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List of Objects

Telling a history of our world through objects

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Time Periods

4000 BC - 2000 BC

  1. Neolithic Stone Axe Neolithic Stone Axe This Neolithic stone axe was found within a prehistoric pit at Clifton (Worcestershire) during an archaeological project ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Flint arrowhead Flint arrowhead This was found on the northern slope of Ingleborough mountain in the Dales, N. Yorks, below the major landslip. It was ... Contributed by Individual
  3. Marcus du Sautoy's Board Game Marcus du Sautoy's Board Game This a replica of the game found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. Examples of this 'Game of Twenty ... Contributed by Individual
  4. Flint Find. Shaped Like Mammoth Skull, Flint Find. Shaped Like Mammoth Skull, This brown flint object was found, buried within a rabbit warren, in North East Norfolk. Several other knapped flint ... Contributed by Individual
  5. Flints (arrowheads, spearheads) Flints (arrowheads, spearheads) THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. REDRUTH TOWN MUSEUM. Carn Brea is an ... Contributed by Museum
  6. Bronze Age saddle querns Bronze Age saddle querns THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. WAYSIDE MUSEUM, ZENNOR. Saddle querns were ... Contributed by Museum
  7. Papyrus Papyrus Papyrus makes us think of a long long time ago and how clever the ancient people were.We tried to make our own papyrus ... Contributed by Individual
  8. The Burbage Map The Burbage Map A large sculptured boulder of local granite showing the engraved peaks of Croft and Huncote and those of Stoney Stanton ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Qau Bead-Net Dress Qau Bead-Net Dress This bead-net dress was found by Guy Brunton in the Qau cemeteries during his excavations of the 1920s. Possibly ... Contributed by Museum
  10. Axe Head Axe Head The axe head was found near Castle Sween, North Knapdale. It was made during the Neolithic period and is some 5000 years ... Contributed by Museum
  11. Pottery Vessal, Benderloch Urn Pottery Vessal, Benderloch Urn The pot is a type known to prehistoric pottery specialists as a carboned urn so called because of its decoration. This ... Contributed by Museum
  12. Carved Standing Stone Carved Standing Stone This carved stone, although found in a burial cairn in Kilmartin Glen, probably long predates its use as a grave marker. ... Contributed by Museum
  13. Foot Print Foot Print This was found by the contributor at a known neolithic site outside Newtownards, Co. Down in 2009. Contributed by Individual
  14. Amphora Amphora This amphora would have been used for storing food. It was found by the when he was snorkelling off the Turkish coast ... Contributed by Individual
  15. Neolithic Polystone Axe Neolithic Polystone Axe This would have been a multi-purpose working tool, common to the period as people cleared the forests and fashioned ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Fragment of a Neolithic jadeite axehead Fragment of a Neolithic jadeite axehead Secretive and powerful, this fragment of a Neolithic axehead is believed to be a mythical stone of great symbolism. ... Contributed by Museum
  17. Neolithic Axe Head Neolithic Axe Head This small stone axehead is made from volcanic tuff and dates from the neolithic period. It would have been used, with ... Contributed by Museum
  18. Beaker Basket ornaments Leicestershire Beaker Basket ornaments Leicestershire Gold was the first metal worked by man. Gold objects were high status, reserved for important people. We have Gold ... Contributed by Museum
  19. A bronze Assyrian statue of a priest A bronze Assyrian statue of a priest A bronze Assyrian statue of a priest Wearing a "Konakes" a typical dress of that period it has a lot of beautifull ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Scottish carved stone ball Scottish carved stone ball Carved stone balls are mysterious and uniquely Scottish objects. They are thought to date from the late Neolithic ... Contributed by Museum
  21. Carved Stone Ball Carved Stone Ball The Carved Stone Balls are distinctly Scottish objects with the majority found in Aberdeenshire. However several have ... Contributed by Museum
  22. Ripple Flaked Arrowhead Ripple Flaked Arrowhead This is a special piece, probably owned by a rich powerful individual. Made in Yorkshire and ended up in Galloway ... Contributed by Museum
  23. Bell Barrow Amber Necklace Bell Barrow Amber Necklace The necklace is comprised of 10 shale beads and two shale rings found with 11 amber and 10 faience beads, found with a ... Contributed by Museum
  24. Symbol of the first universal god. Symbol of the first universal god. A pottery piece from a palace of Pharoah Akhenaten. He is the first known exponent of the 'one universal god' idea. He ... Contributed by Individual
