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1. Apollo 11 stones, Namibia. 25,500-25,300 bce charcoal on stone
2. Great Hall of the Bulls Lascaux, France Paleolithic Europe 15,000 to 13000 bce rock painting
3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine tequixquiac central mexico 14,000 to 7000 bce bone
4. Running horned woman. Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. 6000-4000 bce Pigment on rock
5. Beaker with Ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200-3500 BCE. Painted Terra Cotta
6. Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian Peninsula. fourth millennium bce sandstone
7. Jade cong. LIangzhu, China 3300-2200 bce carved jade
8. Stonehenge. Wiltshire, England. Neolithic Europe. 2500-1600 bce sandstone
9. The Ambum stone ambum Valley, Enga Province, Paua new Guinea. c. 1500 bce Greywacke
10. Tlatilco female figurine. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200-900 BCE. Ceramic
11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 BCE. Terra Cotta (incised)
12. White temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (Present- Warka, Iraq) . Sumerian. c. 3500-3000 bce. Mud Brick
13. Palette of King Narmer. Predynastic Egypt. c. 3000-2900 bce. Greywacke
14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (Present- Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2700 bce. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
15. Seated scribe. Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2620-2500 bce. Painted limestone.
16. Standard of Ur from the Royal tombs at Ur. Sumerian. c. 2600- 2400 bce. wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
17a. Great Pyramids. Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth dynasty. c. 2550-2490 bce. Cut Limestone
17b. Great Pyramids. Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth dynasty. c. 2550-2490 bce. Cut Limestone
18. King Menkaura and queen. Old Kingdom, fourth dynasty. c. 2490- 2472 bce. Greywacke
19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon. Susian. c. 1792-1750 bce basalt
20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt, New Kingdom 18th and 19 dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 bce hall: c. 1250 bce cut sandstone and mud brick
20b. Hypostyle Hall at Temple of Amun-Re. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt, New Kingdom 18th and 19 dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 bce hall: c. 1250 bce cut sandstone and mud brick
21. Morturary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty. c. 1473-1458 bce. partially carved into a rock cliff and red granite
22. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th dynasty. c. 1353-1335 bce limestone
23. Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1323 bce. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
24. Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th dynasty. c. 1275 bce. painted papyrus scroll
25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin. (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). New-Assyrian, c. 720-705 bce Alabaster
26. Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 BCE - 150 CE. Site Plan
27. Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c. 530 bce marble with remnants of paint
28. Peplos Kore. Archaic Greek. c. 530 bce. Marble, painted details
29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Etruscan, c. 520 bce terra cotta
30. Audience Hall (the Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520-465 bce Limestone
31. Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo. Master sculptor Vulca. c. 510-500 bce original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock) terra cotta sculpture
31A. Temple of Minerva
32. Tomb of the Triclinium, Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c. 480-470 bce. Tufa and fresco
33. Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the niobid Painter. c 460-450 bce. Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights)
34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos. Original 450-440 bce. Rman copy, marble, of Greek orginal
35a. Acropolis, Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallicrates. c. 447-410 bce. Marble
35b. Helios, horses, and Dionysus....Acropolis
35c. Temple of Athena Nike...Acropolis
35d. Victory adjusting her sandal...Acropolis
35e. Plaque of the Ergastines....Acropolis
36. Grave stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 bce. Marble and paint
37. Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greek. c. 190 bce. Marble
38a. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c. 175 bce. Marble
38b. Athena...Altar of Pergamon
39. House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century bce. rebuilt c. 62-79 ce cut stone and fresco
39. House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century bce. rebuilt c. 62-79 (Floor Plan)
40. Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman. c. 100 bce. mosaic
41. Seated boxer. Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 bce. Bronze
42. Head of a Roman patrician. Republican Roman. c. 75-50 bce. Marble
43. Augusta of Prima Posta. Imperial Roman. Early first century ce. Marble
44. Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70-80 ce. stone and concrete
45a. Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets: 106-112 ce. column completed 113 ce. brick and concrete....
45b. Column of Trajan. Marble
46. Basilica Ulpia (Reconstruction). destruction began 4th century
46a. Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118-125 ce. Concrete with stone facing.
46b. Pantheon (the oculus and dome)
47. Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. Late Imperial Roman. c. 250 ce. Marble
48a. Catacomb of Priscilla Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200-400 ce excavated tufa and fresco
48b. Catacomb of Priscilla (Good Shepard Fresco)
48c. Catacomb of Priscilla (Orant Fresco)
"Touchdown Jesus"?
49a. Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy (the Aventine Hill). Late Antique Eruope. c. 422-432 ce brick and stone, wooden roof
49b. Santa Sabina interior (nave to apse view with side aisles and clerestory)
50a. {Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well} and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. early 6th century ce. Illuminated manuscript. (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
50b. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and {Jacob Wrestling the Angel}, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. early 6th century ce. Illuminated manuscript. (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
51a. San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. 526-547 ce. brick, marble, and stone veneer: mosaic
51b. San Vitale interior (nave to apse view)
51c. Justinian panel in San Vitale. mosaic
51d. Theodora panel in San Vitale. mosaic
52a. Hagia Sophia Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 ce brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer
52b. Hagia Sophia interior (pendentives, dome, mihrab (qibla wall))
52c. Hagia Sophia (Floor plan)
53. Merovingian looped fibulae. Early Medieval Europe . mid sixth century. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones
54. Virgin Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George. Byzantine . 6th or early 7th century ce. Encaustic on wood
55a. Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, {cross-carpet page}; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page. Early medieval c. 700 ce. Illuminated manuscript
55b. Lindisfarne Gospels; St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke portrait page
55c. Lindisfarne Gospels; St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page
56a. Great Mosque. Cordoba, Spain. Umayyad. c. 785-786 ce. Stone masonry.
56b. Great Mosque. Cordoba, Spain. Horse shoe arches
57. Pyxis of al-Mulghira. Umayyad. c. 968 ce. Ivory
58a. Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France. Romanesque. Church: c. 1050-1130 ce. Reliquary of Sainte-Foy: ninth century ce., with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary).
58b. Sainte-Foy. "The Last Judgement" Tympanum
58c. Reliquary of Sainte-Foy. Church of Sainte-Foy
59. Bayeux Tapestry. Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066-1080 ce. Embroidery on linen. (First Meal)
60a. Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France. Gothic. original construction c. 1145-1155; reconstruction c.1194-1220 ce. Limestone, stain glass
60b. Interior of Chartres Cathedral (nave view)
60c. Chartres Cathedral plan
60d. "Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere" stain glass window pane
61a.{ Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France}, and Scenes from the Apocalypse from "Bibles moralisees". Gothic Europe. 1225-1245 ce. illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum)
61b. {Scenes from the Apocalypse} from "Bibles moralisees". Gothic Europe. 1225-1245 ce. illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum)
62. Rottgen Pieta. Late Medieval. c. 1300-1325 ce. Painted wood.
63a. Arena (Scrovegni) chapel. Pudua, Italy. Unknown architect. Giotto (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 : Fresco: 1305.
63b. Lamentation. Scrovegni Chapel. Giotto. 1305. Fresco
64a. Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt) Medieval Spain. 1320. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum).
64b. Golden Haggadah (Scenes of Liberation) Medieval Spain. 1320. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum).
64c. Golden Haggadah (Preparation for Passover) Medieval Spain. 1320. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum).
65a. Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354-1391. Whitewashed adobe, stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding
65b. Court of Lions. Alhambra. Granada, Spain
65c. Hall of Sisters. Alhambra. Granada, Spain