Prehistoric - Paleolithic
TWO BISON
Cave at Le Tuc d'Audoubert
Ariege, France
Clay reliefs
15,000 - 10,000 BCE
Prehistoric - Peleolithic
HALL OF BULLS (LEFT WALL)
Lascaux, Dordogne, France
Paint on limestone wall
15,000 - 13,000 BCE
Prehistoric - Paleolithic
Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)
Willendorf, Austria
28,000 - 25,000 BCE
Limestone
Ancient Aegean - Mycenaean
VAULT OF THE THOLOS - TREASURY OF ATREUS
Mycenae, Greece
1300 - 1250 BCE
Dome of corbel vaulting
Ancient Aegean - Mycenaean
WARRIOR VASE
Mycenae, Greece
1200 BCE
Terracotta
Ancient Aegean - Cycladic
FIGURINE OF A WOMAN
Syros, Greece
2500 - 2300 BCE
Marble
Ancient Aegean - Minoan
OCTOPUS JAR
Crete, Greece
1500 BCE
Marine style pottery
Ancient Aegean - Mycenaea
FUNERY MASK, GRAVE CIRCLE A
Mycenae, Greece
1600 - 1500 BCE
Repouss� (beaten gold)
Ancient Aegean - Minoan
BULL-LEAPING, PALACE AT KNOSSOS
Crete, Greece
1450 - 1400 BCE
Fresco buon (true fresco)
Egyptian - New Kingdom Dynasty 18
Amarna Period
AKHENATEN, TEMPLE OF ATON
Karnak, Egypt
1353 - 1335 BCE
Sandstone
Egyptian - Predynastic
PALETTE OF KING NARMER
Hierakonpolis, Egypt
3000 - 2900 BCE
Slate
Egyptian - Old Kingdom Dynasty 5
SEATED SCRIBE (KAY?) FROM HIS MASTABA
Saqqara, Egypt
2450 - 2350 BCE
Painted limestone
Egyptian - New Kingdom Dynasty 19
TEMPLE OF RAMSES II
Abu Simbel, Egypt
1290 - 1224 BCE
Sandstone, colossi
Egyptian - New Kingdom Dynasty 18
FOWLING SCENE, FROM THE TOMB NEBAMUN
Thebes, Egypt
1400 - 1350 BCE
Fresco on dry plaster
Egyptian - New Kingdom Dynasty 18
MORTUARY TEMPLE - HATSHEPSUT
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
1473 - 1458 BCE
Post-and-lintel, limestone
Egyptian - Old Kingdom Dynasty 4
SEATED STATUE OF KHAFRE
Gizeh, Egypt
2520 - 2494 BCE
Diorite
Egyptian - New Kingdom Dynasty 19
TEMPLE OF AMEN-RE
Karnak, Egypt
1290 - 1224 BCE
Hypostyle hall - post-and-lintel
Mesopotamia - Persian
PERSEPOLIS (royal audience hall in the background)
Iran
521 - 465 BCE
Mesopotamia - Sumerian
WAR SIDE OF THE STANDARD OF UR
Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur
Near modern Tell Muqayyar, Iraq
2600 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone
Mesopotamia - Neo-Sumerian
SEATED STATUE OF GUDEA, HOLDING PLAN FROM GIRSU
near modern Telloh, Iraq
2100 BCE
Diorite
Mesopotamia - Assyrian
ASHURBANIPAL HUNTING LIONS RELIEF FROM THE NORTH PALACE OF ASHURBANIPAL
Nineveh (modern Kuyunik), Iraq
645 - 640 BCE
Gypsum
Mesopotamia - Sumerian
PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS OF INANNA (WARKA VASE)
Uruk, Iraq
3200 - 3000 BCE
Alabaster
Mesopotamia - Akkadian
VICTORY STELE OF NARUM-SIN
Susa, Iran
2254 - 2218 BCE
Pink sandstone
Mesopotamia - Babylonian
STELE WITH LAW CODE OF HAMMURABI
Susa, Iran
1780 BCE
Basalt
Prehistoric - Neolithic
Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
2550-1600 BCE
Cromlech (stone circle) post-and-lintel construction of Sarsen &
Blue stones