  25. Early writing tablet Early writing tablet Clay tablet from the ancient Middle East with some of the world’s earliest writing - a record of workers' beer rations Contributed by The British Museum
  26. Jade axe Jade axe A 5,000 year old polished stone axe found in Canterbury but made in the alps. Contributed by The British Museum
  27. Indus seal Indus seal Seal used for making impressions that led to the discovery of the Indus civilisation in Pakistan and India Contributed by The British Museum
  28. King Den's sandal label King Den's sandal label Label made from hippopotamus ivory and attached to the sandals of the Egyptian ruler Pharaoh Den Contributed by The British Museum
  29. Egyptian clay model of cattle Egyptian clay model of cattle A model of four cattle buried in a grave in Egypt, African descendants of cows first tamed after the Ice Age. Contributed by The British Museum
  30. Axe head from Whitepark Bay Axe head from Whitepark Bay I think it is an axe head from the Neolithic period. We found it in one of the rivers that runs down onto Whitepark Bay ... Contributed by Individual
  31. Standard of Ur Standard of Ur The Standard of Ur is from one of the world’s first cities. It shows scenes from the life of a king of Ur, ancient Iraq Contributed by The British Museum
  32. Fossil in black limestone Fossil in black limestone In the late 1950's my Father became interested in geology and on an outing to Lake Vyrnwy he had his Observer book of ... Contributed by Individual
  33. Late Neolithic scraper Late Neolithic scraper i found this on Good Friday, 1997 while out for a walk near Marlborough, Wilts. Something made me stop in mid-stride and ... Contributed by Individual
  34. Dooey's Cairn pottery Dooey's Cairn pottery These four pots were excavated from the Neolithic tomb, known as Dooey's cairn, in Dunloy in County Antrim. Dating to ... Contributed by Museum
  35. Dooey’s Cairn pottery Dooey’s Cairn pottery These four pots were excavated from the Neolithic tomb, known as Dooey’s cairn, in Dunloy in County Antrim. Dating to ... Contributed by Museum
  36. Neolithic Handaxe Neolithic Handaxe Found by Brian Pollard in a field in Honiley, Warwickshire. It was made in the quarries of Penmaenmawr in North Wales, ... Contributed by Individual
  37. Flint from East Riding Flint from East Riding This flint could be pre historic. It was the mother in law’s and was handed down to the contributor 90 years ago. Contributed by Individual
  38. Cosmetic Palette Cosmetic Palette Cosmetics palettes like this one were used to grind cosmetic paints, such as galena or green malachite, with a pebble. ... Contributed by Museum
  39. Early Bronze Age Burial pots Early Bronze Age Burial pots These Bronze Age food vessels were found during an excavation of two early Bronze Age burial cairns at Turf Knowe in the ... Contributed by Museum
  40. The Malone Hoard The Malone Hoard A hoard of finely polished stone axes found at Danesfort, on the Malone Road, Belfast. The axes were found during work ... Contributed by Museum
  41. Polished neolithic stone axe head Polished neolithic stone axe head Lucy Harnden brought this polished stone axe head to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Guernsey's outside broadcast event at the Guernsey Museum. It ... Contributed by Individual
  42. Neolithic stone axe Neolithic stone axe This stone axe, dating to around 3000 BC is an outstanding example of axes produced from rock quarried in the area. Contributed by Museum
  43. Neolithic Food Vessel Neolithic Food Vessel This food vessel was found upside down in a Neolithic burial cairn at Glenvoidean, Isle of Bute. This cairn was used for ... Contributed by Individual
  44. Jadeite Axe Jadeite Axe A polished stone axe made from green jadeite from the Alps Contributed by Museum
  45. Stone Age axe-head Stone Age axe-head Rachel Mottram from Sheffield has this Stone Age axe-head which she thinks is 5000 years old. "My father found it in a ... Contributed by Individual
  46. Birdlip Grave Group, Bronze Mirror Birdlip Grave Group, Bronze Mirror A group of Iron-Age treasures buried around AD50 along with their owner. Contributed by Museum
  47. Mrs Proctor's Flint Scraper Mrs Proctor's Flint Scraper Bronze age scrapper found in Mrs Proctors Garden Contributed by Individual
  48. Westray Stone Westray Stone Pecked spiral patterns on large block of local stone, in two pieces.. Contributed by Museum
  49. Bronze Age Arrowhead Bronze Age Arrowhead This flint arrowhead, made in France, was imported to Guernsey and deposited in a burial in the early Bronze Age. Contributed by Museum
  50. Windmill Hill Pot Windmill Hill Pot A restored Neolithic pot from the causewayed enclosure at Windmill Hill. Contributed by Museum

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