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| Akhenaton and Nefertiti with their three daughters, from Armana, Egypt, ca. 1353-1355 BCE. It is carved into limestone. |
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| Portrait of Augustus as general, from Primaporta, Italy, early 1st century CE. It is a marble copy of an early 20 BCE bronze original. |
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| Basilica Nova in Rome, Italy, ca. about 310 CE. |
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| The Warka Vase from Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200-3000 BCE. First great work of narrative relief known. Religious ceremony in honor of Innana. |
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| Wall painting from Çatal Höyük, Turkey. Top- Wall painting that depicts a deer hunt ca. 5750 BCE. Bottom- Wall painting (and water color replica) of a landscape/volcanic scene ca. 6150 BCE. |
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| Dionysiac mystery frieze (second style wall painting) in the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, ca. 60-50 BCE. Fresco painting. |
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| Geometric krater from the Dipylon cemetery in Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BCE. |
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| Djoser's stepped pyramid built by Imhotep in Saqqarra, Egypt, ca. around 2620 BCE. |
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| Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, around 690 CE. |
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Wall paintings in the synagogue in Dura-Europus, Syria, ca. around 250 CE. Tempera on plaster.
The below painting is of Samuel annointing David the king of Israel. |
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The Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria, ca. around 710 CE.
Below are building and landscape mosaics that decorated the exterior of the courtyard arcade. |
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| Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, ca. around 535 CE. |
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| Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus from Rome, Italy, ca. about 360 CE. Carved from marble. Depicts vague high reliefs that could be seen as either depicting Roman polytheism or Christianity. |
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| Kroisos (a Kouros figure) from Anavysos, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Carved from marble. Shows Egyptian statuary tradition (although it is early Greek). |
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| Menkaure and one of his queens, from Gizeh, Egypt, ca. around 2480 BCE. Carved from graywacke. |
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| Nike alighting on a warship (Nike of Samothrace), from Samothrace, Greece, ca. 190 BCE. Carved from marble. Once stood on a fountain to give it a more dramatic, sea-faring appearance. |
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| Old St. Peter's Church in Rome, Italy, began ca. about 320 (319) CE. |
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| Pantheon in Rome, Italy, ca. around 120 CE. |
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| Pyxis of al-Mughira, from near Córdoba, Spain, ca. 968 CE. "Box" carved from ivory. |
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| Statue of Queen Napir-Asu, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1350-1300 BCE. Hollow-cast copper shell with a solid bronze core weighing 3,760 lbs. |
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| Stele with the laws of Hammurabi, set up at Babylon, Iraq, but found in Susa, Iran. Carved from basalt ca. 1780 BCE. |
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| Apse mosaic of the Virgin and Child enthroned in Hagia Sophia from Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, ca. around 870 CE. |
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| Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. Carved from limestone. |
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| Parthenon in the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, ca. around 440 BCE. |
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| Parthenon's ionic frieze depicting the Panathenaic Festival procession, from the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, ca. around 440 BCE. Top- horsemen. Middle- Poseidon, Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Eros. Bottom- elders and maidens. |
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| Metope depicting centauromachy, from the Parthenon of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, ca. around 440 BCE. |
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| Pediments from the Parthenon of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, ca. around 440 BCE. Top- Helios and his horse. Bottom- Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?). Carved from marble. |
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