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Warka Head
Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq
marble
ca. 3200-3000 BCE
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Warka Vase
Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq
alabaster
ca. 3200-3000 BCE
(Sumerian period) |
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Eshnunna Figurines
Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
2700 BCE |
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Ziggurat at Ur
with restored stairs
Ur , Iraq
mudbrick and baked brick
2100 BCE (Neo-Sumerian period) |
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Stele of Naram-Sin
Susa, Iran
pink sandstone
2254-2218 BCE (Akkadian period) |
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Seated statue of Gudea (with head)
Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraq
diorite
2150-2100 BCE (Neo-Sumerian)
Gudea was a ruler/king (compare to hammurabi) |
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions relief
Nineveh, Iraq
gypsum
645-640 BCE (Assyrian) |
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Til-Tuba Battle Reliefs
Nineveh, Iraq,
gypsum
647 BCE (Assyrian) |
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The Behistun Relief
Behistun, Iran,
520-519 BCE
(Achaemenid period)
Carved into the side of a mountain |
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Processional frieze (detail) on the apadana
Persepolis, Iran,
limestone,
ca. 521-465 BCE
(Achaemenid) |
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Darius killing a beast relief
from the east door of the “Harem” - Persepolis, Iran,
limestone
ca. 521-486 BCE (Achaemenid) |
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| It is the manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize importance of a specific object. |
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Akhenataon, Nefertiti and three daughers stele
Tell Amarna, Egypt
limestone
1353-1335 BCE
(Dynasty 18, New Kingdom) |
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Beni Hasan rock cut tombs
The tomb of Khnumhotep II, (1991-1783 BCE) which is in the Middle Kingdom.[2]
minya, egypt |
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Colossal Statue of Akhenaton
Karnak, Egypt
sandstone
1353-1335
(Dynasty 18, New Kingdom) |
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Fragment of head of Senusret III
Red quartzite
1860 BCE
(Dynasty 12, Middle Kingdom) |
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Great Pyramids, Gizeh,
Egypt (Menkaure ca. 2490-
2472 BCE, Khafre, ca. 2520-
2494 BCE, Khufu, ca. 2551-
2528 BCE from front to
back), limestone (Dynasty 4,
Old Kingdom) |
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Khafre enthroned
Gizeh, Egypt
diorite,
2520-2494 BCE
(Dynasty 4, Old Kingdom) |
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty
Gizeh, Egypt
graywacke
2490-2472 BCE
(Dynasty 4, Old Kingdom) |
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut,
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt,
limestone
1473-1458 BCE
(Dynasty 18, New Kingdom) |
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Narmer Palette
Hierakonpolis, Egypt
slate
3000-2920 BCE
(Predynastic) |
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Seated Scribe
Saqqara, Egypt
painted limestone
2500 BCE
(Dynasty 4, Old
Kingdom) |
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Senmut with Princess Nefrura
Thebes
granite
1470-1460 BCE
(Dynasty 18, New Kingdom) |
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Stepped Pyramid
Saqqara, Egypt
built by Imhotep
limestone
2630-2611 BCE
(Dynasty 3, Old Kingdom) |
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Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt
stone
1290-1224 BCE
(Dynasty 19, New Kingdom) |
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt relief
Saqqara,
Painted limestone
2450-2350 bce
(Dynasty 5, Old Kingdom) |
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| a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides that marked the burial site of many eminent Egyptians of Egypt's ancient period. Mastabas were constructed out of mud-bricks (from the Nile River) or stone. |
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| (vital spark) The Ka (k3) was the Egyptian concept of vital essence, that which distinguishes the difference between a living and a dead person, with death occurring when the ka left the body. |
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| In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a serekh is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. |
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| Ashlar is prepared stone work (i.e., dressed, cut) of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry |
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| The transverse plane (also called the horizontal plane, axial plane, or transaxial plane) is an imaginary plane that divides the body into superior and inferior |
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| The Temenos wall are made of mud brick and the gateway of stone. The type of building technique used in the walls is called Pan Bedding. It allowed the walls to move without collapsing as the ground expanded and contracted from the annual flood. |
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| area where wall was built up out of ceiling to allow more light |
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