypriot alabaster vase & Egyptian stone figurine
Egyptian bone plaque & lapus lazuli amulet
Cypriot pottery, later iron age
Cypriot pottery
Egyptian faience ushabtis
barrel jug
Baltic amber
bronze fibulae, Hallstatt or La Tene cultures
the Records of Trade
Cypriot pottery, early iron age
Cypriot pottery, late bronze age
pots found on Cyprus (see following image for caption)
pots found on Cyprus
Babylonian cylinder seals
Etruscan bronze "spirit boat"
The Etruscans
Etruscan pottery
Etruscan bowl & bronze fibula
Etruscan bronze mirror & fibula
Etruscan bone handle
Etruscan gold ornaments
Etruscan artifacts
Etruscan treatment of the dead
Etruscan metal artifacts
Classical Greek art
Classical Greek pottery
the Greek World
Greek pottery
Greek stela
Greek pottery fragments
Roman mosaic, Carthage, 100-200 AD
Egyptian bull mummy, Ptolemaic Period
stone tutu, Egypt with Greek influence
Meroitic amphora, 3rd century AD, Meroe Kingdom, 600 BC-400 AD, Upper Nile
Athens, Akropolis
bronze mirror, Coryeo (Korea)
semi-lunar stone knife, bronze age, Korea, 6-5th century BC
tomb guardians, granite, Korea, 19th century
African weapons, 19th or 20th century
glass vessels, Egypt, Dynasty 18 or 19, Freer Gallery
Egyptian amulets, mostly Third Intermediate Period, Late Period, or later; some Dynasty 18-19, Freer Gallery
Egyptian amulets, mostly Third Intermediate Period, Late Period, or later; some Dynasty 18-19, Freer Gallery (2002 photo)
Egyptian plaques, Dynasty 26 or later, Freer Gallery
faience bowl with fish & lotus, New Kingdom, Freer Gallery
faience bowl with head of Hathor, New Kingdom, Freer Gallery
ceramic female figurine, Dynasty 21, Freer Gallery
inscribed block statue, faience, Dynasty 25-26, Freer Gallery
stela of Horus inscribed with magical sells, steatite, Ptolemaic, Freer Gallery
figurine of god Horus-the-Child, Dynasty 26, 664-525 BC, Freer Gallery
figurine of goddess Neith, Dynasty 26, 664-525 BC, Freer Gallery
bronze Horus falcon on coffin, Dynasty 26 or later, Freer Gallery
face from coffin, Dynasty 18 or 19, Freer Gallery
inlays of mosaic glass, Ptolemaic to early Roman Period, Freer Gallery
Egyptian amulets, Dynasty 18, Freer Gallery
inlays, Ptolemaic, New Kingdom, & Dynasty 18 (bottom), Freer Gallery
ram's head & pair of birds, Ptolemaic & Dynasty 18, Freer Gallery
stone falcons, Ptolemaic Period, Freer Gallery
stone falcons, Ptolemaic Period, Freer Gallery (2002 photo)
Egyptian ushabtis (2002 photo)
Russian sabre & scabbard, Moscow Armory, early 17th century, Turkish blade; gold, silver, steel, wood, rubies, emeralds; military dress of Tsars
ambassadorial axes, Turkey, early 17th century
steel chain mail shirt, Turkey, 17th century
Yap Island stone disk (rai), 2.08 x 1.83 m; 2.03 tons; 18 cm thick
