#ancient living

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Breadalbane Brooch, 8th Century CE, Perth Museum, Scotland

A silver gilt annular brooch probably made in Ireland and later refashioned to look like a penannular brooch for a new Pictish owner.

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Neolithic Petrospheres, Perth Museum, Perth, Scotland

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Pictish Symbol Stones, Perth Museum, Scotland

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Bronze Age Female Skull, Perth Museum, Scotland

This is the skull of a Bronze Age woman who died around 4,000 years ago. She was buried in a stone cist discovered during ploughing at Lochlands Farm in 1962.

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The Great Stone Of Fourstones, Tatham Fells, High Bentham, North Yorkshire Border

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Anglo-Saxon Bird Brooch, The British Museum, London

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The Kingston Anglo-Saxon Brooch, The World Museum, Liverpool

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Pictish Stag Symbol Stone, circa 9th Century CE, St. Vigeans Stones and Museum, Arbroath, Scotland

Considered by many to be one of the finest Pictish animal depictions.

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The Pictish Wolf Stone, Stittenham, Ardross, Inverness Museum and Gallery, Scotland

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Pieces discovered at Llangors Crannog may be a royal tunic over 1,000 years old.

In early medieval times, the crannog, an island constructed in the lake, was the site of a royal llys or court.

Conservators have analysed these fragments and found that they are made of linen and silk. The tunic was once decorated with birds, lions and vine leaves.

St. Fagans National Museum of History, nr. Cardiff, Wales

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The Iron Age Kitchen, The Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Tay, Scotland

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Silver Viking 'Broad Band' Arm Rings, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, 900 to 925CE, St. Fagans National Museum of History, nr. Cardiff, Wales

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Corrimony Bronze Age Chambered Cairn, The Highlands, Scotland

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The Lewis Chess Pieces, 12th Century CE, The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

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Replica Cast Head of Zeus-Amun, Roman Period (about 100 CE), Liverpool World Museum

Zeus-Amun was a popular god in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. He is a combination of the Egyptian god Amun and the Greek god Zeus. He is usually shown with the ram's horns of Amun and the bearded face of Zeus. In 331 BCE Alexander the Great claimed he was told by an oracle that he was the son of Zeus-Amun.