Neolithic Collection (#3)

Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Broken
Prehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Broken globigerina limestone slab which shows five sections separated with incised lines

Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Engraved
Prehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Engraved bone with parallel vertical grooves. Unknown provenance. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Prehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Alabaster fragment with serrated edges. From Mnajdra. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Neolithic Period. The Sleeping Lady. Clay statuette
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). The Sleeping Lady. Clay statuette found in a burial chamber in the Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni, Malta. Dated ca. 3000 BC

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. One of the clay and stone heads that either broke off from their sculptures or were made with peg-like necks to fit into acephalous statues

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. One of the clay and stone heads that either broke off from their sculptures or were made with peg-like necks to fit into acephalous statues

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. One of the clay and stone heads that either broke off from their sculptures or were made with peg-like necks to fit into acephalous statues

Heavily damaged stone statue. From the Tas-Silg
Heavily damaged stone statue which probably depicted a figure of the corpulent type. From the Tas-Silg archaeological complex. Island of Malta. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Remains of the lower half belonging to a female colossal statue

Headless sculpture of a standing human figure. From Hagar Qim, Malta. Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Headless standing stone statue. It belongs to the corpulent type, which measure between 50 and 75 cm in height. From Hagar Qim, Malta. Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC)

Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). Clay and stone
Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). Malta. Clay and stone woman figurine sculpture. From Tarxien Temples. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Megalithism
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Megalithism. Architectural fragment decorated with ornamental reliefs in spiral shape. Malta. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Stone altar. From Hagar Qim, Malta. Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Stone block
Neolithic Period. Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Stone block from the temple of Bugibba, Malta. Incised decoration depicting fishes carved on the sides. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Neolithic Period. Malta. Incised sherd depicting
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. Incised sherd depicting two bulls. Between them there is a curvilinear motif which may represent a tree

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Architectural fragment decorated with reliefs depicting animals

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Ggantija Phase (ca. 3600 to 3000 BC). Detail of
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Ggantija Phase (ca. 3600 to 3000 BC). Detail of an architectural fragment decorated with a multitude of tiny holes drilled side by side

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Reliefs on one of the stone blocks, decorated with borders

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Reliefs on one of the stone blocks, decorated with borders

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Reliefs on one of the stone blocks, decorated with borders

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility

Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple
Neolithic Period. Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Large ceramic carinated bowl. Approximate height: 55 cm. Maximum diameter: 85 cm. National Museum of Archaeology

Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. Stone cup
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Stone cup. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Fragmented ceramic bowl with a slight carination at the lower part

Neolithic. 6th millennium BC. Anthropomorphic figurine. From Nova Nadezhda, Sapareva Banya, Kyustendil region, Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Late Neolithic Statuettes from Hacilar in north-western Anatolia, excavated during the 1960 season by James Mellaart, Assistant Director, The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. Date: 1961

England, Cumbria, Mayburgh Henge. Standing stone and Neolithic henge near Penrith

Scotland, Fife, Lundin Links Stone Circle. A frosty morning at Lundin Links Stone Circle located on the second fairway of the Ladies golf course

Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Tyrebagger Stone Circle. First light of the day illuminates the recumbent stone circle at Tyrebagger on the outskirts of Aberdeen over looking the Airport

Aerial view of Belas Knap, a neolithic chambered long barrow on the Cotswold Way, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK. Shot by aerial drone with Ca permit. January 2016

Silbury Hill IC005/048
Reconstruction drawing showing the final stages of the construction of Silbury Hill, near Avebury Henge, which was completed by about 2300 BC. Artist, Peter Urmston

Avebury 33555_042
Avebury henge and stone circles, Wiltshire, 2018

Silbury Hill 33780_024
Avebury, Wiltshire. Silbury Hill, a large late Neolithic monumental mound, 2019

Silbury Hill 33780_002
Avebury, Wiltshire. Silbury Hill, a large late Neolithic monumental mound, 2019

Knowlton Church and earthworks from the air at sunrise, Knowlton, Dorset, England, UK

Rescue excavation 33592_035
Construction of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement Scheme, Cambridgeshire, near Offord Hill, 2018. Excavation work of probable henge monument. TL2168

Arthurs Stone OP35390
ARTHURs STONE, ARTHURs STONE LANE, DORSTONE, HEREFORDSHIRE. A view from the west of Arthurs Stone. This photograph was printed in the RCHME Inventory Volume for Herefordshire, Volume I, Plate 89

The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Islands Scotland

The Standing Stones of Stenness, Mainland Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland

UK, England, Cumbria, Lake District, Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle

Waylands Smithy, a Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb situated in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire. 1973

