Archeology

Our Archeology board is all about the incredible ancient history of human kind, and the breath taking artefacts that tell the stories of people that lived thousands of years ago.
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an old silver coin with two birds on it
Viking Amulet
Medieval Silver Viking amulet of the god Odin + 2 ravens (Hugin + Munin)
an ancient egyptian figurine is displayed on a table
Ancient Egyptian wood ptah osiris
Original polychromy
two ancient egyptian blue glazed figurines
Ancient Egyptian Faiance
Ushabti with Hieroglyphics on the back
a gold object with an image of a bird on it's head and wings
Ancient Egyptian Gold Winged Scarab and Lion
a gold bracelet is shown on a black surface, with an intricate design in the middle
Viking gold ring
An Early Medieval Viking gold finger ring, 9th-10th century. The surface of the strip is decorated with four lines of closely-spaced punched - dotted patterns geometric decoration.
two gold ear clips with faces on each end and one in the shape of a head
Ancient gold earrings
Female and Male, Janus Heads Roman, 1st Century B.C.
an old bronze pendant with a bird on it
Viking bronze almost closed lunar pendant
Engraved like a human face with abstractive portrait characteristics.
an ancient bust of a man with curly hair and beard
Roman style head of Hercules
Beautiful marble sculpture, ca. 100 - 200 AD style
an ornate gold brooch sits on a black surface
Beautiful Byzantine gold openwork Luna pendant
A beautiful gold crescent shaped Luna pendant, finely decorated from the 9th-12th Century AD
an ancient gold pendant is shown on a gray background
Early Medieval Gold Viking Pendant Lunar Amulet
a ring with an image of two people and flowers on the front, in silver
Viking ring from the 9th century
Extremely rare Viking Silver Seal-Ring engraved with two Heroes, the kings Hjalvar and Orvar-Odd and a Mythological three between them. Dating back to 9th-11th AD. Lovely styled made in niello ring depicting a scene of two males warriors holding a dagger probably inspired from the tale of the mythological Swidish king of Uppsala Hjalmar and the mytological Norwegian Hero Orvar-Odd and their bloody two days duel which concluded equal and they became a Blood Brothers!
What is a Kylix ?
Our Senior expert in ancient art and antiquities tells the story of an Ancient Greek drinking game.
a white marble head on a black background
Ancient Roman marble head
a bronze sculpture of a lion's head with its mouth open on a wooden stand
Ancient Roman bronze lion head
a white statue is shown against a black background with the image of a woman wrapped in a blanket
Ancient Roman Marble Fragment
Leda and the Swan