Origin: Egypt Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 5.25" (13.3cm) high Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium: Flint The creation of tools utilizing the natural  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 5.25" (13.3cm) high Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium: Flint The creation of tools utilizing the natural environment is what distinguishes man from animal. What was once created using stone and wood has, over the centuries, evolved into metalworking and modern-day plastics. But it is the simplest tools, those carved from stone, which allowed mankind to conquer the natural environment and to prosper. Holding this flint axe head in our hand, although it appears rough and crude, we are holding the nascent breath of the great civilization of Egypt. From such axe heads would eventually rise the pyramids. Tools allowed mankind to altar the natural settings and to create his own habitats. An axe head like this one, when tied securely to a wooden shaft, could be used to chop wood or to carve meat from a fallen prey. This axe head represents the innate human drive to altar the environment, to innovate, and to create something stronger and more durable. It is in these earliest tools that we are able to witness the birth of civilization. From such tools, mankind learned to carve stones and rocks into new shapes and forms that suited the needs of the people, slowly evolving from primitive axe heads into pyramids and temples - (SP.640)   « Less

‘A presentation scene of a seated god and three standing figures before him. The seated god wears a horned tiara and long flounced robe while sitting on an angular  More »

‘A presentation scene of a seated god and three standing figures before him. The seated god wears a horned tiara and long flounced robe while sitting on an angular stool. He carries a rod over one shoulder and with the other hand holds up a cup overflowing with water and holding three plant shoots. He is bearded, as is the first standing figure. He too is a god, in horned tiara but long robe falling in creases from the waist down. Behind him is a human couple: the man first, bearded and wearing a long fringed robe and raising one hand, the woman with head- band and long robe falling in creases, also raising one hand. There is a star (symbol of Venus) in the sky, and a tall mace and two scorpions are fillers in the scene. A stylised palm tree forms a terminal.Akkadian Cylinder Seal - LO.1090Origin: Central Asia Circa:2300BCto2200 BCDimensions: 1" (2.5cm) high Collection: Near Eastern Art Style:Akkadian Medium: Yellow Stone Votive Stamp Seal in the Shape of a Fox - LO.1096Origin:Central Asia Circa: 3000 BCDimensions: 1" (2.5cm) high Collection: Near Eastern Art Style:Jemdet Nasr/ Sumerian Medium: Stone   « Less

Origin: Israel Circa: 3000 BC to 2000 BC Dimensions: 6.2" (15.7cm) high x 5.5" (14.0cm) wide Collection: Biblical Antiquities Style: Bronze Age Medium: Terracotta

Origin: Israel Circa: 3000 BC to 2000 BC Dimensions: 6.2" (15.7cm) high x 5.5" (14.0cm) wide Collection: Biblical Antiquities Style: Bronze Age Medium: Terracotta   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 3.5" (8.9cm) high x 2" (5.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style: Neolithic Medium: Stone

Origin: Egypt Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 3.5" (8.9cm) high x 2" (5.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style: Neolithic Medium: Stone   « Less

Origin: Israel Circa: 1500 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 4.5" (11.4cm) high x 3" (7.6cm) wide Collection: Biblical Style: Late Bronze age Medium: Bronze Condition: Extra Fine

Origin: Israel Circa: 1500 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 4.5" (11.4cm) high x 3" (7.6cm) wide Collection: Biblical Style: Late Bronze age Medium: Bronze Condition: Extra Fine   « Less

Gold signet-ring featuring at thetriangularextremitiestworompingquadrupeds,possibly does, separated by finely drilled lines. In the two broad central lines an Old Arabian  More »

Gold signet-ring featuring at thetriangularextremitiestworompingquadrupeds,possibly does, separated by finely drilled lines. In the two broad central lines an Old Arabian inscription consisting of four characters each line reading ' Arzan, ofthe(clan) Kharif'. The personal name 'Arzan' occurs in Sabaeanandinturn Kharifisattestedbothin Safaitic (in northern Arabia) and in Sabaean and Hadramatic .Theletterormswith lackof serifs would be consistent with a date in the 1st century BCSouth - LO.1200Circa: 1 st Century BCCollection: Near Eastern Art Style: Old South Arabian Medium: gold.   « Less

Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 6.75" (17.1cm) high x 2.5" (6.4cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium: Stone

Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 6.75" (17.1cm) high x 2.5" (6.4cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium: Stone   « Less

Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 8" (20.3cm) high x 2.25" (5.7cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium: Stone

Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 8" (20.3cm) high x 2.25" (5.7cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium: Stone   « Less

Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 1500 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 7.25" (18.4cm) high Collection: Biblical Antiquities Style: Cypriot Medium: Terracotta

Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 1500 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 7.25" (18.4cm) high Collection: Biblical Antiquities Style: Cypriot Medium: Terracotta   « Less

Origin: Hebron Circa: 1900 BC to 1750 BC Dimensions: 4.30" (10.9cm) high x 3" (7.6cm) wide Collection: Biblical Style: Tell El Yehudieh Ware Medium: Terracotta

Origin: Hebron Circa: 1900 BC to 1750 BC Dimensions: 4.30" (10.9cm) high x 3" (7.6cm) wide Collection: Biblical Style: Tell El Yehudieh Ware Medium: Terracotta   « Less