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Cylinder Seal and Its Modern Impression
c. 2600-2500 BCE, Sumerian
Lapis Lazuli |
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Reconstruction drawing of the Ann Ziggurat and White Temple at Uruk
c. 3100 BCE, Sumerian
Iraq |
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Carved Vessel (Warka or Uruk Vase)
c. 3300-3000 BCE, Sumerian
Iraq |
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Votive Statues from the Square Temple, Eshunna
c. 2900-2600 BCE, Sumerian
Iraq (modern Tell Asmar) |
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Bull Lyre from Royal Tomb at Ur
c. 2550-2400 BCE, Sumerian
Iraq |
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Stele of Naram-Sin, Akkadian
c. 2254-2218 BCE
Sippar, Iraq |
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Votive Statue of Gudea, Girsu
c. 2090 BCE, Neo-Sumerian
Iraq |
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Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from the palace complex of Assurnasirpal II, Nimrud
c. 850 BCE, Assyrian
Iraq |
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Apadana (Audience Hall) of Darius I and Xerxes I
518-460 BCE, Persian
Persepolis, Iran |
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Darius & Xerxes Receiving Tribute (detail of a relief from the stairway leading to the Apadana)
491-486 BCE, Persian
Persepolis, Iran |
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Palette of Narmer
c. 2950-2775 BCE, Early Dynastic Period
Egypt |
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Great Pyramids of Giza
c. 2575-2450 BCE, Old Kingdom (4)
Egypt |
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Khafre Ka Statue
c. 2520-2494, Old Kingdom (4)
Egypt |
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Seated Scribe
c. 2450-2325 BCE, Old Kingdom (5)
Egypt |
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Hall of Bulls of Lascaux Cave
c. 15,000 BCE, Paleolithic
France |
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Bison of cave at Altamira
between 35,000 and 11,000 BCE, Paleolithic
Spain, length approx. 8'3" |
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Çatalhöyük
c. 7400-6200 BCE, Neolithic
Turkey |
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Çatalhöyük Skulls
c. 7400-6200 BCE, Neolithic
Turkey |
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Figure of a Woman
c. 2600-2400 BCE, Cycladic
Cyclades, Greece, 24 3/4" |
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Reconstruction of the Palace Complex, Knossos
Occupied 2000-1375 BCE, Minoan
Knossos, Crete |
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Bull Jumping
c. 1550-1450 BCE, Late Palace Period Minoan
Crete |
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Bull's-Head Rhyton
c. 1550-1450 BCE, New Palace Period Minoan
12", Serpentine with shell, crystal, jasper inlays |
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Harvester Rhyton
c. 1650-1450 BCE, New Palace Period Minoan
4 1/2" |
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Reconstruction of the Citadel at Mycenae
c. 1600-1200 BCE, Mycenaean
Occupied c. 1600-1200 BCE
(Walls built c. 1340-1200 BCE) |
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Lion Gate of Citadel at Mycenae
c. 1250 BCE, Mycenaean
Triangle approx. 9'6" |
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Reconstruction of the Megaron of Pylos Palace
c. 1300-1200 BCE, Mycenaean
Greece |
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Corbeled Vault from Tholos Tomb
c. 1300-1200 BCE, Mycenaean
height 43', diameter 47'6" |
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Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
c. 2450-2325. Dynasty 5, Old Kingdom
Egypt, height 45" |
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Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
c. 1579-1075 BCE, New Kingdom
60 acres |
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Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
c. 1292-1190 BCE, 19th dyn., New Kingdom
Flower and bud columns |
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Colossal Figure of Akhenaten
c. 1353-1336 BCE, Amarna Period
remaining portion approx. 13' |
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Akhenaten and his Family
c. 1353-1336, 18th dynasty, Amarna Period
12 1/4" x 15 1/4" |
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun
ruled 1332-1322 BCE, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom
21 1/4", 24 lbs |
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Tutmose
Bust of Nefertiti
c. 1353-1336 BCE, 18th dynasty, Amarna Period
height 20", unfinished |
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