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Nude Woman
(Venus of Willendorf),
from Willendorf, Austria,
ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE
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Wall paintings in Chauvet Cave, Ardèche, France,
ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE |
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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England,
ca. 2550-1600 BCE |
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Statuettes of two
worshipers, from the Square
Temple at Eshnunna
(modern Tell Asmar), Iraq,
ca. 2700 BCE
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War side (top) and peace side (bottom) of the
Standard of Ur, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE |
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Victory stele of Naram-Sin,
found at Susa, Iran,
2254-2218 BCE
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Ziggurat, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE
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Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan, from Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE
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Stele with law code of
Hammurabi, found at Susa,Iran, ca. 1780 BCE
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Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq,ca. 720-705 BCE
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Ishtar Gate (restored), from Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 BCE
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Processional frieze (detail) on the terrace of the royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca. 521-465 BCE
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Palette of Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt,
Predynastic, ca. 3000-2920 BCE |
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Imhotep (architect), Stepped pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, ca. 2630-2611 BCE
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Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV,
ca. 2551-2472 BCE |