Warka Vase

Sumerian

32nd century BC

Standard of Ur

Sumerian

27th century BC

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

Akkadian

23rd century BC

Stele of Hammurabi

Neo-Sumerian

18th century BC

Lamassu from Khorsabad

Assyrian

8th century BC

Ishtar Gate

Neo-Babylonian

6th century BC

Palace at Persepolis

Persian

6-5th century BC

Palette of King Narmer

Predynastic Egypt

30th century BC

Pyramid of Djoser

Imhotep (artist)

Saqqara (location)

OK Egyptian

27th century BC

The Great Pyramids

Gizeh (location)

OK Egyptian

26-25th century BC

Menkaure and his Queen

OK Egyptian

25th century BC

Ti watching hippo hunt

OK Egyptian

25-24th century BC

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

NK Egyptian

15th century BC

Temple of Ramses II

Abu Simbel (location)

NK Egyptian

13th century BC

Nefertiti

Thutmose (artist)

NK Egyptian

14th century BC

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and daughters

NK Egyptian

14th century BC

Death mask of Tutankhamen

NK Egyptian

14th century BC

Bull-leaping fresco

Knossos (location)

Minoan

15th century BC

Landscape ("Spring Fresco")

Thera (location)

Minoan

17th century BC

Octopus Jar

Minoan

1500 BC

Snake Goddess

Minoan

1600 BC

Lion Gate

Mycenae (location)

Mycenaean

13th century BC

Treasury of Atreus

Mycenae (location)

Mycenaean

13th century BC

Funerary Mask from Mycenae

Mycenaean

16th century BC

Warrior Vase from Mycenae

Mycenaean

1200 BC

Kritios Boy

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Riace Warriors

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Zeus

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Spear Bearer

Polykleitos (artist)

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Parthenon

Iktinos, Kallikrates (artists)

Athens (location)

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Three Goddesses, from Parthenon

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Erechtheion

Athens

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Temple of Athena Nike

Kallikrates (artist)

Athens

Classical Greek

5th century BC

Aphrodite of Knidos

Praxiteles (artist)

Classical Greek

4th century BC

Hermes and Dionysos

Praxiteles (artist)

Classical Greek

4th century BC

Dying Gaul

Hellenistic

3rd century BC

Nike of Samothrace

Hellenistic

2nd century BC

Laocoon and his sons

Hellenistic

1st century CE