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Makapansgat Pebble
c. 3,000,000 BCE, jasperite, South Africa
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Altamira Cave
c. 12,000 BCE, wall-painting, Spain
(Paleolithic) |
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Venus of Willendorf
c. 28,000-25,000 BCE, limestone, Kunsthistoriches, Vienna, Austria
(Paleolithic) |
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Mammoth Bone Hut
15,000 BCE, mammoth Bone, Mezhirich, Russia
(Paleolithic) |
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Gobekli Tepe
11,500 BCE, limestone, Turkey
(Neolithic) |
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Çatal Huyuk
c. 6120 BCE, mudbrick & plaster, Turkey
(Neolithic) |
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Watch Tower
c. 8000 BCE, stone, Jericho, Israel
(Neolithic) |
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Plastered Skull
c. 8000 BCE, plaster, skull, Jericho, Israel
(Neolithic) |
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Stonehenge
c. 2100-1600 BCE, sarsen sandstone, Salisbury Plain, England
(Neolithic) |
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“Mother Goddess”
c. 3000 BCE, limestone, Tarxien Malta
(Neolithic) |
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Bull-headed Lyre
Royal Tombs of Ur
c. 2600-2300
(Near East Bronze Age) |
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Standard of Ur
Royal Tombs of Ur
c. 2600-2300
(Near East Bronze Age) |
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Headdress of Queen Puabi
Royal Tombs of Ur
c. 2600-2300
(Near East Bronze Age) |
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Ram-in-the-Thicket
Royal Tombs of Ur
c. 2600-2300
(Near East Bronze Age) |
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Head of Akkadian Ruler (Sargon)
from Nineveh, c. 2200 BCE, cast copper
(Near East Bronze Age) |
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Stele of Naram-Sin
from Susa, Iran, c. 2200 BCE, limestone
(Near East Bronze Age) |
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Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
showing main stair. c. 2100, mudbrick & fired brick, Ur, Iraq
(Near East Bronze Age) |
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Stele of Hammurabi
c. 1800 BCE, diorite
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Narmer Palette
Early Dynastic, c. 3100 BCE, siltstone
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Great Pyramids of Giza
c. 2520-2494 BCE, Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, limestone, Giza, Egypt
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Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut
c. 1490-1460 BCE, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, limestone, Deir El-Bahri, Egypt
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Queen Nefertiti
c. 1345 BCE, New Kingdom 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, stucco over limestone
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Banquet & Dancers, Tomb of Nebamun
from Thebes, c. 1350 BCE, New Kingdom 18th Dynasty, wall-painting
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Golden Mask
Tomb of Tutankhamun
c. 1323 BCE, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
(Egyptian) |
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Canopic Shrine with Selket
Tomb of Tutankhamun
c. 1323 BCE, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
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Golden Throne
Tomb of Tutankhamun
c. 1323 BCE, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
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The Book of the Dead of Hunefer
c. 1300 BCE, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, papyrus, British Museum, London
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Cycladic Figurine, c. 2500 BCE, marble, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Plan
Palace of Knossos
before 1200 BCE, Crete
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Throne room
Palace of Knossos
before 1200 BCE, Crete
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Toreador Fresco
Palace of Knossos
before 1200 BCE, Crete
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Grandstand Fresco
Palace of Knossos
before 1200 BCE, Crete
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Grave Circle A
Mycenae
c. 1600 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Lion’s Gate
Mycenae
c. 1600 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Golden Mask of Agamemnon
Shaft Graves, Mycenae
c. 1600 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Mycenaean daggers
Shaft Graves, Mycenae
c. 1600 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Megaron, Palace of Nestor
c.1400-1200 BCE, wall-painting, Pylos, Greece
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Xeste 3
before 1200 BCE, wall-painting, Akrotiri, Thera
(Bronze Age Aegean) |
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Miniature Frieze, West House
before 1200 BCE, wall-painting, Akrotiri, Thera
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