Ancient history
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Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of
The Standard of Ur (Sumerian)
The Mask of Tutankhamun (Egyptian)
The Priest-King (Indus Valley)
The Venus de Milo (Greek)
Iron Age
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The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Copper Age and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory
Ancient history
…500, ending with the expansion of Islam in late antiquity. The three-age system periodises ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history usually considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of the three ages vary between world regions. In many regions…
Weapons and fibulae from a Celtic burial site, c. 350 BC.
Willamette Meteorite, the thirteenth largest in the world, is an iron–nickel meteorite found in the USA.
Copy of The Warrior of Hirschlanden (German: Krieger von Hirschlanden), a statue of a nude ithyphallic warrior made of sandstone, the oldest known Iron Age life-size anthropomorphic statue north of the Alps.
Maiden Castle, Dorset, England. More than 2,000 Iron Age hillforts are known in Britain.