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Lion-Human (30,000-26,000 BC) - Paleolithic Germany
Mammoth ivory; 11 5/8" |
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Woman of Willendorf (30,000-25,000 BC) - Paleolithic Austria
Lomestone; 4 1/2" |
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Woman of Dolni Vestonice (23,000 BC) - Moravia, Austria
Fired clay; 4 1/4 x 1 7/10" |
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Woman of Brassempouy (30,000 BC) - Gratte du Pape, Brassempouy, Candes, France
Ivory; 1 1/4" |
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Wall Painting with Horses, Rhinoceroses, and Aurochs (32,000-30,000 BC) - Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche Gorge, France
Paint/limestone |
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Hall of Bulls (15,000 BC) - Lascaux Cave, France
Paint/limestone |
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Bird-Headed Man with Bison (15,000 BC) - Lascaux Cave, France
Paint/limestone; over 9' l |
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Bison (14,000-10,000 BC) - Altamira Cave, Spain
Paint/limestone; 6'4 3/4" l |
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Female and Male Bison (13,000 BC) - Tuc d'Audobert, Ariege, France
Modeled/incised clay; 25 and 24" l |
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Tomb Interior with Corbelling and Engraved Stones (3,000-2,500 BC) - Newgrange, Ireland
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Stonehenge (2,900-1,500 BC) - Salisbury Plain, England
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Human Figure (6000 BC) - 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
Fired lime plaster w/cowrie shell, bitumen, paint; 35" |
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Ruins of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple (3300-3000 BC) - Uruk, Sumer (Warka, Iraq)
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Carved Vessel (Warka Vase; 3300-3000 BC) - Uruk, Sumer (Warka, Iraq)
Alabaster w/carved low-relief imagery; 3' h |
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Votive Figures (2900-2600 BC) - Tell Asmar, Iraq
Gypsum w/inlaid shell and black limestone; largest 2'6" h |