Ancient Art History Timeline

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  • 35,000 BCE

    Chauvet Cave

    Chauvet Cave
    Contains some of the best preserved cave paintings of the paleolithic era
  • 30,000 BCE

    Venus of Willendorf

    Venus of Willendorf
    One of the earliest human figurines. Depicts woman interpreted as fertility goddess.
  • 2550 BCE

    Pyramids of Giza

    Pyramids of Giza
    Complex of pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza, including the Great Pyramid of Giza
  • 2500 BCE

    Standard of Ur

    Standard of Ur
    Reconstructed Sumerian wooden box decorated with mosaics portraying Sumerian society
  • 1458 BCE

    Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut

    Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
    Tomb of the Pharaoh Hatshepsut
  • 640 BCE

    Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal

    Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
    Stone reliefs from the Assyrian palace depicting ritual hunt of lions by King Ashurbanipal
  • 432 BCE

    Parthenon

    Parthenon
    Temple on the Athens acropolis dedicated to the goddess Athena.
  • 350 BCE

    Aphrodite of Knidos

    Aphrodite of Knidos
    Ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite. One of the first life-sized representations of the nude female form in Greece
  • 20 BCE

    Augustus of Prima Porta

    Augustus of Prima Porta
    Full length bronze portrait statue depicting the first Roman emperor Augustus
  • 125

    Pantheon

    Pantheon
    Roman temple built with the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world.