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Incised Ochre, from Blombos Cave, South Africa, ca. 75,000 BCE. Red ochre pigment, 3.25” length. |
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Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)
Willendorf, Austria
ca. 28,000-26,000 BCE
Limestone, 4 ¼ ” tall |
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Mural paintings of aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses. From Chauvet Cave, VallonPont’d’Arc, France, ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE |
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Mural painting of a female figure. From Chauvet Cave, VallonPont’d’Arc, France, ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE |
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Landscape with volcanic eruption,
from Level VII, ÇatalHöyük, Anatolia (Turkey),
ca. 6150 BCE, |
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White Temple
Uruk (Modern Warka), Iraq
3200-3000 BCE |
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Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase)
Uruk (Modern Warka), Iraq
3200-3000 BCE
alabaster |
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Bull-Headed Lyre
from Tomb 789 (“Kings Grave”), Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq
c. 2600 BCE
gold and lapis lazuli over wooden core |
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Naram-Sin Victory Stele
Susa, Iran
2254-2218 BCE
Pink Sandstone |
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Head of an Akkadian Ruler
Nineveh, Iraq
c. 2250-2200 BCE
Copper |
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Stele of Hammurabi
From Susa, Iraq
c. 1780 BCE
Basalt |
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Stele of Hammurabi
(upper portion),
From Susa, Iraq, c. 1780 BCE, Basalt |
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Lamassu
Citadel of Sargon II
Khorsabad, Iraq
c. 720-750 BCE
Limestone, 13’ tall |
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Ishtar Gate
Babylon, Iraq
c. 575 BCE
Glazed Brick |
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| Palette of King Narmer(back side), from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, c. 3000-2920 BCE, 2’ 1” high, Siltstone |
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| Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid,Mortuary Precinct of King Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, c. 2630-2611; 3rdDynasty |
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Pyramid Complex
Gizeh, Egypt
4th Dynasty—
Menkaure: c. 2490-2472 BCE
Khafre: c. 2520-2494 BCE
Khufu: c. 2551-2528 BCE |
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KhafreEnthroned, from Gizeh, Egypt,
c. 2520-2494 BCE, 4thDynasty. Diorite |
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
c. 2490-2472 BCE, 4th Dynasty
Graywacke |
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Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt
c. 1290-1224 BCE |
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Statue of Akhenaton
from Temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt
c. 1353-1335 BCE 18th Dynasty
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Death mask of Tutankhamen
innermost coffin from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt
c. 1323 BCE, 18th Dynasty
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Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE. Limestone relief panel w/ lost inlay, 9’ 6” high |
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