Antique Collector - Antiquities and Artefacts |
ANTIQUITIES from the UK and around the World.
Antiquities are any artifacts of historical value, usually reserved for the period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe, but may be anywhere from hundreds to thousands of years old.
Perhaps one of the most interesting has been the Ancient Egyptian civilization which began more than five thousand years ago.
However, you won't find any pyramids for sale on this page, the shipping costs would be prohibitive.
Although there are some fairly serious restrictions about what can and can't be collected, or what must be declared treasure trove, there remains much scope for collecting or owning something that was once handled by another human being, millennia ago, perhaps to decorate themselves, to trade with, or to use as a tool.
Different countries define antiquities differently, such that an object can be manmade or man-shaped, and can cover items, including coinage, from civilizations around the world, Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, western European, British, Anglo-Saxon and medieval European.
