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Venus of Willendorf
ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE
Limestone
Stonehenge
ca. 2550-1600 BCE
Sandstone/bluestones
Bull-headed Lyre
ca. 2600 BCE
Wood, lapis lazuli, gold leaf, shell

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin


ca. 2254-2218 BCE


Pink sandstone
Law Code of Hammurabi
ca. 1780 BCE
Basalt
Palette of Narmer
ca. 3000-2920 BCE
Slate
Pyramids at Giza
ca. 2551-2472 BCE
Menkaure and Khamerernebty
ca. 2490-2472 BCE
Greywacke
Seated Scribe
ca. 2500 BCE
Limestone
Tomb of Nebamun
ca. 1400-1350 BCE
Fresco secco
Plank Idol/Figure of a Woman
ca. 2500-2300 BCE
Marble
Bull-Leaping
ca. 1450-1400
BCEFresco
Peplos Kore
ca. 530 BCE
Marble
Kritios Boy
ca. 480 BCE
Marble

Periclean Acropolis

Parthenon (Temple Of Athena)

Lapith Versus Centaur


ca. 447-438 bce


Marble




Metope from South Side of the Parthenon

Three Goddess (Hestia, Dione, Aphrodite?)


ca. 438-432 bce


Marble




From east Pediment of Parthenon

Details of the Panathenaic Festival Procession Frieze


ca. 447-438 bce.


Marble
The Boxer
ca. 100 BCE
Bronze