White Temple and its ziggurat.
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq).
Sumerian, c. 3500-3000 B.C.E.
Mud brick (2 images)
Image 12
Palette of King Narmer.
Predynastic Egypt.
c. 3000-2920 B.C.E.
Greywacke. (2 images)
Image 13
Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq).
Sumerian. c. 2700 B.C.E.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.
Image 14
Seated scribe.
Saqqara, Egypt.
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2620-2500 B.C.E. Painted limestone.
Image 15
Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq).
Sumerian.
c. 2600-2400 B.C.E.
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone. (2 images)
Image 16
Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx.
Giza, Egypt.
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty.
c. 2550-2490 B.C.E.
Cut limestone. (2 images)
Image 17
King Menkaura and queen.
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty.
c. 2490-2472 B.C.E.
Greywacke.
Image 18
The Code of Hammurabi.
Babylon (modern Iran).
Susian.
c. 1792-1750 B.C.E.
Basalt.
Image 19
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall.
Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt.
New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties.
Temple: c. 1550 B.C.E.; hall: c. 1250 B.C.E.
Cut sandstone and mud brick. (3 images)
Image 20
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty.
c. 1475
Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite. (2 images)
Image 21
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters.
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty.
c. 1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone.
Image 22
Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty.
c. 1323 B.C.E.
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones.
Image 23
Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead).
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty.
c. 1275 B.C.E.
Painted papyrus scroll.
Image 24
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq).
Neo-Assyrian.
c. 720-705 B.C.E.
Alabaster.
Image 25
Athenian agora.
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek.
600 B.C.E.-150 C.E.
Plan.
Image 26
Anavysos Kouros.
Archaic Greek.
c. 530 B.C.E.
Marble with remnants of paint.
Image 27
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis.
Archaic Greek.
c. 530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details.
Image 28
Sarcophagus of the Spouses.
Etruscan.
c. 520 B.C.E.
Terra cotta.
Image 27
Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran.
Persian.
c. 520-465 B.C.E.
Limestone. (2 images)
Image 28