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      <image:caption>Dragon illustration in Colchester Castle’s Mythical creatures exhibition. Artwork by Kyria McKie.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An image of the stained glass of “Boadicea” at Colchester Town Hall. (Colchester Museums - COLEM:2007.28.109)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Fenwick Treasure. Found under the lift shaft of Fenwick Department Store on Colchester High Street. Abandoned by a Roman couple fleeing Boudica’s army. (Colchester Museums - COLEM:2014.27.240).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The war memorial in Colchester, with a winged Victory at the top. It is reminiscent of the statue mentioned in Tacitus’ accounts of the Boudiccan rebellion. (Wikimedia Commons).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Queen Boudica, by John Opie. In a private collection.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sculpture of Boudica by Jonathan Clarke. On the roundabout near Colchester’s North Station. Photo by Glyn Baker. (Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A sculpture of Cybele as the “mother goddess” is on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A portrait of William Gilberd by Frank Daniell. Image courtesy of Colchester Museums (COLEM:150A).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An assortment of figurines found at Veterba Cave in Ukraine. Some have added genitals or breasts, while some do not.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A reconstruction of the Vix burial, a grave found in France that was believed to have been that of an Iron Age king due to the rich goods inside. Instead, it was found that the skeleton was more likely to be female.</image:caption>
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