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24 Cards in this Set
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Peace Side of the Standard of Ur, from tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, 2600-2400 BCE. Wood, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone. 8" x 1'7". |
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Restored view of the White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, 3200-3000 BCE. |
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Statuettes of two worshippers, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq, 2700 BCE. Gypsum, shell, and black limestone. Man 2' 4 1/4" high, woman 1' 11 1/4" high. |
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Head of an Akkadian ruler, from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq. 2250-2200 BCE. Copper, 1' 2 3/4" high. |
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Victory stele of Naram-Sin, from Susa, Iran. 2254-2218 BCE. Pink Sandstone, 6' 7" high. |
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Gudea standing, holding an overflowing water jar, from the Temple of Geshtinanna, Girsu (modern Telioh), Iraq. 2100 BCE. Calcite, 2' 3/4" high. |
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Stele with the laws of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran. 1780 BCE. Basalt, 7' 4" high. |
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Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq. 575 BCE. |
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Palette of King Narmer from Hierakonpolis, Egypt. Predynastic. 3000-2920 BCE. Slate, 2' 1" high. |
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Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty. Limestone. From bottom: pyramids of Menkaure. 2490-2472 BCE; Khafre 2520-2494 BCE; and Khufu 2551-2528 BCE. |
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Khafre enthroned, from Gizeh, Egypt, fourth dynasty. 2520-2494 BCE. Diorite. 5'6" high. |
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Fragmentary head of Sensuret III, 12th dynasty. 1860 BCE. Red quartzite. 6 1/2" high. |
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (looking southwest), Deir el-Bahri, Egypt. 18th Dynasty. 1473-1458 BCE. |
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Facade of the temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 19th Dynasty. 1290-1224 BVE. Sandstone, colossi 65' high |
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Akhenaton, from the temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt. 18th Dynasty. 1353-1335 BCE. Sandstone, 13' high. |
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Last judgement of Hunefer, from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty. 1300-1290 BCE. Painted papyrus scroll, 1' 6" high. |
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Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece. 2600-2300 BCE. Marble, 1' 6" high. |
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Bull-leaping, from the palace of Knossos at Crete, Greece. 1400-1370 BCE. Fresco, 2'8" high, including border. |
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Kamares Ware Jar, from Phaistos (Crete), Greece. 1800-1700 BCE. 1'8" high. |
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Snake Goddess from the palace of Knossos at Crete, Greece. 1600 BCE. Falence, 1' 1 1/2" high. |
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Harvesters Vase, from Hagia Triada, Crete, Greece. 1500-1450 BCE. Steatite, originally with gold leaf, greatest diameter 5". |
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Lion Gate (looking southeast) Mycenae, Greece. 1300-1250 BVE. Limestone, relief panel 9' 6" high |
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Interior of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece. 1300-1250 BCE. |
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Warrior Vase (krater) from Mycenae, Greece. 1200 BCE. 1'4" high. |
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