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Paleolithic
“Venus” of Willendorf, c. 28,000-25,000 BC |
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Hall of Bulls, Cave Paintings at Lascaux, Near Montignac, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BC
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Hall of Bulls, Cave Paintings at Lascaux, Near Montignac, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BC
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Neolithic
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, c. 2550-1600 BC |
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Sumerian
White Temple, Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200-3000 B.C. |
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Statuettes from the Abu Temple of Eshnunna, Tell Asmar, Iraq, c. 2700 BC
Sumerian
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Akkaddian
Victory stele of Naram-Sin, from Susa, Iran, c. 2254-2218 BC |
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Babylonian
Stele of Hammurabi, Susa, Iran c. 1780 BC |
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Assyrian
Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions, Relief carvings, North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq, 645-640 BC |
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Persian
Palace of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis, c. 500 B.C. (2-25, 2-26) |
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Old Kingdom Egypt
Palette of Narmer, c. 3000-2920 BC |
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Great Pyramids of Giza, c. 2551-2490 BC
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Menkure and Queen (Menkaure and his Wife, Queen Khamerernebty),c. 2490-2472 B.C. (3-13) 2515 B.C. Dynasty IV
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New Kingdom Egypt
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir-el-Bahri, c. 1473-1458 BC, architect: Senmut |
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Amarna Period
Akhenatenfrom the temple of Aton, c. 1353 -1335 BC |