The women of willendorf . Austria. 24000 BCE, Limestone, height 4 3/3 in (11cm)

Hall of Bulls

Lascaux cave, France. 15,000 BCE, Paint on limestone

Bird-headed man with bison. Lacaux Cave, France. 15,000 BCE. Paint on limestone

Neolithic

Catalhoyuk, Turkey. 7400-6200 BCE

Neolithic

Stonehedge, London, 3000 to 1500 BCE,

Art of the Ancient Near East

Twelve Votive figures, square temple of Eshnunna, Summer (present day Iraq) 2900 to 2600 BCE. Limestone, Alabaster and gypsum. largest figure was 30in tall

Art of the Ancient Near East: Akkad

Stele of Nanam-Sin, found at Susa, (present day Sush, Iran) Akkad is present day Iraw, 2254-2218 BCE. Limestone

Stele of Hammurabi. Probably from Sippar, found at Susa, Babylon ( present-day Iraq). C. 1792-1750 BCE. Basalt. Height: approx. 7ft 4in.

Lamassu of the citadel of Sargon II. Assyria ( present-day Iraq. C. 721-706 BCE 13FT, 9 in.

Ishtar Gate, Babylon ( present-day Babil, Iraq), c. 575 BCE, Glazed brick origin height 40 ft, with towers rising to 100 ft

Palette of Narmer. Early Dynastic period, Egypt. C. 2950 BCE. Green schist. Height: 25in (2 ft)

Funerary complex of Djoser, attributed to Ihomtep. Early Dynastic Period, Egypt, circa 2630-2575 BCE. LIMESTONE, HEIGHT OF PYRAMID: 204 ft.

Great Pyramids, Giza. Old Kingdom, 2575-2450 BCE. Limestone and granite. Height of the pyramid of Khufu: 450. From left to right: the pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu

Great Temple of Amun at Karnak. New Kingdom, Egypt. C. 1570-1075 BCE Hatsheput Kneeling. From Deir el-Bahri. New Kingdom, c. 1473-1458 BCE. red granite. Height 8.5ft.

Hatsheput Kneeling. From Deir el-Bahri. New Kingdom, c. 1473-1458 BCE. red granite. Height 8.5ft.

Exekias, Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game. Greece. c. 540–530 BCE.

Euphronios, The Death of Sarpedon. Greece. c. 515 BCE.

Colossal Figure of Akhenaten. New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt. c. 1353–1336 BCE.

Akhenaten and His Family. New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt. c. 1353–1336 BCE.

Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun. New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt. c. 1327 BCE

Temple of Ramses II. New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt. c. 1279–1213 BCE.

Judgment of Hunefer Before Osiris. New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt. c. 1285 BCE

Anavysos Kouros. Greece. c. 530 BCE

“Peplos” Kore. Greece. c. 530 BCE.

The Parthenon. Ancient Greece. 447–432 BCE.

Dying Gallic Trumpeter. Ancient Greece. c. 220 BCE.

Laocoön and His Sons. Ancient Greece. 1st century BCE