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Apollo 11 Stones. Namibia. c. 25,500-25,530 B.C.E


Charcoal on stone. suggests that the indigenous people lived in caves.


Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting. Animals used in agriculture are depicted, human imagination and superiority is shown developing.

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000-7,000 B.C.E. Bone. A belief that animals held a certain power or that the religion consisted of spirituality between nature

Running Horned Woman. Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. 6,000-4,000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock. a system in society; "hunters and gatherers" idea

Beaker with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4,200-3,500 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta. Geometric forms are used for all the animals depicted. Could be associated with religion or fertility

Anthropomorphic Stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E Sandstone.

Jade Cong. Liangzhu, China 3300-2200 B.C.E. carved jade.

Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500-1600 B.C.E sandstone. Mark of high status. Burial mounds. Lintel and Stone

The Ambum Stone. Ambum valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, c. 1500 B.C.E Greywacke.

Tlatilco female figurine. central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200-900 B.C.E. ceramic.

Terra Cotta fragment. Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. terra cotta

White Temple and its Ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) Sumerian. c. 3500-3000 B.C.E. Mud brick. Marks the 1st independent Sumerian city-state

Palette of King Narmer. Predynastic Egypt. c. 3000-2920 B.C.E. Greywacks. Shows Narmer enlarged to portray him as the most powerful figure (god-like) as he strikes impotent foe

Statues of Votive Figures. from the Square Temple at Eshunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq) Sumerian. c. 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone. Attentive to God with the will of sacrifice and devotion.

Seated Scribe. Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, fourth dynasty. c. 2620-2500 B.C.E. painted limestone. not of a high status: normal ordinary portrayal shows he is in the lower part of society.

Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el- Muqayyar, Iraq) Sumerian. c. 2600- 2400 B.C.E. wood with inlaid shell, lapis lazuli and red limestone. shows the movement of an army; traveling soldiers, prisoners, and animals bring supplies in a narrative scene.

Great Pyramids (Mankaura, Khufu, Khafre) and the Great Sphinx. Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2550-2490 B.C.E. cut limestone. A tomb for the pharaohs in the afterlife; filled with gifts to carry into the afterlife. a symbol of ascending steps to the Gods.

King Menkaura and queen. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2490-2472 B.C.E Greywacke. As a Pharaoh one foot is stepping forward. their stares are eternal and other-worldly.

The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran) Susian. c. 1792-1750 B.C.E. Basalt. Hammurabi is seen being given gifts served to rule from the sun god.

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 B.C.E. Hypostle Hall: c.1250 B.C.E cut sandstone and mud brick. supposed to resemble the reeds of the Nile river.

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor, Egypt, New Kingdom. 18th dynasty. c. 1473-1458 B.C.E. Sandstone; partially carved into a rock cliff and red granite. Hatshepsut was a woman ruler depicted with male pharaoh qualities.

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New Kingdom (Amarna) 18th Dynasty. c. 1353-1335 B.C.E. Limestone. A intimate look into the lives of a royal family. The practice of worshiping one God became popular during Akhenaton's rule.

Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty. c. 1323 B.C.E. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones

Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb, New Kingdom, 19th dynasty. c. 1275 B.C.E. painted papyrus scroll

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon the second, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian c. 720-705 B.C.E. Alabaster. A protector and watcher of the citadel. A mix of a bull, lion, eagle, and man to represent strength, wisdom, etc.

Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E. plan

Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c.530 B.C.E. marble with remnants of paint. a memorial to a soldier who died in war, archaic through the way the smile is eerie and the eyes are eternal and emotionless

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. marble, painted details. controversy over whether the figure depicted is a goddess or common person. the details of her outfit are implacable

Sarcophagus of the Spouses. (reclining couple) Etruscan. c. 520 B.C.E. Terra Cotta. Women were equals to men. a couple is inviting the audience into their intimate setting; a feasting lounge.

Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520-465 B.C.E. limestone

Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo. Master sculptor Vulca. c. 510-500 B.C.E. original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock) terra cotta sculpture

Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c. 480-470 B.C.E Tufa and fresco

Niobides Krater. anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as Niobid Painter. c. 460-450 B.C.E. clay, red-figure technique (white highlights) Greek goddess sends her 2 children to kill the 14 children of a woman who bragged about her fertility

Doryphoros (spear bearer) Polykleitos. original 450- 440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (Bronze) development in natural form; the perfecting of posture and proportions

Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447-410 B.C.E. Marble. doric columns with mathematical proportioning

Grave Stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos .c. 410 B.C.E. marble and paint. shows the repression of women. a border seems to even trap the women to the confines of their space. Emotionless faces lack in personality.

Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greek. c. 190 B.C.E. Marble. marked the front of a ship, the body and drapery that folds and seems to press back give the illusion of wind blowing Nike backwards.

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present day Turkey) Hellenistic Greek. c.175 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture) Athena is in complete control, grabbing the titan to kill as his mother pleads for her sons life.

House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century B.C.E. rebuilt c.62-79 C.E. cut stone and fresco. Like heavan on Earth, lavish pools and waterways.

Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman. c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic. shows alexander the great defeating foe, chasing them away as their leader pleads for the lives of his men.

Seated Boxer. Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 B.C.E. bronze. Hellenistic period shows realistic people; not in any god-like or perfected way. the boxer is defeated and shamed. he is growing old and giving up his game

Head of a Roman patrician. Republican Roman. c. 75- 50 B.C.E. Marble. Still the Hellenistic style where people are portrayed as they truly looked and not idealized like classical greek and roman sculpture.

Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman. Early first century C.E. Marble. Augustus claims his ancestry from a God and holds the pose of classic Greek sculptures

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre) Rome, Italy Imperial Roman. 70-80 C.E. Stone and concrete. Innovations for crowd control, multiple entry ways and lined with sand to absorb body odor, concrete is an engineering gateway to quicker, cheaper ways to build.

Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets: 106- 112 C.E. column completed: 113 C.E. Brick and concrete

Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118-126 C.E. concrete with stone facing. light comes from the top of a circular dome supported by crossing arches.

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. Late imperial Roman, C. 250 C.E. marble