Human with feline head

Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany

Mammoth ivory

ca. 30,000-28,000BCE

Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf)

Willendorf, Austria

Limestone

ca. 28,000-25,000BCE

Hall of the Bulls (left wall)

Cave in Lascaux, France

cave wall

ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE

Rhinoceros, wounded man, disemboweled bison

Painting in shaft of cave @ Lascaux, France

ca. 15,000-13,000BCE

T-shaped stone pillar with animal reliefs

Gobleki, Turkey

ca. 9,000 BCE

Human Figure

Ain Gazal, Jordan

Plaster and bitumen

ca. 6750-6250BCE

Stonehenge (megalithic)

Salisbury Plain, England

ca. 2550-1660 BCE

related to burial & sun and moon patterns

Newgrange, Ireland

ca. 3,300-2,900 BCE

Beaker with animal decoration

Susa, Iran

ca. 4,000 BCE

animals are "enclosed," beakers contained the powers of the animals

Made specifically for tombs

White Temple 

Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq

manmade mountain made from mudbrick (straw and mud)

ca. 3,200-3,000 BCE

Female head (Inanna)

Uruk

ca. 3100 BCE

Recovered in 2003

Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase)

Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

Alabaster

ca.  3,200-3,000 BCE

Statuettes of 2 Worshippers

Square temple of the god Abu at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asar), Iraq

Gypsum and black limestone

ca. 2,700 BCE

Stele of the Vultures

Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraq

Limestone

2,600-2,500 BCE

Standard of Ur from tomb 779

Royal cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Maqayyar), Iraq

Wood inlaid with shell/lapiz lazuli

ca. 2,600 BCE

Victory stele of Naram-Sin

Susa, Iran

ca. 2200

Spicular Limestone

king trying to appear divine

Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan

rom Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraw

Diorite

ca. 2100 BCE

Stele with law code of Hammurabi 

Susa, Iran

Basalt

ca. 1,780 BCE

Hammurabi speaking to gods on top, scaled pattern represents sacred mountains, says gods chose Hammurabi as the favored prince and justifies his rule (lists 282 rules)

Statue of Queen Napir-Asu 

Susa, Iran

Bronze and Copper

ca. 1,350-1,300 BCE

Lamassu (winged, human headed bull)

Khorsabad, Iraq

Limestone

720-705 BCE

Assurbanipal hunting lions (relief) 

Kuyunjik, Iraq

Gypsum

ca. 645-640 BCE

Ishtar Gate (restored)

Bablyon, Iraq

ca. 575 BCE

Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis

Hierakonpolis, Egypt

Paint on plaster

ca. 3,500-3,200 BCE (Predynastic)

Palette of King Narmer

Hierakonpolis, Egypt

ca. 3,000-2,900 BCE

King brings order to chaos

Step Pyramid of Djoser (IMHOTEP)

Saqqara, Egypt, 3rd Dynasty

ca. 2,600 BCE

complex system for burial, shows kingship continues after death

Great Pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure Pyramids)

Gizch, Egypt, 4th Dynasty

ca. 2,500 BCE

Khafre enthroned

Gizeh, Egypt, 4th Dynasty

Diorite

ca. 2,500 BCE

Seated scribe

Saqqara, Egypt, 4th Dynasty

Painted limestone

ca. 2,500 BCE

Ti watching a hippotamaus hunt

Saqqara, Egypt, 5th Dynasty

Painted limestone

ca. 2,400 BCE

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut 

Deir-el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty

ca. 1,400 BCE

Hatshepsut with offering jars

Deir-el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty

Red Granite

ca. 1,400 BCE

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re

Karnak, Egypt, 19th Dynasty

ca. 1,200 BCE

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters, from Amarna

Amarna, Egypt, 18th Dynasty

Limestone

ca. 1,300 BCE

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters, from Amarna

Amarna, Egypt, 18th Dynasty

Limestone

ca. 1,300 BCE

Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen

Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty

Gold inlaid with enamel and semiprecious stones

ca. 1,300 BCE

Painted chest, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen

Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty

ca. 1,300 BCE