Artifacts

The Stele of the Vultures, dating from roughly 2450 BCE, is a monumental piece of limestone sculpture originating from the ancient Sumerian city-state of Lagash, located in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). This stele is celebrated as one of the earliest surviving narrative reliefs and provides invaluable insight into the political, military, religious, and artistic life […]

Discovered in 1908 near the small town of Willendorf in Austria, the Venus of Willendorf is one of the most famous and enigmatic artifacts of the Paleolithic era. Measuring just 11.1 centimeters (about 4.4 inches) in height, this limestone figurine is estimated to be around 25,000 to 30,000 years old, dating back to the Gravettian