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Venus of Willendorf Paleolithicca. 40,000 - 10,000 bceSymbol of fertility, ideal body, doll
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Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave Paleolithic ca. 40,000 - 10,000 bce limestone rock bulls are superimposed over each other
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Mesolithic
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10,000 - 8000 bce - 4000 transition era, after the ice age nomadic people began to settle
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"Mother Goddess" Catal Huyuk Neolithic Near-East ca. 6000 - 2000 bce
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StonehedgeNeolithic Europe ca 6000-4000 bce
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Presentation to Inanna Vase Urak Mesopotamia: Sumer ca. 3100
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Statutes of Worshippers Mesopotamia: Sumer ca. 2700
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Ziggurat at Ur Mesopotamia: Sumer ca. 2100
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Mesopotamia: Akkad ca. 2254
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Seated Statue of Gudea Mesopotamia Lagash ca. 2100
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Stele of Hammurabi Mesopotamia: Babylon ca. 1790
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Lamassu Mesopotamia: Assyria ca. 700 part human, part lion, part bull, part eagle
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Assurnasirpal hunting lions Mesopotamia: Assyria ca. 700
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Persepolis Audience Hall of Darius Achaemenid Persia ca. 500
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Palette of Narmer Predynastic Egypt ca. 3100
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