"Venus of Willendorf"

Prehistoric portable figure believed to symbolize fertility.

"Wall Painting of Animals"

Believed to illustrate the naturalistic animation of the animals.

"Earthenware Beaker"

Communities changed from hunters and gatherers to village farmers and herders. Food and seeds were stored in many clay storage pots like this.

"Stonehenge"

Believed to have been an enormous sun clock, based on the rising and setting sun in the summer and winter solstices. 

"Victory Stele of Naram-Sin"

A monument depicting the Akkadian victory  over the Lullaby Mountain people with the king being larger and "god-like" as he is closer to the top of the mountain, or closer to the heavens.

"Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu"

Embodied the concept of the "sacred mountain" that links heaven and earth.

"Head of an Akkadian Ruler"

One of the first of these royal likenesses. Through its precise, detailed craftsmanship and realistic features, the head conveys a sense of its subject’s grandeur and humanity.

"Palette of Narmer"

Documents when King Narmer unified Upper and Lower Egypt and how a sense of unity, stability, and continuity pervaded Egypt.

"The Great Pyramids"

A protective burial site for the royal and elite of society.

"King Menkaura and Queen Khamerernebty"

A typical representation of power as immortalized through stone.

"Akhenaten"

Early Amarna period style with a very feministic exaggeration of characteristics, such as facial areas as well as bodily areas, which are commonly representations of the pharaoh.

"Funeral Temple of Queen Hatshepsut"

  Is situated in the Valley of the Kings and carved out of a deep bay of cliffs. This was an important religious and funerary site during ancient times. It was also said that she had it built for her father as a garden.

"Mask from Mummy Case"

Masks were believed to strengthen the spirit of the mummy and guard the soul from evil spirits on its way to the afterworld. They provided the dead with a face in the afterlife and also enabled the spirit to recognize the body.

"Kouros"

Represents the idea of youth rather than an actual individual. They were used both as a monument to the gods in sanctuary and as grave monuments.

"Spear Bearer"

Emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and restrained emotion. A vision of the idea of the perfect man. 

"Parthenon"

A temple dedicated to the goddess Athena which was used as a treasury like most other Greek temples.

" Laocoön and His Two Sons"

A monumental sculture of marble that exhibits "suffering while retaining beauty."

"The Colosseum"

Used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.

"Pantheon"

Believed to be a place where the people could be closer to the gods because this was a place of worship for all of the gods.

"Augustus of Prima Porta"

His stance could suggest his divine status, while his cuirass seems to suggest a commemoration of a victory in battle. His face construction gives the depicted man an essence of eternal youth.