Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi
Susa, Iran
Mesopotamian
1780 BCE
Basalt
Tlatilco figurine
Central Mexico
1200-900 BCE
Ceramic
Temple of minerva
Veii, Italy
Etruscan
510-500 BCE
Wood, mud brick, or tufa
Doryphoros
Polykleitos
Classical Greek
450-440 BCE
Marble
Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek
530 BCE
Marble
Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Classical Greek
447-424 BCE
Marble
Peplos Kore
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Archaic Greek
530 BCE
Marble
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Turkey
Hellenistic Greek
175 BCE
Marble
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan
520 BCE
Terracotta
Alexander Mosaic
House of Faun, Pompeii, Italy
Republican Roman
100 BCE
Mosaic
House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
2nd century BCE
Seated Boxer
Hellenistic Greek
100 BCE
Bronze
Head of a Roman Patrician
Republic Rome
75-50 BCE
Marble
Augustus of Primaporta
Primaporta, Italy
Imperial Roman
early 1st century CE
Marble
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy
Imperial Roman
70-80 CE
Stone and concrete
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
Kamakura Period
1250-1300 CE
Handscroll
Pantheon
Rome, Italy
Imperial Roman
118-125 CE
Column of Trajan
Apollodorus of Damascus
Rome, Italy
113 CE
Marble
Catacomb of Priscilla
Rome, Italy
Late Antique
200-400 CE
Excavated tufa and fresco
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Kallimachos
410 BCE
Marble and paint
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Late Imperial Roman
250 CE
Marble
Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Umayyad
968 CE
Ivory
Shiva Nataraja
Hindu, Chola Dynasty
11th century CE
Bronze
San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
Early Byzantine
526-547 CE
Brick, marble, mosaic
Justinian and His Attendants
Early Byzantine
526-527 CE
Mosaic
Hagia Sophia
Anthemius and Isadorus
Istanbul, Turkey
532-537 CE
Great Mosque of Cordoba
Cordoba, Spain
Umayyad
785-786 CE
Stone masonry
St. Mathew Cross-Carpet
Lindisfarne Gospels
Early Medieval
700 CE
Reliquary of Ste. Foy
Conques, France
Romanesque
1050-1130 CE
Gold, silver, gemstones, enamel over wood
Last Judgement Tympanum
Conques, France
Romanesque
1050-1130 CE
Stone
Bayeaux Tapestry
Romanesque
1066-1080 CE
Embroidery on linen
Great Mosque of Selim II
Sinan
Edina, Turkey
1568-1575 CE
Brick and stone
Dedication Page with Blanche of Castille and King Louis IX of France
Gothic
1226-1234 CE
Illuminated manuscript
Seated Scribe
Saqqara, Egypt
Forth Dynasty
2500 BCE
Painted Limestone
Longmen Caves
Luoyang, China
Chinese Tang Dynasty
493-1127 CE
Great Mosque at Djenne
Djenne, Mali
Islamic African
1200 CE
Sika dwa kofi
Ashanti peoples
1700 CE
Gold over wood
Court of the Lions
Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain
Nasrin Dynasty
1354-1391 CE
Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
Neolithic
2550-1600 BCE
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
New Kingdom Egypt
1458-1437 BCE
Merode Altarpiece
Robert Campin
Early Northern Renaissance
1427-1432 CE
Oil on wood
Great Mosque at Isfahan
Isfahan, Iran
Islamic, Persian
700 CE
Borobudur Temple
Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
750-842 CE
Palette of King Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
3000-2920 BCE
Greywacke
Baptistery de St. Louis
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
1320-1340 CE
Wall plaque, from Oba's Palace
Edo peoples, Benin
16th century CE
Cast brass
Bamiyan Buddhas
Gandharan Buddhist
400-800 CE
Cut rock, plaster, paint
Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe
Shona peoples
1000-1400 CE
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
Egypt, Amarna Period
28th Dynasty
1353-1335 BCE
Limestone
Al-Khazneh at Petra
Petra, Jordan
2nd century CE