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Period: 35,000 BCE to
Art history
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16,000 BCE
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Caves
The Hall of Bulls is a room in the Lascaux Caves that depicts animals such as bulls, horses, lions and others. The animals are depicted as overlapping, thereby suggesting 3D space. They were painted onto the walls of the cave using charcoal and ochre (an earthen pigment). Scholars cannot know the function of such paintings, but there are many hypotheses. Some say that the drawings were used to educate young hunters. Others say it was for spiritual reasons. -
3000 BCE
The development of writing
The Sumerians are thought to be the first to develop a system of writing... -
2551 BCE
Pyramid of Khufu, constructed by Pharaoh Khufu, c. 2551-2528 BCE, H: 481 feet, base: 750 ft. per side, located in Giza, Egypt
The Pyramid of Khufu is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids at Giza. Like all pyramids in Egypt, it was Khufu's burial place. It held his mummified body, along with everything he would need in the afterlife, such as boats that would deliver him to the afterlife. In addition to boat models, actual boats were found disassembled. While pyramids were never meant to be penetrated, today they draw many tourists and archeologists to Egypt.
