Human with a Feline Head

from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany

ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE

Mammoth Ivory, 11 5/8" high

Venus of Willendorf

from Willendorf, Austria

ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE

Limestone, 4 1/4" high

Two Bison

Reliefs in a cave at Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France.

ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE

Clay, each 2' long.

Hall of Bulls

Reliefs in a cave at Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France.

ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE.

Clay, each 2' long.

Human Figure

From Ain Ghazal, Jordan

ca. 6750-6250 BCE

Deer Hunt

Wall Painting, Level III at Catal Hoyuk, Turkey.

ca. 7,000 BCE

White Temple

Uruk; ca. 3200-3000

The temple was a kind of city within a city. The White Temple of Uruk was probably dedicated to Anu, the great sky god.

Highest temple: 61 x 16 ft.

Female Head 

from Uruk, Iraq

ca. 3,200 - 3,000 BCE

Marble, 8" high

The 'Sumerian Mona Lisa' after her recovery in September 2003

Warka Vase

Uruk, Iraq

ca. 3,200-3,000 BCE

Alabaster, 3 1/4" high.

Presentation of offering to Inanna

Eshnunna (Tell Asmar) Statuettes

Iraq, ca. 2,700 BCE

Found in a cemetery, all carrying beakers. Discovered in 1934, Cemetery of Ur

Standard of Ur

Royal Cemetery. Ur, Iraq.

ca. 2,600 BCE

peaceful/violent side of the mosaic

Bull-Headed Lyre

"Kings Grave", Ur, Iraq.

ca. 2,600 BCE

Banquet Scene

Cylinder seal, from the tomb of Pu-abi, Royal Cemetery. Ur, Iraq

ca. 2,600 BCE

2" high

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

Susa, Iran ca. 2,254-2218 BCE

Pink sandstone, 6'7" high

Ziggurat of Ur

Ur, Iraq ca. 2,100 BCE

Statue of Gudea

Governor of Lagash

ca. 2,100 BCE

Diorite 2'5" high

Originally in a temple of Ningirsu holding the temple plan, taking orders from the Gods

Stele of Hammurabi

Susa, Iran ca. 1,780 BCE

Basalt, 7'4" high

Lion Gate

Hattusa, Turkey ca. 1,400 BCE

Symbolically gaurding the gateway.

Lamassu

(winged human-headed bull)

Louvre, Paris

Limestone, 13'10" high

Lion Hunt Relief

from the palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh

ca. 875-860 BCE

Palete of Narmer

Egypt ca. 3,000 BCE

Slate 2'11" high 

Make-up palete

twiseted/composite perspective

Stepped Pyramid

Djoser Saqqare, Egypt

ca. 2,630-2,611 BCE

460 x 388 ft, 197 ft high, 6 steps.

Designed by Imhotep

Elaborate anti-rooms and several entrances but only on opening to the tomb.

Serdab Chamber

(on north side of pyramid) of Djoser

Hole that allows the ka to enter/leave the tomb and participate in feasts and activities.

Great Pyramids

Gizeh, Egypt

(from bottom up: Menkaure, ca. 2,490 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2,520 BCE; and Khufu, ca. 2,551 BCE

Oriented to the East to the rising of the sun (Ra)

Great Sphinx

Gizeh, Egypt ca. 2,520-2,494 BCE

Sandstone, 65' x 240'