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              Bronze Chinese Vase with inscription, with "flower top." 
             (From Flea Market, Oct. 19, 2013). Antique, Ancient Chinese Cultural item.

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From Flea Markets

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    Flea Market Archaeology:

     This is a memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte in hardcover.  From 1892.

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A common selection of antique wares at a local Flea Market.

 A 4-Inch Diameter Chinese "Cash" coin.  Worth more than smaller versions.  ($20 at Flea Market).
I saw some selling for $400 each on auction once.   Bronze with square hole. 

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Other items

    Egyptian Items from varied sources:
     (lower left) Egyptian Red Jasper or Carnelian hair-ring (18th Dyn.); (AWA);
     (above lower left) Egyptian Scarab Amulet with inscription (very tiny); (AWA);
      (middle right) Egyptian Scarab "Thutmose 3" (SGAA);
     (middle) Papyrus Scepter amulet. (SGAA);
     (right) Lapis and Carnelian bead necklace.  (SGAA).

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AWA = Ancient World Arts, LTD.
SGAA = Sadigh Gallery Ancient Art INC.

 Roman Carnelian bead and Egyptian mummy-bead necklace;
(SGAA).

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* NOTE:  After learning about SGAA I stopped purchasing from them.  Even their Facebook.com site has low turn outs.  It may be that they sold low-quality items at first, or simply sold antique tourist trash from Egypt that were recycled into artifacts to be sold in USA. Other companies like Sothebys or Christies also have issues with items (forged) that find their way to auctions.  Ebay however sells whatever you put on display, with no control over how this is regulated.  Many missing artifacts from Egypt are found there.

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Sumerian

Sumer was a pre-Babylonian country in Modern Iraq.  Sumerians invented writing using clay envelopes and clay tablets using reed pens (Cuneiform).  They existed in the Stone Age.  They also invented the Wheel, as in Ox Carts. 

               (Real) Stone bracelet from Sumer. (from: WTB). Possibly Steatite. 

      Stone "Sumerian" bracelet and Sumerian stone Seal Cylinder to sign documents with. 
(from: SGAA).  Questionable authenticity. 

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Egyptian Forgeries or tourist trash antiques?

In Modern Egypt, some people sell fake artifacts to tourists.  These artifakes end up on some distribution network (like Sadigh Gallery "Ancient" Art, according to speculation and evidence of real Archaeologists who examined their items) and the proceeds go back to these Egyptian sellers.

                                   This item cost me $800 and is not authentic from Egypt. It is too cheaply designed to be ancient, though produced on real or composite stone.

                           Ushabtis are made of Faience -- a greenish blue ceramic paste.  This one is brown colored "Faience."  It may be made of Nile Mud according to a Minerva Magazine article.

              An Egyptian wooden headrest (pillow stand).

             A "Third Intermediate Period Kohl Jar" of black stone with carved interior.

                A "honey bee in amber, red Carnelian scarab, a Neolithic Flint projectile point, and a ring with an Alexander the Great coin.."

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