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  • Torre d’en Galmes, aerial view, a pre-Talayotic site occupied c. 1400 BC - 2nd century AD, in Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. This was the largest settlement in the Balearic Islands and has many stone houses, enclosures, water collection systems, aqueducts and talayots or fortresses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragments of Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "Lemba Lady' in limestone, Chalcolithic period, 4th millennium BC, from Lemba-Lakkous, Cyprus, from the Department of Antiquities, Nicosia, Cyprus, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Homo erectus making fire with flint, model in the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum houses the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP), who work on the excavations at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, which contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casts of animal skulls in a cabinet in the Collection Room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Excavations with bones from animals hunted, cut into pieces and eaten, in the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female geometric figure in marble, early Chalcolithic period, 4th millennium BC, from the Domus de Janas necropolis, Porto Ferro, Sardinia, Italy, from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari, Sardinia, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deer hunting, facsimile of a neolithic cave painting from the Cueva del Tio Garroso, Alarcon, Teruel, in the Archaeological Museum of Ubeda, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a prehistoric canoe made from a hollowed out tree trunk. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene of a hunter holding a spear in prehistoric times. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC11_FRANCE_MC029.jpg
  • Petroglyphs depicting hunting scenes on a cliff face at Wadi Rum, Jordan. Here we see men with camels hunting various animals. Thamudic, Nabataean and Arabic inscriptions testify to widespread literacy in these peoples. In Wadi Rum there are 25,000 rock carvings and 20,000 inscriptions produced over 12,000 years of habitation, from Neolithic to Nabataean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petroglyphs depicting hunting scenes on a cliff face at Wadi Rum, Jordan. Here we see a camel and an inscription. Thamudic, Nabataean and Arabic inscriptions testify to widespread literacy in these peoples. In Wadi Rum there are 25,000 rock carvings and 20,000 inscriptions produced over 12,000 years of habitation, from Neolithic to Nabataean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC12_Jordan_MC210.JPG
  • Concrete markers replacing six concentric rings of timber posts, Woodhenge, Neolithic monument, circa 2300 BC, Wiltshire, England. Part of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silhouettes at twilight, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DENGLAND070124.jpg
  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DENGLAND070116.jpg
  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DENGLAND070112.jpg
  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DENGLAND070111.jpg
  • Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, surrounding a Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • « El Mellizo » or « Anta (dolmen in Latin) de la Marquesa », famoust dolmen of the archaeological area outside Valencia de Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain; prehistoric megalith used as funerary temple; Bronze Age; 5000 BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre National de la Prehistoire or CNP, a branch of the Ministere de la Culture specialising in the conservation, research and development of ancient painted caves in France and around the world, housed in a former military warehouse built on the Gallo-Roman ramparts of Perigueux beside the Musee Vesunna, Dordogne, France. The building, consisting of 3 towers and 2 curtain walls and a pavilion, was built using blocks from the city's monuments, including many Roman elements. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC  under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Conservation room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cyril Calvet, assistant heritage conservator, holding an animal skull in the Collection Room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1611.jpg
  • Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1605.jpg
  • Iberian site with ruins of a necropolis, workshops and fortified village, aerial view, at Coll del Moro, also used as an observatory of the rebel command during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, at Gandesa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The site offers a panoramic view of Corbera d'Ebre, Horta de Sant Joan and the Cavalls and Pandols mountain ranges. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wild goat, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red polished 2 necked plank shaped figurine in terracotta, middle Bronze Age I, 2000-1850 BC, from Deneia, Cyprus, from the Department of Antiquities, Nicosia, Cyprus, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_037.jpg
  • Seated figure with head ornament in limestone, Neolithic period, 5th millennium BC, from the Cabras Tomb 386 at Cuccuru s'Arriu, Sardinia, from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari, Sardinia, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_029.jpg
  • Kermario standing stones, large megaliths in a fan arrangement, with 1029 menhirs in 10 alignments, about 1,300m long, near the village of Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France. One 3m high menhir forms part of the Manio tertre tumulus. The Carnac stones were erected in the Neolithic period by pre-Celtic breton peoples. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kermario standing stones, large megaliths in a fan arrangement, with 1029 menhirs in 10 alignments, about 1,300m long, near the village of Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France. One 3m high menhir forms part of the Manio tertre tumulus. The Carnac stones were erected in the Neolithic period by pre-Celtic breton peoples. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_1434.jpg
