Human With Feline Head

30,000- 28,000 B.C.E.

Ivory, 11 5/8"

Paleolithic

Found in Germany 

Venus of Willendorf 

28,000-23,000 b.c.e.

limestone, 4 1/4"

paleolithic

found in Austria 

Waterworn pebble 

3,000,000 B.C.E.

Makapansgat, South Africa

Reddish Brown Jasperite 

2 3/8" wide 

Fountain

Marcel Duchamp

1917 

Bison With Turned Head

12,000 B.C.E.

Reindeer horn, 4" long

paleolithic

found in France 

Woman with bison horn

23,000- 20,000 B.C.E.

Laussel, France

Painted limestone, 18" high

Dead Bison

14,000- 12,000 B.C.E.

Altamira Cave

Santander, Spain

Paleolithic 

Hall of the Bulls

15,000- 13,000 B.C.E.

caves at Lascaux 

Dordogne, France

Paleolithic

Largest bull is 11'6" long 

Spotted Horse and Negative Hand Print

22,000 B.C.E.

cave at Peche-Merle, Lot, France

paleolithic

11'2" long 

"Chinese Horse"

15,000- 13,000 B.C.E.

detial of the right wall of the axial gallery

caves at Lascaux,  Dordogne, France.

4' 8" long

Rhino, Wounded Man, Disembowled Bison 

15,000- 13,000 B.C.E.

caves at Lascaux 

Dordogne, France

Paleolithic

Bison is 3' 8" long 

Aurochs, Horses, and Rhinos

30,000- 13,000 B.C.E.

caves at Chauvet, Ardeche, France

Paleolithic 

Two Bison in Clay Relief

12,000 B.C.E.

caves at Le Tuc d' Audoubert, Ariege, France

each Bison 2' long 

Marching Warriors

7000- 4000 B.C.E.

rock painting at Cingle de la Mola, Castellon, Spain

mesolithic

9" wide 

Human Skull

7,000 - 6,000 B.C.E.

 Jericho

molded in plaster, painted, inlaid with shell

Jericho

8,000-7,000 B.C.E.

Population 2000 ppl

surrounded by wall 5' thick, 13' high

wall included tower, 33' diameter, 28' tall

which included stairs to access top. 

Seated Goddess

5900 B.C.E.

Catal Huyuk

painted terracotta, 2" high 

Landscape painting of Catal Huyuk

6150 B.C.E.

detail of a copy of a wall painting from level VII

Catal Huyuk schematic

6000 - 5900 B.C.E.

schematic reconstruction of a section of level VI

Spaces made of mud brick with timber frames.

walls were plastered and painted

community included 1 shrine for every 3 houses  

Human Figure

675-625 B.C.E.

Ain Ghazal, Jordan

Plaster, painted, inlaid with Bitumen

3' 5 3/8"tall 

Stonehenge

2250- 1600 B.C.E.

Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England

Neolithic

97' diameter 24' high 

Female Head (Innanna?)

3500- 3000

Summerian, found near Uruk

Marble, 8" high

Originally had a full head of hair (wig); eyes and brow were inlaid with coloful shells. 

Statuette from Square Temple at Eshnunna

2700 B.C.E.

Summerian, Tell Asmar

Gypsum with shell and black Limestone inlay

2' 6" tall

Standard of Ur

2600 B.C.E.

From the royal cemetary at Ur (Summerian)

Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli and red limestone

rectangular box with sloping sides

8" tall, 1' 7" wide. 

Bull -Headed Lyre

2600 B.C.E.

Royal Cemetary at Ur, grave of "Queen" Puabi

wood with gold leaf and lapis lazuli 

5' 5" tall

Summerian 

Seated statue of Gudea

2100 B.C.E.

Girsu, Iraq

Diorite, 2' 5" tall

neo- Summerian 

Head of an Akkadian Ruler

2200 B.C.E.

from Nineveh

Bronze, 12" high

Akkadian 

Cylinder seal

2600 B.C.E.

from the tomb of "Queen" Puabi

Royal Cemetary at Ur

Lapis Lazuli, 2" high

Summerian 

Victroy Stele of Naram - Sin

2200 B.C.E.

originally placed at Sippar, later moved to Susa

pink sandstone, 6' 7" high 

Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi

1780 B.C.E.

Basalt, 7' 4" high

originally Babylonian, was later moved to Susa 

Lamassu

720-705 B.C.E.

Citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq

Limestone, 13' 10" high

Assyrian 

Statue of Queen Napirasu

1300 B.C.E.

from Susa

Solid cast bronze, 51" high, currently 3760 lbs.

unlike the victory stele and the law code, this treasure was not plundered and brought here, this is an Elamite Queen.

Elamite 

Ashurnasirpal II at war

875 B.C.E.

relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal, Nimrud

Limestone, 39" high

Assyrian 

Dying Lioness

650 B.C.E.

Detail from a relief at the palace of Ashurbanipal

Nineveh

Limestone, detail 16" high, complete carving 60" 

Lion from thre processional way

575 B.C.E.

Babylon

glazed brick, 38 1/4" high

Neo Babylonian 

Ishtar Gate

575 B.C.E.

Babylon

glazed brick

Neo Banbylonian 

Royal Audience Hall, palace of Darius I

500 B.C.E.

Persepolis

Achaemenid Persian  

Bull Capital from the palace of Artaxerxes

375 B.C.E.

Susa,

Grey marble, 7' 7" high

Achaemenid Persian 

Persepolis

520 -460 B.C.E.

built by Darius I and Xerxes I, successors of Cyrus

Fell to Alexander the Great in 330 B.C.E 

Rhyton with winged lion

5th century B.C.E.

gold, 6 3/4" high

 Achaemenid persian 

Subjects bringing gifts to the king

500 B.C.E.

Detial of reliefs on the stairway to the royal audience hall. Persepolis

Limestone

Achaemenid Persian 

Head of Sasanian king

350 B.C.E.

silver with mercury gilding, 15 3/4" high

Believed to be Shapur II