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Cave at Lascaux(France), Hall of the Bulls and well shaft, c. 16,000-14,000 BCE (Paleolithic).
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Nude woman (“Venus of Willendorf”), found at Willendorf (Austria), carved limestone, c. 28,000-25,000 BCE (Paleolithic).
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Two bison, modeled clay reliefs, cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert (France), c. 15,000-10,000 BCE (Paleolithic).
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Human skull with restored features in plaster, paint, and shell, from Jericho, c. 7200-6700 BCE (Neolithic).
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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, c. 2550-1600 BCE (Neolithic).
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Standard of Ur, from Royal Cemetery at Ur (Iraq), wood, lapis, shell, and red limestone, c. 2600-2400 BCE.
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Statuettes of two worshippers, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (Iraq), gypsum, shell, and black limestone, c. 2700 BCE.
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Head of an Akkadian ruler,from Ninevah (Iraq), copper, c. 2250-2200 BCE.
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Winged Deities from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud (Iraq), gypsum, c. 875-860 BCE. Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth.
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Palette of Narmer, from Hierakonpolis (Egypt), slate, c. 3000-2920 BCE.
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Tomb complex at Gizeh(Egypt), begun c. 2551 BCE (Old Kingdom). Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure; Great Sphinx.
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Khafre enthroned, from tomb complex at Gizeh, diorite, c. 2520-2494 BCE (Old Kingdom).
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Fragmentary head of Senusret III, red quartzite, c. 1860 BCE (Old Kingdom).
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Akhenaton, from temple of Aton at Karnak (Egypt), sandstone, c. 1353-1335 BCE (New Kingdom).
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Female Figure, Cyclades Islands (Greece), marble, c. 2500-2300 BCE (Cycladic). Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth.
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