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A spectacular collection of furniture and wooden artifacts was excavated by the University of Pennsylvania at the site of Gordion (Latin: Gordium), the capital of the ancient kingdom of Phrygia in the early first millennium BC. The best preserved of these works came from three royal burials, surviving nearly intact due to the relatively stable ...
The oldest of the figures is the Mesolithic find from Willemstad, North Brabant in the Netherlands and the latest is 13th-century, but most date from between c. 500 BCE and 500 CE. They are found as far west as Ireland (although at least one found in Britain, the Strata Florida figure from Wales, was imported [ citation needed ] ) and as far ...
The history of glass-making dates back to at least 3,600 years ago in Mesopotamia. However, most writers claim that they may have been producing copies of glass objects from Egypt. [1] Other archaeological evidence suggests that the first true glass was made in coastal north Syria, Mesopotamia or Egypt. [2]
Ancient Greek furniture was typically constructed out of wood, though it might also be made of stone or metal, such as bronze, iron, gold, and silver. Little wood survives from ancient Greece, though varieties mentioned in texts concerning Greece and Rome include maple , oak , beech , yew , and willow . [ 56 ]
The objects are single man-made artefacts or documents, excluding buildings, ranging in date from about 5,000 BC to the early 21st century. Most of the objects are held in accessible collections in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland .
Archaeology is the study of human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts (also known as eco-facts) and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record).
The most “unique” artifacts included an animal hide shoe, bark baskets and an antler shaped like an ice pick, researchers said. Melting ice reveals dozens of 7,000-year-old artifacts in Canada ...
Under the direction of archaeologist Lazaros Kolonas, the team recovered nearly 300 artifacts, including four hull planks, ceramic jars, bronze and silver coins, which helped dating the wreck more efficiently, pieces of bronze and marble sculptures, bronze statuettes, several pieces of gold jewelry, and even human remains of the crew and ...