History and Archaeology

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Ancient Cave In Jermuk, Armenia | #VisitArmenia #Armenia
Make Afghanistan Gandhara Again | arya-akasha

Bactria, Sogdian, Silk Road, Mongols and Central Asia

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Armenia - Haghpat vank by dario lorenzetti, via Flickr

Black Sea, Pontus, Caucasus, Sarmatians and Scythians

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Siege of Tripoli Painting (1289) - Mamluk - Wikipedia
treasures-and-beauty: “ Chilta hazar masha (coat of a thousand nails), kulah khud (helmet), bazu band (arm guards). Indian armored clothing made from layers of fabric faced with velvet and studded with numerous small brass nails, which were often...

Islamic World

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Paleolithic Cave, Altamira, Spain I want to do a series of van's called "The Cave" With different culture's cave paintings as murals and interior to match, bison leather seats, slate floors, bone, ect..... #Cantabria #Spain
Archaeologists have discovered a 15.000 years old bone pendant carved in what appears to be the shape of a female figure while conducting e...

Prehistory

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East and South Asia

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Drawings of ninth century artifacts from Moravia - blog about history, need to explore further
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Weaponry

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Mesoamerica

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Choga Zanbil Ziggurat, Iran Chogha Zanbil (Persian: چغازنبيل‎); Elamite: Dur Untash) is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. Chogha in Bakhtiari means hill. It is one of the few existent ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia. It lies approximately 42 km (26 mi) south-southwest of Dezfoul, 30 km (19 mi) west of Susa and 80 km (50 mi) north of Ahvaz.

Mesopotamia

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Akwanshi ancestral monolith, Nigeria
CHAMBA Gong Set 1, Nigeria

African Kingdoms

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Ancient Mediterranean, Near East, Phrygia and Interior Asia Minor

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dreamerali:“Princess flowers one of the kings who ruled of Mesopotamia Sumer (Nasiriyah) Southern Iraq .. her Name is Shbaad . Which is considered the goddess symbolizing fertility and thrive In the Sumerian civilization, the wife of the king Abarta...

Ancient Egypt

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1480s Florence – Camicia (shift, chemise, smock) – Dawn's Dress Diary

15th Century

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The Golden Hats, dating from 1400–800 BC, are associated with the Bronze Age Urnfield culture of Central Europe. The Golden hats are decorated with a spiral motif of the Sun and the Moon, and they were probably a kind of calendar used to calibrate between the lunar and solar calendars
La Tene Artwork | Celtic La Tene art

Celts

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Pendant-reliquary; gold; enamelled four sides of rock crystal; gold enamelled column at each corner; inside, in the round, wood carvings of the Crucifixion and Christ bearing the cross; loop for attachment to baroque pearl; gold bird, enamelled, breast set with cabochon emerald. ca. 1580-1630, made in: Mexico, made in: Spain, wood, rock crystal, pearl, gold, enamel, emerald, length: 2.6 inches

16th Century

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Town “fustanela” costume, which belonged to the aide-de-camp of the first Governor of Greece, Ioannis Capodistrias, Nafplion, 1827. PFF collection. (Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation)

Modern Greece

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Cavalier male pink grey

17th Century

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Hispania visigoda - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Anglo-Saxon Jewelry History | ... finest example of Anglo-Saxon jewellery, now in the Liverpool Museum

Middle Ages

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Ekaterina Savelyeva: 12 HISTORICAL COSTUMES (more than 6 months of MANUAL WORK)exhibition devoted to the costume of the ancient Slavs 9-11 century, many thanks to the organizer and ideological inspirer Ivan Konovalov and scientific leader of the project - Yulia Stepanova - Candidate of historical Sciences, associate Professor, Deputy Dean of historical faculty on scientific work, associate Professor of history Department of Tver state University.
About Anne of Kiev: French Queen, middle daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod (1025 - 1075) | Biography, Facts, Career, Wiki, Life
HH:  Flock of angels - living the metaphor

Rus

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This circa-4th century BC Etruscan red-figure calyx-crater represents Achilles killing a Trojan prisoner in front of Charun, the Etruscan demon of death, related to the Greek Charon.

Greece, Asia Minor, Magna Grecia and Hellenistic World

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Persia

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‘Pompeii. Gods, Myths, Man’ exhibition opens at Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg | Alain.R.Truong
News Photo : Ivory diptych of Consul Anicius Petronius Probus...

Rome, Roman Empire and Etruria

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And  a Varangian depicted in a byzantine manuscript.

Byzantine World

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