-
25,500 BCE
Global Prehistory
Apollo 11 Stones
Namibia
c. 25,500 - 25,300 B.C.E.
Charcoal on stone -
15,000 BCE
Global Prehistory
Great Hall of the Bulls Cave paintings
Lascaux, France. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting -
14,000 BCE
Global Prehistory
Camelid sacrum
Tequixquiac, Mexico, 14,000–7000 B.C.E., Bone -
6000 BCE
Global Prehistory
Running Horned Woman
Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
6000 - 4000 B.C.E
Pigment on rock -
4200 BCE
Global Prehistory
Beaker with ibex motif
Susa, Iran
4200--3500 B.C.E.
Painted terra-cotta -
4000 BCE
Global Prehistory
Anthropomorphic stele
Arabian Peninsula
4th millennium B.C.E
Sandstone -
3500 BCE
Ancient Near East
White Temple and its ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.3500-3000 B.C.E.
Mud brick -
3300 BCE
Global Prehistory
Jade Cong
Liangzhu, China, 3300-2200 B.C.E., Carved jade -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Palette of Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
c.3000-2920 B.C.E.
Greywacke -
2700 BCE
Ancient Near East
Statues of votive figures
From the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.2700 B.C.E.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone -
2620 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Seated scribe
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone -
2600 BCE
Ancient Near East
Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur
Modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
Sumerian
c.2600-2400 B.C.E.
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone -
2550 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2550-2490 B.C.E.
Cut limestone -
2500 BCE
Global Prehistory
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone -
2490 BCE
Ancient Egypt
King Menkaura and queen
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2490-2472 B.C.E.
Greywacke -
1792 BCE
Ancient Near East
The Code of Hammurabi
Babylon (Modern Iran)
Susian
c.1792-1750 B.C.E.
Basalt -
1550 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
New Kingdom, 18th & 19th Dynasties
Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
Temple: c.1550 B.C.E.
Hall: c.1250 B.C.E.
Cut sandstone and mud brick -
1500 BCE
Global Prehistory
Ambum Stone
Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1500 B.C.E
Greywacke -
1473 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
And kneeling sculpture
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1473-1458 B.C.E.
Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite -
1353 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone -
1323 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
c.1323 B.C.E.
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones -
1275 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
c.1275 B.C.E.
Painted papyrus scroll -
1200 BCE
Global Prehistory
Tlatilco female figurine
Central Mexico
1200 - 900 B.C.E
Ceramic -
1000 BCE
Global Prehistory
Terra cotta fragment
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 B.C.E
Terra cotta -
720 BCE
Ancient Near East
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
Neo-Assyrian c.720-705 B.C.E.
Alabaster -
600 BCE
Ancient Greece
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
Plan -
530 BCE
Ancient Greece
Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble with remnants of paint -
530 BCE
Ancient Greece
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details -
520 BCE
Ancient Near East
Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
c.520-465 B.C.E.
Limestone -
520 BCE
Etruscan Art
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan. c.520 B.C.E.
Terracotta -
510 BCE
Etruscan Art
Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy)
Etruscan. c.510-500 B.C.E.
Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock) -
480 BCE
Etruscan Art
Tomb of the Triclinium
Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan.
c.480-470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco -
460 BCE
Ancient Greece
Niobides Krater
Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter.
c.460-450 B.C.E.
Clay, red figure technique -
450 BCE
Ancient Greece
Doryphoros (Spear bearer)
Polykleitos
Original 450-440 B.C.E.
Roman copy (marble) of the Greek original (bronze) -
447 BCE
Ancient Greece
Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
447 BCE
Ancient Greece
Acropolis
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
410 BCE
Ancient Greece
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Attributed to Kallimachos
c.410 B.C.E.
Marble and paint -
190 BCE
Ancient Greece
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Greek
c.190 B.C.E.
Marble -
175 BCE
Ancient Greece
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble -
100 BCE
Ancient Greece
Seated Boxer
Hellenistic Greek
C.100 B.C.E.
Bronze