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20 Cards in this Set
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Sumerian Fragment of a harp, from the cemetery of Ur (modern Muqaiyir), Iraq, c. 2600 BCE. |
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Paleolithic paintings in the Hall of Bulls, Cave at Lascaux, France. c. 15,000-10,000 BCE. |
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Akkadian Monument of Naramsin, c. 2270 BCE. found in Susa (modern Shush), Iran. |
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Assyrian Army Besieging a Fortress, detail of alabaster relief from the palace of KingAsurnasirpal II at Kalhu (modern Nimrud), Iraq, c. 883-859 BCE. |
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Egyptian Old Kingdom Portrait of Hesire, from his tomb at Saqqara, 2778-2723 BCE |
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The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, Old Kingdom, c. 2613-2546 BCE. |
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Egyptian New Kingdom painting of The Garden of Nebamun, from his tomb at Western Thebes, c. 1400 BCE. |
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King Akhnaten and Nefertiti with their Children, from Akhetaten (modern Amarna), c. 1345 BCE. Amarna period of the Egyptian New Kingdom |
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Tutankhamun and his Wife,from the throne found in histomb in the Valley of the Kings, c. 1330 BCE. Amarna period of the Egyptian New Kingdom |
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Fisherman, c. 1650-1500 BCE. Minoan wall-painting from the island of Santorini). |
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Polymedes of Argos, The Brothers Cleobis and Biton, found in the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi,Greece. Archaic Greek |
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Exekias, Achilles and AjaxPlaying Draughts, c. 540 BCE. Amphora in the ‘black-figured’style. Archaic Greek |
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Euthymedes, The Warrior’sLeavetaking, c. 510-500 BCE. Amphora in the ‘red-figured’style. Archaic Greek |
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The Riace Warrior (Heroes or Athletes), found in the sea off the coast of southern Italy, c. 460-450 BCE. Early Classical Greek |
(this is just a close up of his face, original slide also has another picture of him standing with his full body, nude) |
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Greek sculptor’s workshop, c. 480 BCE. Bowl (kylix) in the ‘red-figured’ style. Early Classical Greek |
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Myron, Discobolos (Disc-Thrower), c. 450 BCE. Roman marble copyafter a bronze original. Early Classical Greek |
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Iktinos, The Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos), Acropolis, Athens, 447-438 BCE. High Classical Greek |
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Charioteer, c. 440 BCE. Detail of the marble frieze from the outer chamber walls of the Parthenon (Panathenaic Festival Procession frieze). High Classical Greek. |
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Goddess of Victory (Nike taking off her sandal), 408 BCE. From the balustrade round the Temple of Victory, Acropolis, Athens. High Classical Greek |
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Praxiteles, Hermes with the Young Dionysus, c. 340 BCE. From the Temple of Hera at Olympia, Greece. Late Classical Greek |
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