Prehistory

There are 280 items in Prehistory:

Riyad, National Museum

Part of the King Abdulaziz Historical Center. Collection of Prehistorical archaeology, especially Iron Age (Tayma, Dedan etc.). Roman finds from Hegra (cf. Incense Route). Islamic art, handicrafts, history of Saudi Arabia. …

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Samarkand, Archaeological Museum of Afrosiab

Situated on the edge of the Afrosiab excavations in Samarkand (ancient Maracanda), this museum has archaeological finds documenting Prehistory, the Sogdian age, the Hellenistic period, the Kushans, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism, and (on the second floor) the Middle Ages. The room…

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Şanlı Urfa Müzesi

The main objects in the archaeological museum of Şanlı Urfa are the finds from Göbekli Tepe and similar prehistorical sites. There's also a collection with objects from Roman Edessa and its surroundings, and a room dedicated to the Middle Ages…

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Scythian Dacia

Dacia: country north of the Lower Danube, more or less identical to modern Romania. It experienced influences from the Thracians, Scythians (below), Greeks, and Celts and became a powerful kingdom, added as a province to the Roman Empire, abandoned to…

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