Nanna (Moon) Ziggurat at Ur
Period: Sumerian
Materials: Mud Bricks
Location: Iraq
Date: 2100 BCE
Votive Statuettes from Tell Asmar
Period: Sumerian
Materials: Alabaster, gypsum, limestone, lapis lazuli
Location: Iraq
Date: 2900 BCE
Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara
Period: Ancient Egypt
Materials: mud bricks
Architect: Imhotep
Location: Egypt
Date: 2600 BCE
Great Pyramids of Giza
Period: Ancient Egypt
Materials: mud bricks
Location: Giza, Egypt
Date: 2500 BCE
Valley of Kings - Mask and Inner Coffin
Period: Ancient Egypt
Materials: gold, lapis lazuli, wood
Location: Thebes
Date: 1330 BCE
Funerary Krater
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: terracotta
Location: Dipylon Cemetary, Athens
Date: 750 BCE
New York Kouros from Attica
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: pink marble
Location: Athens
Date: 600 BCE
Kritios Boy
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: marble
Location: Athens
Date: 470 BCE
The Charioteer
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: bronze
Location: Delphi
Date: 460 BCE
Dpryphoros (The Spear Bearer)
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: originally bronze (Marble roman copy)
Artist: Polykleitos
Location: Greece
Date: 440 BCE
The Parthenon
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: marble
Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates
Location: Athens
Date: 447-432 BCE
Hegeso Stele
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: marble
Location: Dipylon Cemetery, Athens
Date: 400 BCE
Aphrodite of Cnidos
Period: Ancient Greek
Materials: marble
Artist: Praxiteles
Location: Cnidos
Date: 350 BCE
Dying Gaul
Period: Hellenistic
Materials: originally bronze
Location: Pergamum (Hellenistic Kingdom)
Date: 220 BCE
Gaullic Chief Murder-Suicide
Period: Hellenistic
Materials: originally bronze
Location: Pergamum
Date: 220 BCE
The Great Stupa
Period: Early Buddhist
Materials: cut stone
Location: Sanchi, India
Date: 3rd century BCE
Yakshi from the East Gate
Period: Early Buddhist
Materials: stone (carved)
Location: East Gate, The Great Stupa
Date: 3rd century BCE
Seated Buddha with Attendants
Period: Early Buddhist
Materials: sandstone
Location: Mathura
Date: late 1st cent. - early 2nd cent. CE
Standing Buddha at Gandara
Period: Buddhist
Materials: marble
Location: Pakistan
Date: 2nd-3rd century CE
Standing Buddha from Sarnath
Period: Buddhist
Materials: sandstone
Location: India
Date: 474 CE