  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petroglyphs depicting hunting scenes on a cliff face at Wadi Rum, Jordan. Here we see men with camels hunting. Thamudic, Nabataean and Arabic inscriptions testify to widespread literacy in these peoples. In Wadi Rum there are 25,000 rock carvings and 20,000 inscriptions produced over 12,000 years of habitation, from Neolithic to Nabataean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC12_Jordan_MC213.jpg
  • Petroglyphs depicting people, footprints and an antelope etched into the walls of Khazali Canyon, Wadi Rum, Jordan. These rock engravings date from Thamudic times and are accompanied by inscriptions, 4th century BC - 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC12_Jordan_MC216.jpg
  • Picture of painting depicting Stonehenge thousands years ago, neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragments of the circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DENGLAND070106.jpg
  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DENGLAND070105.jpg
  • Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, surrounding a Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DENGLAND070102.jpg
  • Homo erectus carrying an animal killed hunting, model in the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum houses the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP), who work on the excavations at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, which contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1617.jpg
  • Iberian site with ruins of a necropolis, workshops and fortified village, at Coll del Moro, also used as an observatory of the rebel command during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, at Gandesa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The site offers a panoramic view of Corbera d'Ebre, Horta de Sant Joan and the Cavalls and Pandols mountain ranges. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Naveta d'Es Tudons, a megalithic chamber tomb in limestone, built c.1200 BC and abandoned 750 BC, in Es Tudons, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. The naveta, used for ancient burial rituals, is boat-shaped and has 2 storeys, the lower chamber used for storing bones of bodies and the upper chamber for drying corpses. It was excavated and restored by Lluis Pericot Garcia in 1959-60. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DRN_LC19_SPAIN_MC151.jpg
  • Kneeling youth offering a vase, gypsum alabaster sculpture by the Oxus Culture, c. 2200-1800 BC, from Eastern Iran, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_050.jpg
  • Kneeling youth with dark body, chlorite limestone sculpture by the Oxus Culture, 2200-1800 BC, from Eastern Iran, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_049.jpg
  • Seated female figure with crossed legs in marble, late Neolithic period 5th - 4th millennium BC, from the Cyclades, possibly Amorgos, from the Musees Royaux d'Art de d'Histoire, Brussels, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_035.jpg
  • Reclining pregnant figures in marble, late Spedos type, early Cycladic II period 2700-2300 BC, from the Cyclades, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_034.jpg
  • Reclining pregnant figure in marble, late Spedos type, early Cycladic II period 2700-2300 BC, from the Cyclades, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_033.jpg
  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England.  The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene of a hunter about to throw a spear in prehistoric times. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC11_FRANCE_MC028.jpg
  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Heel Stone in the distance, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons (fragment), Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum houses the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP), who work on the excavations at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, which contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Homo erectus hunting wolves with a spear, model in the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum houses the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP), who work on the excavations at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, which contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salle des Moulages or Moulding Room, where moulds and casts are made of fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cyril Calvet, assistant heritage conservator at the Centre Europeen de Recherche Prehistorique de Tautavel, at the excavation site at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Caune de l'Arago or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three figures, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Bicorp Man', a man climbing lianas to collect honey from wild bees, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Torre d’en Galmes, aerial view, a pre-Talayotic site occupied c. 1400 BC - 2nd century AD, in Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. This was the largest settlement in the Balearic Islands and has many stone houses, enclosures, water collection systems, aqueducts and talayots or fortresses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DRN_LC19_SPAIN_MC157.jpg
  • Naveta d'Es Tudons, aerial view, a megalithic chamber tomb in limestone, built c.1200 BC and abandoned 750 BC, in Es Tudons, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. The naveta, used for ancient burial rituals, is boat-shaped and has 2 storeys, the lower chamber used for storing bones of bodies and the upper chamber for drying corpses. It was excavated and restored by Lluis Pericot Garcia in 1959-60. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DRN_LC19_SPAIN_MC153.jpg
  • Standing 'Oxus Lady', chlorite limestone sculpture by the Oxus Culture, c. 2200-1800 BC, from Eastern Iran, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_048.jpg
  • Standing male figure in black stone, possibly basalt, 4th millennium BC, from Southwest Arabia, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_045.jpg
  • Red polished plank shaped figurine in terracotta, early Bronze Age III, 2100-2000 BC, from Bellapais-Vounous, Cyprus, from the Department of Antiquities, Nicosia, Cyprus, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_038.jpg
