World Civilization to 1500

Makapansgat pebble. Resembling human face. 3,000,000 BCE. Cave Era. Jasperite cobble

Chauvet Cave paintings. 34,000-32,000BCE Cave Era. Red orche, charcoal, yellow orche

Venus of Willendorf. 28,000-25,000BCE. Cave era. Limestone and red orche

Bear skull altar. 32,000-30,000BCE. Cave Era. Bone and stone

Hall of the Bulls. 16,000-14,000 BCE. Cave era. Hematite, Charcoal, orcher, limonite

Gobekli Tepi relief pillars. 9,000BC. Mesopotamia. Limestone

Bull-headed harp with inlaid sound box. 2550BCE. Mesopotamia-Ur. Wood, gold, lapis, limestone, shell

Queen Paubi headdress. 2600-2450BCE. Mesopotamia-Sumer. Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian beads

White Temple. 3300BC. Mesopotamia. Quartz, crystal

Gudea seated holding plans of temple. 2150BC. Mesopotamia- sumer. Diorite

Ziggurat, 2100BC. Mesopotamia-Sumer, mud bricks, limestone, bitumen

Gilgamesh Tablet, 700-600BC Neo-Assyrian. Clay tablet

Assyrian hanging gardens relief wall painting. 639-631 BC. Mesopotamia- Assyria. Limestone, orcher

The ziggurat of Etemenanki. 625-562 BCE. Mesopotamia- Babylon. Bricks and glazed bricks

Menkaure and Khamerenberty. 2490BCE. Egypt-Early kingdom. Graywacke

Seated statue of Hatschepsut. 1479-1458BCE Egypt-New Kingdom. Limestone and painting pigments

Face of Mentuhotep II. 2051-2000BC. Egypt-Middle kingdom. Limestone and paint.

Face of Senswosret III. 1878-1840BCE. Egypt- Middle Kingdom. Red quartzite

Book of the dead for the Enchantress. 1050 BC Egypt Thebes- New Kingdom. Pigments applied to papyrus

Statue of Lasy Sennuwy 1971-1926 BCE. Egypt- Middle Kingdom. granodorite.

Bust of Nefertiti. 1353-1335 BCE. Egypt Amama- New Kingdom. Painted limestone

Stone relief depicting Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and children. 1353 BCE. Egypt-Armaan period. New kingdom. Limestone and mineral pigments

Colossus of Ramesses II 1279-1213 BCE. Egypt Memphis- New Kingdom. Limestone

Tholos Tomb with annuxes. 220-1200Prehistoric Agean-Crete, stone, sometimes marble

Stairwell in residential quarter of the palace. 1700-1370BC. Agean. Crete-Knossos. Limestone

Ceremonial vessel in form of bull head. 1525-1450BC Prehistoric Agean, Crete-Knossos. Serpentine, shell, wood

Pusisteis, central court of palace looking north, double peak. Minoan peak sanctuary in background. 1500-1450BC. Horns of consecration too.

Crete, Knossos.

Goddess receiving saffron from a female worshiper. 1625-1525BCE. Minoan-alroktiri. Fresco painted.

Knossos throne room in palace. 1525-1450BCE. Crete-Knossos. Limestone

Dolphin Fresco in the light well room. 1525-1450 BC

Clay Octopus Vase from Crete. 1500BCE.

Red neck Amphora of Greek pursuing Persian. 500-480BCE. Athens-Classical. Terracotta

Kouros statue. 590 BCE Inspired by Egypt. Greece Attica-Archaic Greek sculpture. Marble

Marble funerary Kore. 540BCE. Attica- Archaic. Had color once (poikilla)

Bronze Apollo from Piraeus. 500BCE. Delos. Bronze