Prehistoric and Ancient Egyptian Art: Key Works and Materials

Chauvet Cave

30,000-28,000 BCE, Prehistoric Art

Charcoal on rock

Venus of Willendorf

24,000-22,000 BCE, Prehistoric Art

Limestone tinted with red ochre

Lascaux Cave

20,000-15,000 BCE, Prehistoric Art

Pigment on rock

Catalhoyuk

~7500 BCE, Prehistoric Art

Neolithic town (not a single artwork)

Palette of Narmer

3200-3000 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Siltstone

Standing Male Worshipper

2800 BCE, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Gypsum, alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen

Pyramid of Djoser

2650 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Limestone

Goat in a Thicket

2600 BCE, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Gold, copper, shell, limestone, lapis lazuli

The Great Pyramid (Khufu)

2600 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Limestone and granite

Standard of Ur

2500 BCE, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Shell, limestone, lapis lazuli, bitumen

Great Sphinx

2500 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Limestone

King Menkaure and Queen

2490 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Greywacke stone

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

2250 BCE, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Sandstone

Head of an Akkadian Ruler

2200 BCE, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Bronze

Stonehenge

2000 BCE, Prehistoric Art

Bluestone and sarsen stones

Standing Hippopotamus ("William")

1900 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Faience (ceramic glaze)

Nebra Sky Disk

1700 BCE, Prehistoric Art

Bronze and gold

Great Hypostyle Hall

1550-1070 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Sandstone and brick

House Altar (Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Daughters)

1350 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Limestone

Bust of Nefertiti

1345 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Limestone and stucco

Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun

1333-1323 BCE, Ancient Egyptian Art

Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, obsidian, turquoise, glass paste

Ishtar Gate

570 BCE, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Blue glazed bricks

The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

2018 CE, Contemporary (Near Eastern theme)

Mixed media (Iraqi date cans, etc.)