Seated Khafre

c. 2520-2494 BCE

Egyptian

Old Kingdom Period

Diorite

Believed by Ancient Egyptians to be the resting place of a pharoah's "ka", or spirit (leaves the body when you die and finds rest in the statue

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters

1353-1335 BCE

Egyptian

Amarna Period

Limestone

Akhenaton is known for focusing the Egyptian religion on "Aten" the disk of the sun (big step towards polytheism, or at least henotheism)

Menkaure and Wife

c. 2490-2472 BCE

Egyptian

Old Kingdom

Graywacke

Idealization

Geometric Krater

c. 740 BCE

Greek

Geometric Period

Terracotta

Grave marker common in Geometric Period

Depicts the "prothesis", Ancient Greek funerary practice

Achilles and Ajax Playing a Dice Game

Sculpted by Exekias

c. 540-530 BCE

Greek

Archaic Period

Terracotta

Kouros (means "male youth)

c. 530 BCE

Greek

Archaic Period

Marble

Doryphorus (Spear-bearer)

Sculpted by Polykleitos

c. 450 BCE

Greek

High Classical Period

Marble

***Roman Marble copy of Greek bronze original