  • Disk idol in gypsum alabaster, Kultepe type, early Bronze Age III, 2300-2000 BC, from Cappadocia, Anatolia, from the Ligabue collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing nude male figure in wood, Old Kingdom Egyptian, c. 2500 BC, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_031.jpg
  • Female geometric figure in marble, early Chalcolithic period, 4th millennium BC, from Turriga, Sardinia, Italy, from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari, Sardinia, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_ITALY_MC_028.jpg
  • Trepuco archaeological site, a talayotic settlement situated near Mahon, Southwest of Es Castell, in Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Trepuco was a large village of around 50,000 square metres, and its remains include talayots or watchtowers, a perimeter wall, two square towers and a taula. The taula, with vertical stone pillars and a horizontal stone table on top, was built 800-450 BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kermario standing stones, large megaliths in a fan arrangement, with 1029 menhirs in 10 alignments, about 1,300m long, near the village of Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France. One 3m high menhir forms part of the Manio tertre tumulus. The Carnac stones were erected in the Neolithic period by pre-Celtic breton peoples. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Menec standing stones, 11 converging alignments of 1050 menhirs stretching for 1,165x100m, near the village of Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France. The alignments are roughly parallel with evenly spaced megaliths which are larger at the Western end and smaller at the Eastern end. The Carnac stones were erected in the Neolithic period by pre-Celtic breton peoples. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_ENGLAND_MC_004.jpg
  • Scene of men hunting with spears in prehistoric times. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC11_FRANCE_MC032.jpg
  • Scene of men hunting with spears in prehistoric times. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC11_FRANCE_MC033.jpg
  • Scene of men hunting with spears in prehistoric times. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC11_FRANCE_MC035.jpg
  • Petroglyphs depicting hunting scenes on a cliff face at Wadi Rum, Jordan. Here we see men with camels hunting various animals (ostriches, gazelles, lions, etc). Thamudic, Nabataean and Arabic inscriptions testify to widespread literacy in these peoples. In Wadi Rum there are 25,000 rock carvings and 20,000 inscriptions produced over 12,000 years of habitation, from Neolithic to Nabataean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC12_Jordan_MC214.jpg
  • Petroglyphs depicting animals etched into the walls of Khazali Canyon, Wadi Rum, Jordan. These rock engravings date from Thamudic times and are accompanied by inscriptions, 4th century BC - 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concrete markers replacing six concentric rings of timber posts, Woodhenge, Neolithic monument, circa 2300 BC, Wiltshire, England. Part of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons (fragment), Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, surrounding a Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, surrounding a Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, surrounding a Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, surrounding a Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons; circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circle of Sarsen stones with lintels, surrounding a Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument, 3050 - 1500 BC, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mould of the skull of l'homme de Tautavel or Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, from the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains much evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skull of l'Homme de Tautavel or Tautavel Man, in the wall of the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deer, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Bicorp Man', a man climbing lianas to collect honey from wild bees, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the  Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Torre d’en Galmes, aerial view, a pre-Talayotic site occupied c. 1400 BC - 2nd century AD, in Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. This was the largest settlement in the Balearic Islands and has many stone houses, enclosures, water collection systems, aqueducts and talayots or fortresses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Torre d’en Galmes, aerial view, a pre-Talayotic site occupied c. 1400 BC - 2nd century AD, in Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. This was the largest settlement in the Balearic Islands and has many stone houses, enclosures, water collection systems, aqueducts and talayots or fortresses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Naveta d'Es Tudons, aerial view, a megalithic chamber tomb in limestone, built c.1200 BC and abandoned 750 BC, in Es Tudons, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. The naveta, used for ancient burial rituals, is boat-shaped and has 2 storeys, the lower chamber used for storing bones of bodies and the upper chamber for drying corpses. It was excavated and restored by Lluis Pericot Garcia in 1959-60. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Scarface' with a white kilt, chlorite limestone sculpture from the Oxus Culture, c. 2200-1800 BC, from Eastern Iran, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing steatopygous figure, marble, 4th millennium BC from Southwest Arabia, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Torso of a female votive figure in basalt, early Dynastic II period c. 2500 BC, from Mesopotamia, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic inlay of a seated man in shell or calcite, holding a lapis lazuli cup, Sumerian, early Dynastic II period, c. 2500 BC, from Mesopotamia, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing nude 'priest king' in limestone, Uruk period, c. 3300-3200 BC, from Southern Mesopotamia, from the Museo Archeologico in Padua, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bull Man, statue in alabaster, early Dynastic I period c. 2900-2650 BC, from Umma (modern Jokha) in Southern Mesopotamia, from the George Ortiz collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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