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It is the first monument of this type discovered in Crete. It is ring-shaped and very much different from the Minoan palaces which were arranged in a square or rectangular fashion. Based on the style of pottery fragments discovered during the excavation, archaeologists have established that the main period of use seems to have been between 2000 BC and 1700 BC, in the middle of the Minoan civilization often regarded as the oldest civilization in Europe.

The bronze head of Seuthes III was discovered in 2004 by Bulgarian archaeologists in the royal burial site of Golyama Kosmatka, not far from the ancient city of Seuthopolis. Seuthes III was a king of Odrysia, a part of Thrace, during the late 4th century BC. The findings at Golyama Kosmatka suggest that an Orphic ritual was carried out on the day of his burial.

The Shigir Idol is over twice as old as the Egyptian pyramids and about the same age as the earliest settlement at the famous Gobekli Tepe archaeological site.

The front side of the Portonaccio sarcophagus portrays one of the most realistic engagements between Roman cavalry and barbarians during the Marcomannic Wars.

One of the rarest finds from imperial Rome and among the very few artifacts that can be directly associated with a Roman Emperor.

The Derveni Krater is an elaborate and masterfully crafted ancient Greek bronze vessel, considered one of the finest examples of metalwork from classical antiquity.

The ring contains a holographic-like image of a young man named Carvilio.

Phidias created the Statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, in this workshop.

It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Archaeological evidence suggests that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually located in a different ancient city.