Chinese Horse |
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Lascaux CaveLascaux France13,000 B.C.E.
Called "chinese horse" because of the painting technique. |
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Venus of Willendorf |
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made of Oolitic limestoneVienna, Austrai23,000 BCE
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Venus of Hohle |
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IvorySchelklingen, Germany (2008)35,000 BC |
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Woman and Cattle |
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rock paintingTassili n' Ajjer, AlgeriaAfter 5,000 BCE |
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Nanna Ziggurat |
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Ur, 2100-2050BCENanna is the Sumerian moon godMaqaiyir Iraq (today) |
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Ram in thicket |
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Ur, Iraq2,6000 BCEGold , silver, lazuli, copper, shell, red, limestone and bitumen |
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Head of an Akkadian ruler |
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Possible representation of Naramsin 2250 BCEthe third successor and grandson of Sargon of Akkad. Under Naramsin the Akkadian Empire reached its zenith. He was the 1st Mesopotamian king to claim divinity for himself and ... |
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Human-Headed Winged Lion. Assyrian from Nimrud |
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Assyrian, 883-859 BCELimestone |
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Lion Hunt |
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Palace of of King Assurnosupall IINumrid (Cahah) Iraqrelief panellimestone |
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Ishtar Gate |
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Babylon573 BCEglazed brick |
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Great Sphinx |
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Egypt2500BCElimestone |
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Palette of Narmer |
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Hierakonpolis3100 BCESlateheight 25" |
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Seated Scribe |
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Saggara, Egypt2450 BCEPainted limestone, alabaster, and rock crystal(site note) fate person = $ and prosperous |
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Funerary temple of Hatshepsut |
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Deir e-Bahri, Egypt1460 BCE(water is the purity) |
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Tomb of Nebamun |
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wall paintingThebes 1450 BCEpaint on plasterheight 32" |
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Queen Nefertiti |
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1345 BCEpainted limestone(6 daughters) |
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Akhenaten and His Family |
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(modern Tell el-Amarna)1345 BCEPainted limestone |
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Burial mask of Tutankhamun |
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1325 BCEEgyptGold inlaid with blue glass and semiprecious stones21 1/4" |
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Statuette of a Woman Cycladic |
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2600 - 2400 BCEmarble
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