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| Lion-Human, Paleolithic, ivory (Germany, c. 30,000-26,000 BCE) |
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| Woman from Willendorf, Paleolithic, limestone (c. 24,000 BCE, from Austria) |
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| Spotted Horse and Human Hand, Pech-Merle Cave, Paleolithic (France, c. 25,000-24,000 BCE and c. 15,000 BCE) |
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Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Caves, Paleolithic (France, c. 15,000 BCE)
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| Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux Caves, Paleolithic (France, c. 15,000 BCE) |
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| Bison, Paleolithic, Altamira Caves (Spain, c. 12,000 BCE) |
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| Woman, Neolithic, ceramic (Romania, c. 4500 BCE) |
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| House interior, Skara Brae, Neolithic (Scotland, c. 3100 BCE) |
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| Tomb interior, Newgrange, Neolithic (Ireland, c. 3000-2500 BCE) |
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| Stonehenge, England, Neolithic (Salisbury Plain, c. 3000-1500 BCE) |
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| Stonehenge (close-up), England, Neolithic (Salisbury Plain, c. 3000-1500 BCE) |
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| Horse and Sun Chariot, Bronze Age, bronze and gold (Demark, c. 1800-1600 BCE) |
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| Votive sculptures, Sumerian, limestone (with additional materials,from the Square Temple Eshunna, c. 2900-2600 BCE) |
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| Bull lyre, Sumerian, from Ur (c. 2600-2500 BCE, wood with precious metals and stones) |
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| Ziggurat, at Ur, Sumerian (in modern-day Iraq, c. 2100-2050 BCE) |
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Stele of Naramsin, Akkadian, limestone (c. 2254-2218 BCE)
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| Stele of Hammurabi, Babylonian, basalt (from Susa, c. 1792-1750 BCE) |
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Human-Headed Winged Lion, Assyrian, limestone (Lamassu, from palace at Nimrud, 883-859 BCE)
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Reconstructed Ishtar Gate and throne room wall, Neo-Babylonian, glazed brick (c. 575 BCE)
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| View of the ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Persian (518-c. 460 BCE) |
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Palette of Narmer, Early Dynastic Period, Egypt (c. 2950 BCE)
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Palette of Narmer, Early Dynastic Period, Egypt (c. 2950 BCE)
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| Stepped pyramid and sham buildings, Old Kingdom, Saqqara (3rd Dynasty, c. 2630-2575 BCE) |
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| Great Pyramids, Old Kingdom, Giza (4th Dynasty, c. 2575-2450 BCE) |
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King Menkaure and His Queen, Old Kingdom, Giza (4th Dynasty)
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| Head of Senusret III, Middle Kingdom, yellow quartzite (12th Dynasty) |
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| Hypostyle hall, New Kingdom, Karnak (from Temple of Amun, 19th Dynasty) |
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| Akhenaten and His Family, New Kingdom Amarna Period, painted limestone (18th Dynasty, c. 1353-1336) |
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| Figure of a Woman, Cycladic, marble (c. 2600-4500 BCE) |
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Bull Leaping, wall painting, Minoan (Knossos, c. 1550-1450 BCE)
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| Tholos tomb, Mycenean, limestone, (corbeled vault, so-called Treasury of Atreus) |
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Funerary Vessel, Geometric Greek, terracotta, (c. 750-735 BCE)
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| Anavysos Kouros, Archaic Greek, marble, (c. 530 BCE) |
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| Peplos Kore, Archaic Greek, marble (c. 530 BCE) |
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| Exekias, Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game, Archaic Greek (black-figure, c. 540-530 BCE) |
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| Warrior, Classical Greek, bronze (c. 460-450 BCE) |
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Kallikrates and Iktinos, The Parthenon, Classical Greek, (at the Acropolis in Athens, Doric order, c. 447-438 BCE)
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| Phidias, Pediment Sculpture from the Parthenon, Classical Greek (at the Acropolis in Athens, c. 447-432 BCE) |
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| Porch of the Maidens, The Erechtheion, Classical Greek (with caryatids, at the Acropolis in Athens, c. 421-405 BCE) |
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| Polykleitos, Spear Bearer (Doryphorus), Classical Greek (c. 450-440 BCE) |
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| Praxiteles, Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, (late) Classical Greek (possibly followers of Praxiteles) |
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| Market Woman, Hellenistic Greek, marble (1st century BCE) |
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| Nike of Samothrace, Hellenistic Greek, marble (c. 180 BCE) |
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