Waterworn Pebble in Shape of a Human Face    3,000,000 BCE Makapansgat, South Africa

R: Human with Feline Head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany. Ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE. Mammoth Ivory. Ulmer Museum, Ulm. 

L: Nude Woman, from Willendorf, Austria. Ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. Limestone. Naturhistorisches Museum,Vienna

R: Nude Woman Holding a Bison Horn, from Laussel, France. Ca. 25,000-20,000 BCE. Painted LImestone. Musée d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux 

Chauvet Cave,Vallon-Pont-d’Arc. Ca. 30,000-28,000 or 15,000-13,000 BCE 

 Human Skull with features modeled in plaster, painted, and inlaied in seashells. Ca. 7200-6700 BCE. Archaeological Museum,Amman, Jordan

R:Anthropomorphic Figurine, lime plaster over wicker core, From Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Ca. 6750-6250 BCE. Musée du Louvre, Paris 

so-called “Mother-Goddess” figurine. Ca. 6500-5500 BCE Çatal Höyük,Turkey.

Çatal Höyük,Turkey. Reconstruction of House Shrine, Reconstruction Drawing, Plan of City, Detail of Deer Hunt Mural, Level III 

Cylinder Seal with Banquet Scene, from Tomb of Pu-abi (800), Royal Cemetary, Ur. Ca. 2600-2400 BCE. Lapis Lazuli. British Museum, London 

L: Bull-Headed Harp, from Tomb of Pu-abi (800,) Royal Cemetery, Ur. Ca. 2600-2400 BCE. British Museum, London
R: Soundbox of Harp, from Tomb 789, Royal Cemetery, Ur 

Reconstruction and Fragment, Stele of the Vultures (Victory Stele of Eannatum), from Girsu. ca. 2600-2500 BCE. Limestone. Musée du Louvre, Paris