Animal Husbandry Scene

Tomb of Ti

Painted Limestone

Saqqara ca. 2465-2323 BC

Beer Brewer Straining Mash

mastaba of Official Djasha

Painted Limeston

Giza, ca 2465-2323 BC

Bent Pyramid of Sneferu

Dashur, ca 2575-2771 BC

Bull's Head Lyre

King's Grave, Royal Cemetary

Ur, ca. 2700-2600 BC

Puabi and Her Jewels (Reconstruction)

Grave 800, Tomb of Queen Puabi

ca. 2700-2350 BC

Cone Mosaic Decorations

Eanna Precinct,

ca. 3500-3100 BC

Tell Brak Eye Idols

Alabaster,

ca. 3500-3100 BC

Neolithic Fertility Figurine

Stone

Ain Ghazal,

ca. 8500-7000 BC

Goddess Suckling King Unas (Wenis)

Pyramid Temple of Unas

Saqqara, ca. 2356-2323 BC

Giza Pyramid Complexes

of the 4th Dynasty

ca. 2551-2472 BC

Gudea Standing,

Diorite, Lagash

ca. 2120 BC

Urban Fresco, Catal Huyuk and Hasan Dag

Plaster on Mudbrick

ca. 6000 BC

Sargon Head, Nineveh

Bronze

ca. 2250-2200 BC

Jericho Walls and Tower

PPN walls were 3.6m high with at least one internal tower extended to a height of 9m

Ka Statue of Djoser

Serdab Chamber, Funerary Complex of Djoser

Saqqara, ca. 2630-2611

Ka Statue of Khafre

Morturary Temple, Giza

ca. 2551-2472 BC

Reconstruction of the Mastaba of Khasekhemwy

Abydos (Late Predynastic)

Khafaje Temple Oval

ca. 3000-2300 BC

Mace Head of King Scorpion

Carved Limeston

Hierakonpolis, ca. 3100-2920 BC

Palette of Narmer

Relief Sculpture, Hierakonpolis

ca. 3100-2920 BC

PPN Plastered Skull (Jericho)

9500-7000 BC

Royal Standard, Peace Side

Inlay into Bitumen

Royal Cemetary, Ur

ca. 2700-2350 BC

Statue of Shepsi with Nikauhathor and Son

Tomb Chapel of Shepsi

Painted Limeston, Saqqara

ca. 2465-2323 BC

Shrine of the Vultures

shrine reconstruction, in use

Catal Huyuk ca. 6000 BC

Statue Base of Khasekhem,

Hierakonpolis

ca. 2770-2649 BC

Statue of Khasekhem,

Limestone

Hierakonpolis,

ca. 2770-2649

Stele of Naram-Sin,

Stone

Susa, ca. 2220-2184 BC

Stele of Peribsen,

Carved Limestone Relief,

Abydos, ca. 2770-2649 BC

Stele of the Vultures,

Limestone,

Lagash (Telloh),

ca. 3000-2350 BC

Stele of Ur-Nammu

Stone,

Ur, ca. 2100-2000 BC

Burial Stele of Wadj (Djet)

First Dynasty,

Abydos, ca. 2920-2770 BC

Step Pyramid of Djoser

Complex of Djoser, Saqqara

ca. 2630-2611 BC

Step Pyramid of Sneferu

Maidum, ca. 2575-2551 BC

Sun Temple of Neuserra

Abu Ghurab,

ca. 2416-2392 BC

Tell Asmar Worship Figurines

Eshnunna,

Limestone, ca. 2700-2600 BC

Hierakonpolis Tomb 100

Scenes of battle and of Maritime Commerce

ca. 3600-2920 BC

Warka Head

Stone,

Tell Brak, ca. 3100 BC

Uruk (Warka) Vase

Uruk,

Limestone

ca. 3300-3000 BC

White Temple

Uruk,

ca. 3500-3100 BC

Wickerwork Figure (Ain Ghazal)

Clay and Wicker,

PPN-B 8500-7000 BC

Ziggurate of Ur-Nammu

Ur,

ca. 2112-2004 BC