*Caves of Lascaux, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BC

Paleolithic

Caves of Chauvet, France, c. 30,000-28,000 BCE 

Paleolithic 

Woman from Willendorf, Austria.  c. 22000‑21000 BCE

Paleolithic  

Human Figures, Jordan, c. 6700-6200 BCE

Neolithic

Megaliths, Carnac, France, 4200-3750 BCE 

Neolithic 

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England,  2750‑1500 BCE

Neolithic 

*Nanna Ziggurat, Ur, (modern Iraq).  c.2100‑2050 BCE

Sumer

Votive Statues from Abu Temple, (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)  c.2900‑2600 BCE       

Royal Standard of Ur, c. 2600 BCE 

Sumer 

Bull Lyre, from the tomb of Queen Pu-abi, Ur (modern Iraq).  c.2685 BCE.   

Sumer

Stele of Naramsin.  c.2254‑2218 BCE

AKKAD

*Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa (modern Iran).  c.1792‑1750 BCE.

Babylon 

ASSYRIA                                                                 

Lion Relief, from the palace of Nineveh (modern Iraq), c. 647 BCE                                        

LATE BABYLONIAN

Ishtar Gate, from Babylon (Iraq).  c.575 BCE.  

PERSIA

Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, Persepolis, Iran. 518‑460 BCE 

Darius and Xerxes Giving Audience, detail of a relief from the stairway leading to the Audience    Hall, ceremonial complex, Persepolis, Iran. 491‑486 BCE

Persia

Palette of Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, c.3150‑3125 BCE

Early Dynastic Egypt  

Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara, c.2681‑2662 BCE

OLD KINGDOM Egypt 

Statue of King Djoser, Saqqara, c.2681‑2662 BCE 

Statue of King Djoser

Sphinx, Giza, c. 2570-2544

Old Kingdom Egypt

*Great Pyramids, Giza, c.2601‑2515 BCE 

Old Kingdom Egypt

Khafre (Kephren), from Giza, c.2570‑2544 BCE. 

Old Kingdom Egypt 

Menkaura and His Wife, Queen Khamerernebty, from Giza, 2515 BCE

Old Kingdom Egypt 

Pepy II and His Mother, Queen Merye‑ankhes.   c.2383‑2289 BCE.

Old Kingdom Egypt 

Seated Scribe, Dynasty 5, c.2510‑2460 BCE

Old Kingdom Egypt 

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, Tomb of Ti, Saqqara, c. 2510-2460 BCE

Old Kingdom Egypt

Rock-cut Tombs, Beni Hasan, c. 1950-1900 BCE 

Middle Kingdom 

Lady Sennuwy, c. 1920  BCE

Middle Kingdom

*Funerary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir‑el‑Bahri, c.1478-1458 BCE.           

The New Kingdom 

Temple of Amun-Ra, Karnak, Thebes, c.1279‑1212 BCE.

            (pylons, hypostyle hall and obelisks)

New Kingdom

Temple of Ramesses II, Abu‑simbel, Nubia, c.1279‑1212 BCE.

New Kingdom

*Akhenaten, from Karnak, 1353-1335 BCE 

New Kingdom 

Akhenaten and His Family, 1348‑1336/5 BCE

New Kingdom

Queen Nefertiti, c.1348‑1336/5 BCE

New Kingdom

Coffin of Tutankhamun, from his tomb in Valley of Kings, c.1330 BCE.  

New Kingdom

Palace complex and Wall Paintings, Knossos, Crete,

Ancient Crete 

Bull‑Leaping, c.1,550‑1,450 BCE.      

Ancient Crete

Woman or Goddess with Snakes, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete,

                        c.1700‑1,550 BCE.

Ancient Crete 

Vapheio Cup (found near Sparta in Greece), c. 1500-1450 BCE

Ancient Crete

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae.  c.1300‑1250 BCE

Mycenaen 

Lioness Gate, Mycenae.  c. 1250 BCE

Mycenaen

Funerary mask [Mask of Agamemnon], from the royal tombs at Mycenae, Greece.  c.1600‑1500 BCE. 

Temple of Hera I , Paestum, Italy, c. 550 and 500 BCE

Temple of Hera I and II, Paestum, Italy, c. 550 and 500 BCE

Archaic Period

Temple of Hera  II, Paestum, Italy, c. 550 and 500 BCE

Battle between the Gods and the Giants, fragments of the north frieze of the Siphnian

            Treasury, from the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi.  c.530‑525 BCE

Archaic Period

Dying Warrior, from east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, c. 480 BCE.

 Archaic Period

Apollo with Battling Lapiths and Centaurs, from west pediment of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia.  c.470‑456 BCE.  Archeological Museum, Olympia.

Classical Period

*Parthenon, 447‑438 BCE Classical Period

*East Pediment of the Parthenon, c.438‑432 BCE (pediment sculptures now located

at the British Museum, London and Acropolis Museum, Athens).

Classical Period

*Lapith Fighting a Centaur, metope relief from the Parthenon.  c.440 BCE,

 the British Museum, London.

Classical Period

*Erechtheion, 430-405 BCE

Classicla Period

*Temple of Athena Nike, 410‑407 BCE  

Classical Period

Nike (Victory) Adjusting her Sandal, from Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis,

                        Athens.  410‑407 BCE.  Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Classical Era

Kouros from Anavysos, Athens, c.540-25 BCE

Archaic

Kore, Paris, Louvre, c. 630 BCE

Archaic 

Kritios Boy, Athens, Acropolis Museum, c. 480 BCE            

Classical 

*Polykleites, (Spear Bearer) by Doryphorus, Naples, c. 450-440 BCE    

Classical 

Zeus (or Poseidon), Athens, c. 460-450

Classical

Hermes by Praxiteles, Olympia, after original of c. 350 BCE

Late Classical  

Apoxyomenos (Scraper) by Lysippos, Rome, after original of c. 330 BCE

Late Classical

Apollo Belvedere, Rome, after original of  late 4^th c. BCE

Late Classical

Nike of Samothrace, Paris, Louvre, c. 190 BCE

Hellenistic

Scenes of mystery cult 

Pompeii 60-50 BCE

Repeblican Period

Ara Pacis 

Rome 

12-9BCE

Augustan Age

Augustus of Primaporta

20 CE

Rome

Augustan Age 

Colosseum 

Rome

72-80 CE

Early Empire

Arch of titus and reliefs 

Rome

81CE 

Early Empire

Column of Trajan 

Rome 

113-16 CE

Early Empire

Pantheon 

Rome 

125-28CE

Early Empire

Marcus Aurelius 

Rome 

176 CE

Early Empire

Commodus as Hercules 
Palazzo dei Conservait rome

190 CE

Late Empire 

Baths of Caracalla 

211-17CE

Late Empire 

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine 

Rome 

306-13CE

Age of Constantine

Arch of Constantine 

Rome

312-15CE 

Age of Constantine