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Human with a Feline Head
from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE
Mammoth Ivory, 11 5/8" high |
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Venus of Willendorf
from Willendorf, Austria
ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE
Limestone, 4 1/4" high |
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Two Bison
Reliefs in a cave at Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France.
ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE
Clay, each 2' long. |
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Hall of Bulls
Reliefs in a cave at Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France.
ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE.
Clay, each 2' long. |
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Human Figure
From Ain Ghazal, Jordan
ca. 6750-6250 BCE |
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Deer Hunt
Wall Painting, Level III at Catal Hoyuk, Turkey.
ca. 7,000 BCE |
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White Temple
Uruk; ca. 3200-3000
The temple was a kind of city within a city. The White Temple of Uruk was probably dedicated to Anu, the great sky god.
Highest temple: 61 x 16 ft. |
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Female Head
from Uruk, Iraq
ca. 3,200 - 3,000 BCE
Marble, 8" high
The 'Sumerian Mona Lisa' after her recovery in September 2003 |
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Warka Vase
Uruk, Iraq
ca. 3,200-3,000 BCE
Alabaster, 3 1/4" high.
Presentation of offering to Inanna |
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Eshnunna (Tell Asmar) Statuettes
Iraq, ca. 2,700 BCE
Found in a cemetery, all carrying beakers. Discovered in 1934, Cemetery of Ur |
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Standard of Ur
Royal Cemetery. Ur, Iraq.
ca. 2,600 BCE
peaceful/violent side of the mosaic |
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Bull-Headed Lyre
"Kings Grave", Ur, Iraq.
ca. 2,600 BCE |
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Banquet Scene
Cylinder seal, from the tomb of Pu-abi, Royal Cemetery. Ur, Iraq
ca. 2,600 BCE
2" high |
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Susa, Iran ca. 2,254-2218 BCE
Pink sandstone, 6'7" high |
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Ziggurat of Ur
Ur, Iraq ca. 2,100 BCE |
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Statue of Gudea
Governor of Lagash
ca. 2,100 BCE
Diorite 2'5" high
Originally in a temple of Ningirsu holding the temple plan, taking orders from the Gods |
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Stele of Hammurabi
Susa, Iran ca. 1,780 BCE
Basalt, 7'4" high
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Lion Gate
Hattusa, Turkey ca. 1,400 BCE
Symbolically gaurding the gateway. |
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Lamassu
(winged human-headed bull)
Louvre, Paris
Limestone, 13'10" high |
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Lion Hunt Relief
from the palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh
ca. 875-860 BCE |
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Palete of Narmer
Egypt ca. 3,000 BCE
Slate 2'11" high
Make-up palete
twiseted/composite perspective |
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Stepped Pyramid
Djoser Saqqare, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 BCE
460 x 388 ft, 197 ft high, 6 steps.
Designed by Imhotep
Elaborate anti-rooms and several entrances but only on opening to the tomb. |
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Serdab Chamber
(on north side of pyramid) of Djoser
Hole that allows the ka to enter/leave the tomb and participate in feasts and activities. |
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Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
(from bottom up: Menkaure, ca. 2,490 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2,520 BCE; and Khufu, ca. 2,551 BCE
Oriented to the East to the rising of the sun (Ra) |
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Great Sphinx
Gizeh, Egypt ca. 2,520-2,494 BCE
Sandstone, 65' x 240' |
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