Ritual and Memory

Mug featuring design by Laura Grey with inspiration from patterns found in objects from the exhibition: Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond.

(c) Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, photographer Andrea Brizzi

Architectural model, 4600–3900 BCE, ceramic, Căscioarele, Romania, L. 51 cm, W. 13 cm, H. 24.2, National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest, Romania: 12156.

Breast ornament including pectoral and two fibulae, 600–400 BCE.

Face pot, 5200–5000 BCE, ceramic, Biatorbágy-Tyúkberek, Hungary, H. 31.2 cm, Diam. 11 cm (rim), Diam. 8.5 cm (base), Budapest History Museum, Budapest, Hungary: 2019.13.36.1.