Key Historical Artifacts and Structures

  • Calpeia

  • Date: c. 7500 BCE

  • Behistun Inscription

  • Code of Hammurabi

  • Date: c. 1,750 BCE

  • Ziggurat of Ur

  • Date: c. 2100 BCE

  • Ishtar Gate of Babylon

  • Commissioned by Nebuchadnezzar II

  • Date: c. 575 BCE

  • Merneptah Stele

  • Treasure of Priam

  • Mask of Agamemnon

  • Hoplite Phalanx

  • Depicted on Chigi Vase

  • Date: c. 650 BCE

  • The Parthenon

  • Dedicated to Athena Parthenos

  • Date: 447-438 BCE

  • Parthenon Complex (Reconstruction)

  • Statue of Athena Parthenos

  • Parthenon Pediment Sculptures

  • Parthenon Frieze Sculptures

  • Includes painted reconstructions

  • Aging Courtesan (Market Woman)

  • Date: c. 25 CE (Roman Copy)

  • Laocoon and his Sons

  • Date: c. 50 CE (Vatican)