Ancient Civilisation

The history of the ancient world. Greece, Rome, Persia, Babylon, Assyria, India, China, and beyond.

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Assyrian wounded lion relief from the north palace of Nineveh, dated to c.650 BC (On display @britishmuseum)

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Model cattle stable found in the tomb of the Egyptian Royal Steward Meketre, who died around 4,000 years ago

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4,500 year old 44m long 'Khufu' boat found in the Great Pyramid of Giza, so the Pharaoh could travel to the next life

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Attacking museums is the height of barbarity. But the Bardo & Tunisia's heritage will live longer than any terrorist.

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Today, ancient Assyrian statues were destroyed. But many more still remain, and the past will never be whitewashed.

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4th century BC depiction of the Greek god of the sun, Helios, riding his chariot - found at Athena's Temple, Ilion

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3,500 year old Minoan octopus amphora, found in Crete and currently on display at the Heraklion Archaelogical Museum

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This 3,750 year old Akkadian recipe from Babylon is the oldest on earth, and describes how to make various meat stews

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The 3,341 year old second coffin of Tutankhamun, made of gold & inlaid with glass

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Bracelet of the Kushite Queen Amanishakheto of Meroe, dated to c.10 BC

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Hittite silver drinking vessel from the 14th century BC

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3,300 year old solar falcon pendant found in the tomb of Tutankhamun

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2,900 year old Neo-Assyrian Lamassu, a human headed winged bull or lion

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2,600 year old Babylonian map of the known world, with cuneiform text, showing the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf

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Silver head of a 4th century AD Sassanid Persian King

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Egyptian beads from c.1400 BC found in a burial site in Denmark. The ancient world was more connected than we thought

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Three piece gold heraldic lions from Achaemenid Persia, dated to 400 BC

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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, an Akkadian king depicted defeating the Lullibi tribe - dated to 2230 BC

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Persian rhyton (drinking vessel) from the Achaemenid period, c.5th century BC

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Examples of the undeciphered 'Indus Script', a system of writing that developed around 5,200 years ago in India