Woman of Dolni Vestonice

23,000 BCE

Paleolithic

Significance: Fertility Figure

Woman from Brassempouy

30,000 BCE

Paleolithic

Bison

15,000 - 13,000 BCE

France

Paleolithic

Bison with Turned Head

12,000 BCE

France

Paleolithic

Spear Thrower (Atlatl)

16,000 - 9000 BCE

France

Paleolithic

Bird Headed Man With Bison

15,000 - 13,000

Upper Paleolithic

Lascaux, France

Animal Imagery

Caves of Altamira, Spain

12,000 BCE

Paleolithic

Menhir Alignments at Menec

Carnac, France

4250 - 3750 BCE

 Neolithic

Dolmen

Poulnabrone, Ireland

4200 - 2500 BCE

Neolithic Structure

Passage Grave

Newgrange, Ireland

3000 - 2500 BCE

Neolithic

Stonehenge

Salisbury Plain, England

2900 - 1500 BCE

Neolithic

Gobelki Tepe

Turkey

10,000 BCE

Neolithic

Catal Huyuk

7400 - 6200 BCE

Neolithic

Turkey

Entered through roof of home, house divided into to separate rooms

Ur

Iraq

2100 BCE

Sumerian

Famous for Ziggurats

Ceramic Cone Mosaic

Temple of Eanna, Uruk

3500 - 3000 BCE

Early Sumerian Period

Anu Ziggurat (White Temple)

Uruk

3300 - 3000

Early Sumerian

Used as a temple in honor of the god(dess?) Anu

White washed

Ziggurats built on raised platforms to be closer to the gods

Ziggurat

Ur

2100-2050 BCE

Early Sumerian

Ziggurats used as temples of honor for the gods

Face of a Woman

Uruk

3300-3000 BCE

Early Sumerian

Votive Statues

From Temple of Eshnunna

2900-2600 BCE

Early Sumerian

Used in place of person in a temple

In perpetual prayer

Ibihil (Seated Priest)

2000 BCE

Early Sumerian

Standard of Ur

2900-2700 BCE

Early Sumerian

Cylinder Seals

Ur

2900 - 2700 BCE

Early Sumerian

Used as a signature

Votive Statue of Gudea

King of Lagash

Late Sumerian

2090 BCE

Head of a Man

Ninevah

2300-2200 BCE

Akkadian

Stela of Naramsin

2254-2218 BCE

Akkadian

Guardian Figures (Lamassu)

Palace of Sargon II

721-706 BCE

Assyrian

Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions

from Kalhu

875 - 860 BCE

Assyrian

Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden

Relief

647 BCE

Assyrian 

Ishtar Gate

Babylonian

575 BCE

Apadana (Audience Hall) of Darius I and Xerxes

Persepolis

518-460  BCE

Persian Period

Palette of Narmer

2950 - 2775 BCE

Early Dynastic Egyptian

Portrait Panel of Hesire

Saqqara

2750 BCE

Early Dynastic Egyptian

Mastaba Complex

Saqqara

2630-2575 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Pyramid of Djoser

Step Pyramid

Saqqara

2630-2575 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Portrait of Djoser

2630-2575 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Pyramid of Khufu

Giza

2251-2528 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Largest of three pyramids at Giza

Pyramid of Khafre & Sphinx

2520-2494 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Portrait of Khafre

2520-2494 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Portraits of Menkaure and His Wife

2490 - 2472 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Portrait of Rahotep and His Wife

2400 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Not pharoh but high ranking official probably

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt

2450 - 2325 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Seated Scribe

2450 - 2325 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian

Seneb and his Family

2200 BCE

Old Kingdom Egyptian Funerary

Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

1473 - 1458 BCE

Middle to New Kingdom Egyptian

Temple of Amun

Hypostyle Hall

1292 - 1190 BCE

Middle to New Kingdom Egypt

Temple of Horus

Edfu

237 - 257 BCE

Famous of its large pylons

Portrait of Akhenaten

1353- 1336

 New Kingdom

Akhenaten and his family

1353-1336 BCE

New Kingdom

Profile Portrait of Akhenaten

1353 - 1336 BCE

New Kingdom

Bust of Nefertiti

1353 - 1336 BCE

New Kingdom

Akhenaten's Daughters

1353 - 1336 BCE

New Kingdom

Tomb of Tutankhamun

1332 - 1322 BCE

Later New Kingdom

Minoan Woman or Goddess

1450 - 1400 BCE

Found in Palace of Minos, Knossos Crete

Minoan Art

Processional Figures

1450 - 1400 BCE

Minoan Art

Characterized by their very slim waists

Harvester Vase

Rhyton

1650 - 1450 BCE

Minoan

Octopus Flask

1500 - 1450 BCE

Minoan

"Marine Style"

Woman with Snakes

1700 - 1550 BCE

Minoan

Signet Seal with Priestesses

1450 - 1400 BCE

Minoan

Bull Head Rhyton

1550 - 1450 BCE

Minoan

Bull Leaping Scene

1550 - 1450 BCE

Minoan

Citadel 

Mycenae, Greece

1600 - 1200 BCE

Mycenaen Art

Lion Gate

Citadel at Mycenae, Greece

1250 BCE

Mycenaen Art

Funerary Mask

Mycenae, Greece

1600 - 1550 BCE

Mycenaen Art

Dagger Blade

Bronze Inlaid with gold and silver

1550 - 1500

Mycenean

Warriors Vase

1300 - 1200 BCE

Mycenaen

Demonstrates war so definitely mycenaen not minoan

Tholos Tomb

Mycenae

1300 - 1200 BCE

Funerary Vase

Black Figure Style

750 - 700 BCE

 Geometric Vase

Man and Centaur 

750 BCE

Geometric Vase

Mantiklos Apollo

700 - 680 BCE

Geometric

Kouros

600 BCE

Archaic

Kourous from Anavysos

530 BCE

Kore (Berlin Kore)

570 - 560 BCE

Archaic

Peplos Kore

530 BCE

Archaic

Kore from Chios

520 BCE

Archaic

Battle Between Gods and Giants

Treasury of Siphnians, Delphi

530 - 525 BCE

Archaic

Amphora with Scene of Achilles and Ajax playing Dice

by Exekias

540 - 530 BCE

Archaic

Black Figure Style

Calyx krater with scene of the death of sarpedon

by Euphronios

515 BCE

Archaic

Pedimental Figures 

Temple of Aphaia

500 - 490 BCE

Archaic

Kritios Boy

480 BCE

Early Classic Period

Warrior (Riace Warriors)

Roman copy

460 - 450 BCE

Early Classic Period

Contrapposto pose