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Venus of Willendorf

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Nude Woman
Sculpture
Willendorf, Austria
ca. 28,000 - 25,000 BCE
Paleolithic
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Two Bison

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Reliefs in cave
le Tuc d’Audoubert, France
ca. 15,000 - 10,000 BCE
Paleolithic

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Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Imprints

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Wall painting in cave
Pech-Merle, France
ca. 22,000 BCE
Paleolithic

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Hall of the Bulls

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Wall painting in cave
Lascaux, France
ca. 15,000 - 13,000 BCE
Paleolithic

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Rhinoceros, Wounded Man, and Disemboweled Bison

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Painting in the well
Lascaux, France
ca. 15,000 - 13,000 BCE
Paleolithic

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Stonehenge

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[Aerial view of] henge
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
ca. 2550 - 1600 BCE
Neolithic

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White Temple and Ziggurat

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Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq
ca. 3200 - 3000 BCE
Sumerian

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Warka Vase

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Presentation of offerings to Inanna
Uruk, Iraq
ca. 3200 - 3000 BCE
Sumerian
*Scale of hierarchy
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Statuettes of Two Worshippers

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Square Temple
Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq
ca. 2700 BCE
Sumerian
*Male figure approx 2 1/2 ft high
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Standard of Ur

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Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Marqayyar), Iraq
ca. 2600 BCE
Sumerian

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Victory Stele of Naram-sin

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Susa, Iran
ca. 2254 - 2218 BCE
Akkadian

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Ziggurat

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(Northeastern facade with restored stairs)
Ur (modern Tell Muquyyar), Iraq
ca. 2100 BCE
Neo-Sumerian

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Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi

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Susa, Iran
ca. 1780 BCE
Babylonian

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Lamassu

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(Winged, human-headed bull)
Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharukkin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq
ca. 720 - 705 BCE
Assyrian

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Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions

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Relief
North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Ninevah (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq
ca. 645 - 640 BCE
Assyrian

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Ishtar Gate

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Restored
Babylon, Iraq
ca. 575 BCE
Neo-Babylonian

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Palette of Narmer

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Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3000 - 2920 BCE
Pre-dynastic Egypt

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Stepped pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser

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IMHOTEP
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2630 - 2611 BCE
Pre-dynastic Egypt
[Dynasty III]
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Great Pyramids

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Great pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu
Giza (Gizeh), Egypt
ca. (2490 - 2472); (2520 - 2494); (2551 - 2528) BCE
Old Kingdom Egypt
[Dynasty IV]

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Great Sphinx (with pyramid of Khafre in background)

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Giza, Egypt
ca. 2520 - 2494 BCE
Old Kingdom Egypt
[Dynasty IV]

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Khafre, enthroned

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Giza, Egypt
ca. 2520 - 2494 BCE
Old Kingdom Egypt
[Dynasty IV]

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Menkaure and Khamerernebty

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Giza, Egypt
ca. 2490 - 2472 BCE
Old Kingdom Egypt
[Dynasty IV]

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Seated scribe (Kay?) from his mastaba

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Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2450 - 2350 BCE
Old Kingdom Egypt
[Dynasty V]

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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

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Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1473 - 1458 BCE
New Kingdom Egypt
[Dynasty XVIII]

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Akhenaton
``` Temple of Aton Karnak, Egypt ca. 1353 - 1335 BCE New Kingdom Egypt [Dynasty XVIII] ```
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
Tell El-Amarna, Egypt ca. 1353 - 1335 BCE New Kingdom Egypt [Dynasty XVIII]
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Death mask of Tutankhamen
Innermost coffin in his tomb, Thebes, Egypt ca. 1353 - 1335 BCE New Kingdom Egypt [Dynasty XVIII]
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Figurine of a woman
Syros (Cyclades), Greece ca. 2500 - 2300 BCE Cycladic Greece
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Aerial view of the palace
Knossos (Crete), Greece ca. 1700 - 1400 BCE Minoan Greece
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Bull-leaping
Fresco Palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece ca. 1450 - 1400 BCE Minoan Greece
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Snake Goddess
Statue Palace, Knossos (Crete), Greece ca. 1600 BCE Minoan Greece
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Lion Gate
Mycenae, Greece ca. 1300 - 1250 BCE Mycenaean Greece
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Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Greece ca. 1300 - 1250 BCE Mycenaean Greece
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Geometric krater
Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece ca. 740 BCE Geometric Greece
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Lady of Auxerre
Kore Statue of a goddess or kore ca. 650 - 625 BCE Geometric Greece
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Kouros
ca. 600 BCE | Archaic Greece
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Kroisos
Anavysos, Greece ca. 530 BCE Archaic Greece
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Peplos Kore
Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 530 BCE Archaic Greece
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Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game
``` Detail from an Attic black-figure amphora EXEKIAS Vulci, Italy ca. 540 - 530 BCE Archaic Greece ```
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Three revelers
``` Attic red-figure amphora EUTHYMIDES Vulci, Italy ca. 510 BCE Archaic Greece ```
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Temple of Hera II
Paestum, Italy ca. 460 BCE Archaic Greece
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Kritios Boy
Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 480 BCE Classical Greece
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Warrior
Sea off Riace, Italy ca. 460 - 450 BCE Classical Greece
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Doryphoros
``` (Spear Bearer) Roman marble copy POLYKLEITOS Pompeii, Italy after original bronze of ca. 450 - 440 BCE Classical Greece ```
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Parthenon
``` Temple of Athena IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES Parthenos, Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 447 - 438 BCE Classical Greece ```
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Lapith versus centaur
Metope from south side of the Parthenon Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 447 - 438 BCE Classical Greece
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Three goddesses
``` (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?) East pediment of the Parthenon Acropolis, Athens, Greece ca. 438 - 432 BCE Classical Greece ```
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Porch of the Maidens
Erechtheion, Acropolis Athens, Greece ca. 421-405 BCE Classical Greece
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Aphrodite of Knidos
Roman marble copy after an original PRAXITELES ca. 350-340 Late Classical Greece
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Head of Alexander the Great
Pella, Greece ca. 200-150 BCE Late Classical Greece
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Battle of Issus
``` Roman copy of Alexander mosaic PHILOXENOS OF ERETRIA House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy ca. 310 BCE Late Classical Greece ```

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