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59 Cards in this Set
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Waterworn Pebble
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South Africa [3,000,000 BC]
jasperite able to fit in hand |
Prehistoric
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Venus of Willendorf
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Austria [28,000 - 25,000 BC]
limestone fits in hand |
Paleolithic
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Woman Holding a Bison Horn
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France [25,000 - 20,000 BC]
limestone 1 1/2' high |
Paleolithic
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Reclining Woman
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France [12,000 BC]
rock-cut relief ~1/2 life size |
Paleolithic
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Two Bison
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France [15,000 - 10,000 BC]
high clay relief 2' long (ea.) |
Paleolithic
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Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints
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France [22,000 BC]
cave painting ~11' long |
Paleolithic
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Hall of the Bulls
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Lascaux, France [15,000 BC]
cave painting huge |
Paleolithic
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Great Stone Tower
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Jericho [8,000 - 7,000 BC]
stone (duh) huge |
Neolithic
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Landscape with Volcanic Eruption
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Çatal Höyük [c 6150 BC]
wall painting |
Neolithic
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Stonehenge
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Salisbury, England [2550 - 1600 BC]
sarsen (sandstone) megalithic |
Neolithic
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Reconstruction of the White Temple
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Uruk (modern day Iraq) [3200 BC]
mud brick temple alone: 61' x 16' |
Sumerian
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Female Head (Inanna?)
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Uruk (modern day Iraq) [3200 BC]
marble life size |
Sumerian
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Warka Vase
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Uruk (modern day Iraq) [3200 BC]
alabastor 3' tall |
Sumerian
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Statuettes of Worshippers
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Temple at Eshnunna (modern day Iraq) [c 2700 BC]
gypsum w/ inlaid shell + black limestone 1' - 3' |
Sumerian
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Standard of Ur
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Royal Cemetary, Ur (modern day Iraq) [2600 BC]
wooden box w/ inlaid shell, red limestone, lapis lazuli 8 1/2" x 19 1/2" |
Sumerian
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Soundbox of the Lyre from King's Grave
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Royal Cemetary, Ur (modern day Iraq) [2600 BC]
wood w/ inlaid gold, lapis lazuli and shell |
Sumerian
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Banquet Scene Cylinder Seal
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Royal Cemetary, Ur (modern day Iraq) [2600 BC]
lapis lazuli 2" high |
Sumerian
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
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Susa (modern day Iran) [c 2254 BC]
pink sandstone 6' 7" high |
Akkadian
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Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi
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Susa (modern day Iran) [1780 BC]
laksa salt 7'4" high |
Babylonian
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Lamassu
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Citadel of Sargon II (modern day Iraq) [720 - 705 BC]
limestone 13'10" high |
Assyrian
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Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
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Ninevah (modern day Iraq) [645 - 640 BC]
gypsum relief 5'4" high |
Assyrian
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Ishtar Gate
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Babylon (modern day Iraq) [575 BC]
glazed brick 45' high |
Neo-Babylonian
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Persepolis
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Royal Audience Hall, Persepolis (modern day Iran) [521 - 465 BC]
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Persian
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Processional Frieze
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Royal Audience Hall, Persepolis (modern day Iran) [c 521 - 465 BC]
relief |
Persian
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Palette of King Narmar
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Hierakonpolis, Egypt [c 3000 BC]
slate ~2' tall |
Predynastic
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Imhotep - Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
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Saqqara, Lower Egypt [c 2600 BC]
limestone blocks megalithic |
Old Kingdom
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Plan of Mortuary Precinct of Djoser & Entrance
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Saqqara, Lower Egypt [c 2600 BC]
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Old Kingdom
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Great Pyramids
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Gizeh, Lower Egypt [2500 - 2400 BC]
limestone megalithic |
Old Kingdom
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Model of Pyramid Complex - Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
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Gizeh, Lower Egypt [2500 - 2400 BC]
limestone megalithic |
Old Kingdom
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Great Sphinx
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Gizeh, Lower Egypt [2500 BC]
limestone megalithic |
Old Kingdom
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Khafre
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Gizeh, Lower Egypt [c 2500 BC]
limestone megalithic |
Old Kingdom
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Menkaure and Khamerenebty
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Gizeh, Lower Egypt [c 2400 BC]
graywacke slightly smaller than life-size |
Old Kingdom
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Seated Scribe from His Mastaba
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Saqqara, Lower Egypt [c 2450 -2350 BC]
painted limestone 1'9" tall, seated |
Old Kingdom
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Ka-Aper from His Mastaba
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Saqqara, Lower Egypt [c 2450 - 2350 BC]
wood 3'7" high |
Old Kingdom
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Ti Watching a Hippo Hunt
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Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Lower Egypt [c 2450 - 2350 BC]
painted relief limestone 4' high |
Old Kingdom
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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
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Upper Egypt [c 1450 BC]
big |
New Kingdom
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Hatshepsut with Offering Jars
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Upper Egypt [c 1450 BC]
limestone 8'6" high |
New Kingdom
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Fowling Scene from Tomb of Nebamum
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Thebes, Upper Egypt [1400 - 1350 BC]
fresco on plaster 2'8" high |
New Kingdom
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Akhenaton from the Temple of Aton
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Karnak, Upper Egypt [c 1350 BC]
sandstone 13' high |
New Kingdom
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Nefertiti
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Thutmose
painted limestone about life-size |
New Kingdom
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
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[c 1350 BC]
relief 12 1/4' high |
New Kingdom
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Death Mask of Tutankhamen
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Thebes, Upper Egypt [c 1320 BC]
gold w/ semiprecious stone inlay head-size |
New Kingdom
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Temple of Ramses II
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Abu Simbel, Upper Egypt [c 1290 - 1224 BC]
sandstone megalithic |
New Kingdom
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Interior of the Temple of Ramses
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Abu Simbel, Upper Egypt [c 1290 - 1224 BC]
sandstone megalithic |
New Kingdom
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Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
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Thebes, Upper Egypt [c 1290 BC]
painted papyrus 1'6" high |
New Kingdom
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Mentuemhet
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Karnak, Upper Egypt [c 650 BC]
granite 4 1/2' tall |
Late Period
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Figurine of a Woman
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Syros [c 2500 - 2300 BC]
marble 1'6" tall |
Cyclades
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Male Lyre Player
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Keros [c 2700 - 2500 BC]
marble small |
Cyclades
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Aerial View of Palace at Knossos
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Crete [1700 - 1400 BC]
big |
Minoan
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Stairwell at Knossos
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Crete [1700 - 1400 BC]
big |
Minoan
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Minoan Woman (la Parisienne)
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Crete [1450 - 1400 BC]
fresco 9" tall |
Minoan
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Bull-Leaping
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Knossos, Crete [c 1450 - 1400 BC]
fresco |
Minoan
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Snake Goddess
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Knossos, Crete [c 1600 BC]
13 1/2" tall |
Minoan
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Aerieal View of Citadel at Tiryns
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Tiryns, Mycenae [1400 - 1200 BC]
cyclopean |
Mycenaean
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Corbeled Gallery at Tiryns
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Tiryns, Mycenae [1400 - 1200 BC]
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Mycenaean
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Lion Gate
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Mycenae [1300 - 1250 BC]
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Mycenaean
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Vault of the Tholos
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Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae [1300 - 1250 BC]
90' high |
Mycenaean
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Funerary Mask at Grave Circle A
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Mycenae [1600 - 1500 BC]
gold face-sized |
Mycenaean
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Inlaid Dagger
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Mycenae [1600 - 1500 BC]
bronze w/ inlaid gold, silver, niello 9" long |
Mycenaean
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