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24 Cards in this Set
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Olduvai Handaxe, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, 1.4 million years old |
Tanzania |
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3100-3000BC |
Early Writing Tablet, Clay tablet, found in southern Iraq, 3100-3000 BC |
Early. So-Iraq 3100-3000BC |
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3100-2900 BC |
Administrative tablet. Cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars. Mesopotamia Clay, Jemdet Nasr period, 3100–2900 BC |
Jemdet Nasr period/3100-2900 BC |
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550BC |
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Terracotta, black-figure painting, attributed to Lydos, Archaic Greek period, 550 BC |
Terracota by Lydos 550BC |
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530 BC |
Kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Terracotta, black-figure painting, Attic, Archaic Greek period, 530 BC |
Terracota, from Attic, 530BC |
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515 BC |
Sarpedon krater or Euphronis krater, Terracotta, red-figure painting, attributed to Euphronios, Archaic Greek period, 515 BC |
Euphronis Terracota 515BC |
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510-500 BC |
Athletes preparing for a competition, Terracotta, red-figure painting, attributed to Euphronis, Archaic Greek period, 510-500 BC |
Terracota, Euphronis 510-500BC, Archaic |
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480 BC |
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles): two female heads, Terracotta, red-figure painting, attributed to Brygos, Classical Greek period, ca. 480 BC |
Kantharo Terracota by Brygos/Classical/480BC |
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2nd Century |
Wall painting in the Samnite House, painted stucco relief, first style Roman wall painting, 2nd century BC |
Samnite House, stucco, 2nd Century |
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50-40 BC |
Wall paintings from Villa at Boscoreale, Fresco, second style Roman wall painting, ca. 50-40 BC, Italy |
Villa, 50-40 BC |
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30-20 BC |
Garden Scene from Villa of Livia, Prima Porta (near Rome), Fresco, second style Roman wall painting, c.30-20 BC |
at Prima Porta, 30-20 BC |
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360-343 BC |
Statue of the falcon god Horus with Nectanebo II, Meta-Greywacke (material), reign of Nectanebo II, Late Egyptian Period, Egypt, ca. 360–343 BC |
Meta-Greywacke (material)/ Nectanebo II/Late/ 360-343 BC |
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883-859 BC |
Human–headed winged lion (lamassu), Alabaster (gypsum), reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Neo–Assyrian period, Northern Mesopotamia, 883–859 BC |
lamassu of Ashurnasirpal 883-859BC |
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590-580 BC |
The New York Kouros, Marble statue, Archaic Greek period, Greece, ca. 590-580 BC |
590-580 BC |
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530 BC |
Kroisos (Anavysos Kouros), Marble statue, Archaic Greek period, Greece, ca. 530 BC |
Kroisos of Anvysos 530 BC |
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450 BC |
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), Marble statue, Roman copy of Greek original (from the Classical Greek period), attributed to Polykleitos, ca. 450 BC |
Doryphoros 450 BC |
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5th Century |
Torso of a monumental bodhisattva, Schist stone, ancient region of Gandhara, Pakistan, 5th century |
Gandhara, Schit stone, 5th Century |
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100-300 AD |
Seated Buddha from Gandhara, stone statue, Pakistan, ca. 100-300 AD |
Gadhara / Pakistan 100-300 AD |
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7th Century |
Buddha, probably Amitabha (Amituo), dry lacquer with traces of gilt and pigment, Tang dynasty, China, 7th century |
Amitabha (amituo) 7th Century |
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750 AD |
Night–Shining White, Handscroll; ink on paper, attributed to Han Gan, Tang dynasty, China, ca. 750 AD |
750 AD |
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700-750 AD |
Maya relief of royal blood-letting, stone relief from Yaxchilan, Mexico, ca. 700-750 AD |
Yaxchilan 700-750 AD |
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8th Century |
Relief with Enthroned Ruler, painted Mayan Limestone, Mexico or Guatemala, 8th century |
Enthroned 8th century |
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100-500 AD |
Ceremonial ballgame belt, high-polished stone, Classic Veracruz, Mexico, ca. 100-500 AD |
100-500AD |
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1479 AD |
Aztec Stone of the Sun, stone, found in Mexico City in 1970, original date ca. 1479 AD |
1479 AD |
