The Archaeologist.

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Capua (southern Italy), around 330-300 BCE.

Two girls playing ‘knucklebones’.

This game (similar to jacks) was popular amongst children and young women in ancient Greece- the players would throw the knucklebones into the air, and then try to catch as many as they could on the back of their hands. The knucklebones were made from the anklebones of sheep or goats.

British Museum, London

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Gilded mummy portrait of a woman

Probably from er-Rubayat, Egypt
Roman Period, about 160-170 C.E.

The British Museum

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Pair of child’s leather sandals

From Thebes, Egypt
New Kingdom, 1550-1069 BC

The British Museum

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One man’s mission to save Kurdistan’s history

Qadir Qachakh’s museum displays his collection

Dressed in an immaculate traditional Peshmarga uniform, Qadir Qachakh walks confidently around his private museum that filled with archeological treasures from many Kurdish areas. As he describes the pieces, their ages and where they were found, his passion shines through. He said he visited tens of museums all over Europe and “none of the museums had more archeological pieces than mine.”

read the whole article: http://www.kurdishglobe.net/display-article.html?id=2A60BDA9C8E50ED74E610674DE952DC1

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