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Palette of King Narmer
3,000 BCE
city of Hierakonpolis, Egypt
White temple and ziggurat
3,500 BCE
city of Uruk, Southern Mesopotamia
Votive figures
2,700 BCE
city of Eshnunna, Sumerian Mesopotamia
Standard of Ur
2,600 BCE
city-state Ur, Sumerian Mesopotamia
The Code of Hammurabi
1,800 BCE
Babylon, Mesopotamia
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
700 BCE
Dur Sharrukin, Assyrian kingdom of Mesopotamia
Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes, capital of a column
500 BCE
Persepolis, First Persian Empire
Seated Scribe
2,500 BCE
Saqqara, ancient Egyptian city of Memphis
Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza
2,500 -2,400 BCE
Giza, Egypt
King Menkaure and Queen
2,500 BCE
Valley temple of Menkaure complex
Temple of Amun Re
1,550 BCE
Luxor, Egypt
Hypostyle hall of Temple Amun Re
1,250 BCE
Luxor, Egypt
Mortuary Temple and Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut
1,460 BCE
near Luxor, Egypt
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
1,350 BCE
Amarna, Egypt
Tutankhamun’s tomb
1323 BCE
Valley of Kings, west of Thebes, Egypt
Last judgement of Hunefer
1,275 BCE
Thebes, Egypt