WhiteTemple and itsziggurat.Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq).Sumerian. c. 3500-3000B.C.E.Mudbrick.
Palette of KingNarmer.PredynasticEgypt. c. 3000-2920B.C.E.Greywacke.
Statues of votivefigures, from the SquareTemple at Eshnunna (modern TellAsmar,Iraq).Sumerian. c. 2700B.C.E.Gypsuminlaid with shell and blacklimestone.
Seatedscribe.Saqqara,Egypt.OldKingdom,FourthDynasty. c. 2620-2500B.C.E.Paintedlimestone.
Standard of Ur from the RoyalTombs at Ur (modern Tellel-Muqayyar, Iraq).Sumerian.c.2600-2400B.C.E.Woodinlaid with shell,lapislazuli, and redlimestone.
GreatPyramids (Menkaura,Khafre,Khufu) and GreatSphinx.Giza,Egypt.OldKingdom,FourthDynasty. c. 2550-2490B.C.E.Cutlimestone.
KingMenkaura and queen.OldKingdom,FourthDynasty. c. 2490-2472B.C.E.Greywacke.
TheCode of Hammurabi.Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792-1750B.C.E.Basalt.
Temple of Amun-Re and HypostyleHall.Karnak, near Luxor,Egypt.NewKingdom,18th and 19thDynasties.Temple: c. 1550B.C.E.; hall: c. 1250B.C.E.Cutsandstone and mudbrick.
Mortuarytemple of Hatshepsut.NearLuxor,Egypt.NewKindom,18thDynasty. c. 1473-1458B.C.E.Sandstone,partiallycarved into a rockcliff, and redgranite.
Akhenaton,Nefertiti, and threedaughters.NewKingdom (Armarna), 18thDynasty. c. 1353-1335B.C.E.Limestone.
Tutankhamun'stomb,innermostcoffin.NewKingdom,18thDynasty. c. 1323B.C.E.Gold with inlay of enamel and semipreciousstones.
Lastjudgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the BookoftheDead).NewKingdom, 19thDynasty. c. 1275B.C.E.Paintedpapyrusscroll.
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Lamassu from the citadel of SargonII, DurSharrukin (modernKhorsabad,Iraq).Neo-Assyrian. c. 720-705B.C.E.Alabaster.
AnavysosKuoros.ArchaicGreek. c. 530B.C.E.Marble with remnants of paint.
PeplosKore from the Acropolis.ArchaicGreek. c. 530B.C.E.Marble,painteddetails.
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses.Etruscan. c. 520B.C.E.TerraCotta.
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AudienceHall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes.Persepolis,Iran.Persian. c. 520-465B.C.E.Limestone.
Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome,Italy) and sculpture of Apollo.MastersculptorVulca. c. 510-500B.C.E.Originaltemple of wood,mudbrick, of tufa (volcanicrock); terracottasculpture.
Tomb of the Triclinium.Tarquinia,Italy.Etruscan. c. 480-470B.C.E.Tufa and fresco.
NiobidesKrater.Anonymous vase painter of ClassicalGreece known as the NiobidPainter. c. 460-450B.C.E.Clay, red-figuretechnique (whitehighlights).
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Doryphoros (SpearBearer).Polykleitos.Original450-440B.C.E.Romancopy (marble) of Greekoriginal (bronze).
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Acropolis.Athens,Greece.Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447-410B.C.E.Marble.
Gravestele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410B.C.E.Marble and paint.
WingedVictory of Samothrace.HellenisticGreek. c. 190B.C.E.Marble.
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GreatAltar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon.AsiaMinor (present-dayTurkey).Hellenistic Greek. c. 175B.C.E.Marble (architecture and sculpture).
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House of the Vettii.Pompeii,Italy.ImperialRoman. c. secondcenturyB.C.E.; rebuilt c. 62-79C.E.Cutstone and fresco.
AlexandarMosaicfrom the House of Faun,Pompeii.RepublicanRoman. c. 100B.C.E.Mosaic.
Seatedboxer.HellenisticGreek. c. 100B.C.E.Bronze.
Head of a Romanpatrician.RepublicanRoman. c. 75-50B.C.E.Marble.
Augustus of PrimaPorta.ImperialRoman.EarlyfirstcenturyC.E.Marble.
Colosseum (FlavianAmphitheater).Rome,Italy.ImperialRoman.70-80C.E.Stone and concrete.
Forum of Trajan. Rome,Italy.Apollodorus of Damascus.Forum and markets:106-112C.E.; columncompleted113C.E.Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column).
Pantheon.ImperialRoman.118-125C.E.Concrete with stonefacing.
LudovisiBattleSarcophagus.LateImperialRoman. c. 250C.E.Marble.