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| Leone Leoni Leone Leoni (1509 — 22 July 1590) was an Italian sculptor of international outlook who travelled in Italy, Germany, Austria, France, the Spanish Netherlands and Spain. Leoni is regarded as the finest of the Cinquecento medallists. He made his reputation in commissions he received from the Habsburg monarchs Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Philip II of Spain. Leone_Leoni
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| Hoa Hakananai'a Hoa Hakananai'a is a moai (Easter Island statue) housed in the British Museum in London. The name Hoa hakanani'a is from the Rapa Nui language; it means (roughly) "stolen or hidden friend." It was removed from Orongo, Easter Island on 7 November 1868 by the crew of the English ship HMS Topaze, and arrived in Portsmouth on 25 August 1869. In 2000 the statue was moved from its previous display in the Wellcome Trust Gallery to the new Great Court. Hoa_Hakananai'a
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| Tin-glazed pottery Tin-glazed pottery is pottery covered in glaze containing tin oxide which is white, shiny and opaque. (See tin-glazing.) The pottery body is usually made of red or buff colored earthenware and the white glaze was often used to imitate Chinese porcelain. Tin-glazed pottery is usually decorated, the decoration applied to the unfired glaze surface by brush as metallic oxides, commonly cobalt oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, manganese dioxide and antimony oxide. Tin-glazed_pottery
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| Orongo ‘Orongo is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The first half of the ceremonial village's 53 stone masonry houses was investigated and restored in 1974 by American archaeologist William Mulloy. In 1976 Mulloy assisted by Chilean archaeologists Claudio Cristino and Patricia Vargas completed the restoration of the whole complex which was subsequently investigated by Cristino in 1985 and 1995. Orongo
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| Askos (pottery vessel) Not to be confused with the placename Askos.Askos (Ancient Greek - tube; plural - askoi) is the name given in modern terminology to a type of ancient Greek pottery vessel used to pour small quantities of liquids such as oil. It is recognisable from its flat shape and a spout at one or both ends that could also be used as a handle. They were usually painted decoratively like vases and were mainly used for storing oil and refilling oil lamps. Askos_(pottery_vessel)
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| Copyright problems/2007 July 15/Articles Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2007_July_15/Articles
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| Copyright problems/2007 July 15 Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2007_July_15
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| Oxus Treasure Oxus treasure is a collection of 170 gold and silver items from the Achaemenid period which were found by the Oxus river. Pieces from it are located in the Victoria and Albert Museum and in the British Museum (mainly the latter, where they have been on show from June 2007 in the newly re-displayed Room 52). Oxus_Treasure
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| Cista A cista in the classical world was generally a casket, used for example to hold unguents or jewels. More specifically, in the Mystery cult, a cista mystica (literally "sacred chest") is a basket or chest used to house snakes. Cistae mysticae were used in the initiation ceremony of the cult of Bacchus, or Dionysus, as well as an early gnostic sect called the Ophites. Cistae mysticae appear on ancient Roman and Greek coins. Cista
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| Bremetennacum Bremetennacum (also Bremetonnacum, Bremetenracum or Bresnetenacum Veteranorum) was a Roman fort which is now the village of Ribchester in Lancashire (). The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The first Roman activity on the site was the establishment of a timber fort believed to have been constructed during the campaigns of Petillius Cerialis around AD 72/3. Bremetennacum
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| List of museums with major numismatic collections List_of_museums_with_major_numismatic_collections
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| List of museums with major collections of Greek and Roman antiquities State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia 106,000 objects (Misleading collection, includes many objects from ancient settlements on the Northern Black Sea coast) British Museum, London, UK 100,000 objects Antikensammlung Berlin, (Held at the Altes Museum and Pergamon Museum), Berlin, Germany 60,000 objects List_of_museums_with_major_collections_of_Greek_and_Roman_antiquities
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| Administrators' noticeboard/Archive100 Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive100
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| Battle of Nihriya The Battle of Nihriya was the culminating point of the hostilities between Hittites and Assyrians for control over the remnants of the former empire of Mitanni.When Suppiluliuma I (13th century BCE) conquered Mitanni, he created two provinces (Aleppo and Carchemish), and distributed the large part of territories of this kingdom between his allies. Battle_of_Nihriya
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