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Tablet with Survey of Barley Yields
This clay tablet mentions a survey of eleven fields with their dimensions and barley yields. Neo-Sumerian period, 2039 BCE, year eight in the reign of King Amar-Suen of Ur. From Mesopotamian, Iraq. (The British Museum, London).
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Stone for harvest offerings
The stone Kernos for food offerings of the collected harvest, the Minoan settlement of Malia, Crete (1650-1450 BCE).
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Egyptian Statuette of a Peasant Using a Hoe
This painted wooden statuette depicts a man wearing a kilt and holding what appears to be a hoe or a mattock. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2345-2181 BCE. From tomb 45 at Asyut, modern-day Egypt. (The British Museum, London).
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Roman Hoe
A Roman bronze hoe, 1st-3rd century CE. Empuries (Emporiae), Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Empuries)
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Egyptian Desert Hare Hunting
An Egyptian servant is carrying two desert hares as offering to Nebamun, a rich Egyptian accountant. This photo is a detail of a larger procession of agricultural offerings. From the tomb of Nebamun (c. 1350 BCE). British Museum, London...
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Roman Pick
A Roman bronze pick, 1st-3rd century CE. Empuries (Emporiae), Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Empuries)
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Pilgrims Approach a Farm Couple
A group of Medieval pilgrims approach a couple who stand outside their farm. From the game Old World.
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Assessment of Crops in Egypt
Wall painting from the Tomb of Nebamun, c. 1350 BCE, Thebes, Egypt.
British Museum.
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Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent, often called the "Cradle of Civilization", is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern...
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Demeter
Demeter was one of the oldest gods in the ancient Greek pantheon. As a goddess of agriculture, she guaranteed the fertility of the earth and protected both farming and vegetation. This close connection with the earth was inherited from her...