Aerial view of Kings Men stone circle, part of Rollright Stones neolithic complex. Great Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK. January 2016

Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber, Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

The Green at Priddy, near Wells, Somerset
A GWR Publicity view of the historic Green at Priddy in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, c.1920s. The village is near Wells and a settlement has existed there since the Neolithic period

Castlerigg Stone Circle, nr. Keswick, Cumbria Date: 1960s

Milkyway over Stonehenge, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Neolithic West Kennet Long Barrow on a frosty winter morning, Wiltshire, England. Winter (February) 2023

Ireland, Co. Clare, The Burren, Poulnabrone dolmen, ancient neolithic monument
Ireland, Co.Clare, The Burren, Poulnabrone dolmen, ancient neolithic monument

Ireland, Co. Donegal, Ardara, Kilclooney Dolmen
Ireland, Co.Donegal, Ardara, Kilclooney Dolmen

Stonehenge at night DP349839
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire. General view of stone circle lit at night with stars. View from east

Stonehenge at dawn DP349794
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire. General view of Stonehenge at break of dawn with frost and moon. View from north

Stonehenge at night DP349838
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire. General view of stone circle lit at night with stars. View from east

Poulnabrone Dolmen at Sunrise, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland

Poulnabrone Dolmen, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland

Rollright Stones, Little Rollright, Cotswolds, England, UK

Devil's Den, Fyfield, Wiltshire, England

Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge Stone Circle, Wiltshire, England, UK

East Kennett Long Barrow 35076_021
East Kennett Long Barrow earthwork, East Kennett, Wiltshire, 2021

East Kennett Long Barrow 35076_029
East Kennett Long Barrow earthwork, East Kennett, Wiltshire, 2021

Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney, Scotland, UK

Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland, UK

West Kennet Long Barrow 33786_030
West Kennet Long Barrow, a Neolithic chambered burial mound, Wiltshire, 2019

Silbury Hill from West Kennet 33786_026
West Kennet long barrow and Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, 2019

Avebury from Silburry Hill 33786_023
The Neolithic monuments of Silbury Hill and Avebury, Wiltshire, 2019

Silbury Hill 33786_014
Silbury Hill, a large late Neolithic mound, Wiltshire, 2019

Avebury 33785_031
The large Neolithic henge enclosure at Avebury, Wiltshire, 2019

Avebury 33785_040
The large Neolithic henge enclosure at Avebury, Wiltshire, 2019

Poulnabrone Dolmen portal stone, Burren, Clare, Ireland, Northern Europe

Giants Grave 33416_020
Giants Grave Long Barrow on Fyfield Down, Wiltshire, 2017

Prehistoric burial IC320_002
West Amesbury Farm, Stonehenge Road, West Amesbury, Amesbury, Wiltshire

Silbury Hill, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Avebury stone circles, Avebury, Wiltshire, England United Kingdom

The ruins of Knowlton Church at dawn, Knowlton, Dorset, England, UK

Silbury Hill 33780_003
Avebury, Wiltshire. Silbury Hill, a large late Neolithic monumental mound, 2019

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Step back in time and explore the wonders of the Neolithic era. From the mystical Avebury Stone Circle to the iconic Stonehenge, these ancient sites hold secrets that continue to captivate our imagination. Journey through history as you stand amidst the Avebury Stone Circle (J900435), marveling at its grandeur and wondering about its purpose. Feel a sense of awe as you approach Stonehenge ahead (FL01500_02_003), knowing that you are about to witness one of the world's most famous landmarks. As you gaze upon Stonehenge (J850008) during golden hour, let yourself be transported to an age long gone, where rituals and beliefs intertwined with nature. The setting sun casts a warm glow on this enigmatic structure (J870232), creating a breathtaking sight that leaves no visitor untouched. Venturing further north, discover Skara Brae Prehistoric Village on Scotland's Orkney Islands – a remarkable testament to human resilience and ingenuity. Explore these ancient dwellings and imagine what life was like for our ancestors thousands of years ago. Return once more to Stonehenge (N071215) and immerse yourself in its timeless allure. Let your mind wander as you walk among these colossal stones, pondering their origins and significance. Make your way towards Waylands Smithy (K040655), another Neolithic gem nestled within England's countryside. Here, experience tranquility amidst nature while admiring this well-preserved burial chamber. Continue your journey with a visit to Avebury Stone Circle (N071124). This expansive site will leave you awestruck by its sheer scale – an impressive feat accomplished by early civilizations who left behind enduring legacies. Stonehenge beckons once again (K021103), inviting visitors from around the globe to delve into its mysteries. Stand beneath towering monoliths and contemplate their purpose in this sacred space.