content 2: ancient mediterranean

white temple and its ziggurat
uruk, iraq
3500-3000 bce
mud brick

palette of king narmer
predynastic egypt
3000-2920 bce
graywacke

statues of votive figures
square temple at eshnunna, iraq
2700 bce
gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone

seated scribe
saqqara egypt (old kingdom)
painted limestone
2620-2500 bce

standard of ur
royal tombs at ur, iraq
2600-2400 bce
wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone

great pyramids (menkaura, khafre, and khufu)
giza, egypt
2550-2490 bce
cut limestone

king menkaura and queen
giza, eqypt (old kingdom)
2490-2472 bce
graywacke

code of hammurabi
babylon, susian (iran)
1792-1750 bce
basalt

temple of amun-re and hypostyle hall
karnak, egypt (new kingdom)
temple: 1550 bce, hall: 1250 bce
cut sandstone and mud brick

mortuary temple of hatshepsut
luxor, egypt (new kingdom)
1473-1458 bce
sandstone partly carved into a rock cliff

akhenaton, nefertiti, and three daughters
amarna (new kingdom)
1353-1335 bce
limestone

innermost coffin of king tutankhamun’s tomb
egypt (new kingdom)
1323 bce
gold with inlay of enamel and semi-precious stones

last judgment of hu-nefer
egypt (new kingdom)
1275 bce
painted papyrus scroll

lamassu
citadel of sargon II (khorsabad, iraq)
720-705 bce
alabaster

athenian agora
athens, greece (hellenistic greek)
600-150 bce
public plaza

anavysos kouros
archaic greek
530 bce
marble with remnants of paint

peplos kore
acropolis, greece (archaic greek)
530 bce
marble and painted details

sarcophagus of the spouses
cerveteri, italy
520 bce
terracotta

apadana of darius and xerxes
persepolis, iran
520-465 bce
limestone

temple of minerva
veii, italy
510-500 bce
mud brick or tufa (volcanic rock) and wood

tomb of the triclinium
tarquinia, italy
480-470 bce
tufa and fresco

niobides krater
niobid painter
akragas, greece (classical greek)
460-450 bce
clay, red-figure technique with white highlights

doryphoros (spear bearer)
polykleitos
pompeii (after archaic greek)
450-440 bce
roman marble copy of greek bronze original

Acropolis

Athens, Greece
3,000-2,800 BCE

grave stele of hegeso
callimachus
kerameikos, athens
410 bce
marble and paint

winged victory of samothrace
hellenistic greek
190 bce
marble

athena, from the great altar of zeus and athena at pergamon
hellenistic greek
175 bce
marble

house of vettii
pompeii, italy (imperial roman)
2nd century bce - 1st century ce (rebuilt 67-79 ce)
cut stone and fresco

alexander mosaic
house of faun, pompeii, italy
100 bce
mosaic

seated boxer
hellenistic greek
100 bce
bronze

head of a roman patrician
republican roman
75-50 ce
marble

augustus of prima porta
prima porta, rome (imperial roman)
early 1st century ce
marble

the colosseum (flavian amphitheater)
rome, italy (imperial roman)
72-80 ce
stone and concrete

forum of trajan
apollodorus of damascus
rome, italy
106-112 ce
brick and concrete

pantheon
hadrian
rome, italy (imperial roman)
118-125 ce
concrete with stone facing

ludovisi battle sarcophagus
late imperial roman
250 ce
marble

great sphinx
giza, egypt
2500 bce
limestone

apollo from veii
vulca
veii, italy
510 bce
terracotta