Human Figure with Lion Head

c. 30,000-28,000 BCE

Paleolithic Period

Mammoth Ivory

Found in Germany

29.6 cm (11.7 inches) in height, 5.6 cm wide, and 5.9 cm thick

Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)

28,000-25,000 BCE

Paleolithic Period

Limestone

Discovered in Austria

4.3 inches high

Man and Bison

c. 15,000-13,000 BCE

Paleolithic Period

Charcoal and various earth pigments

Lascaux, France

Stonehenge

c. 2550-1600 BCE

Neolithic Period

Sarsen and Bluestone

Salisbury, England

Standard of Ur ("War" and "Peace")

c. 2600 BCE

Sumerian Period

Wood inlay with precious stone (lapis lazuli)

Ziggurat

c. 2100 BCE

Sumerian Period

Mudbrick

Ur, Iraq

Commissioned by Ur-Nammu

Part of temple complex, center of nealry all Sumerian civilizations

Law Code Stele of Hammurabi

c. 1780 BCE

Babylonian Period

Basalt

Discovered in modern-day Iran

On display at the Louvre