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Relief with Seven-Branched Candelabrum (Menorah) (c. 3rd/4th century CE)
marble, Priene (Asia Minor; modern Turkey)
Bode-Museum, Berlin (Germany), acquired in 1904
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Prehistoric Gold Sun Discs, 'The World Of Stonehenge' Exhibition, The British Museum
The size of large buttons, these gold discs were stitched to clothing or headdresses as part of ritual sun worship.
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Reliquary made of rock crystal, gilt copper, and decorated with gemstones, Cologne, Germany, circa 1200
from The Schnutgen Museum
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Gold brooch with agate eye, Hellenistic, 300-100 BC
from Apollo Art Auctions
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