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This massive structure was a religious center and contains multiple renowned buildings and statues.
What is the Acropolis?
This impressive structure(s) contain tombs for three Ancient Kings, each going in order from grandfather, to father, to the son.
What are The Great Pyramids of Egypt?
This concrete amphitheater was the pinnacle of Ancient Roman entertainment.
What is The Colosseum?
What is King Menkaura and Queen?
This work is a high relief sculpture that is in a form of a bed with two individuals on it.
What is The Sarcophagus of the Spouses?
This work is a high relief sculpture and recalls two major Gods in battle against the mythical giants.
What is The Great Alter of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon?
This work was created in the New Kingdom Egypt, and contains the preserved body of a pharaoh .
What is Tutankhamun's Tomb, innermost coffin?
This structure was originally used as a temple for the gods, but was later made into a church after the fall of its Ancient empire.
What is The Pantheon?
This work is heavily similar to King Menkaure and Queen, and is a cultural shift due to its geographical area. It was also used as a grave marker.
What is Anavysos Kouros?
This work is a terracotta vessel that contains a narrative of Artemis and Apollo killing fourteen children.
What is Niobides Krater?
This statue is a powerful representation of a male aristocrat and his knowledge.
What is Head of A Roman Patrician?
This work is a papyrus painting and contains an individual travelling through the Egyptian afterlife while facing trials.
What is Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer (Book of The Dead)?
This structure was used for government and religious purpose, and these types of structures could be considered a precursor to Egyptian pyramids.
What is The Ziggurat of Ur (White Temple and its ziggurat)?
This statue is an advancement in the composite stance and contains a man with all the weight of the body being distributed into one leg.
What is Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)?
This sculpture represents the physical and emotional pain of losing something.
What is the Seated Boxer?
This work is made out of Athenian marble, and contains a woman being given a dowry from a suitor's father.
What is Grave Stele of Hegeso?
This work was used for grinding and mixing makeup (kohl), and depicts an Predynastic Egyptian king combining the two halves of Egypt.
What is Palatte of King Narmer?
This structure was a ceremonial hall and was the capital of the Persian empire.
What is the Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes?
The true function of this work is unknown, but it's similar in nature to the Mesopotamian Statue of Votive Figures and is the female equivalent to a certain work.
What is Peplos Kore?
This work is a floor mosaic and depicts a narrative of ancient ruler reigning victorious against the Persians.
What is the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun?
This work was created in Late Imperial Rome, which is characterized by its highly emotional imagery. One of it's functions was to exalt Romans and vilify their enemies.
What is Ludovici Battle Sarcophagus?
This work is a limestone carving, and was created during a time a certain Egyptian pharaoh wanted to change the state religion to make and his family more powerful.
What is Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters?
This structure had multiple functions (e.g. library and market) but it's main function was a place for public government and meetings.
What is Forum of Trajan?
This work demonstrates the Etruscan assimilation of Greek Gods, and they are remain as the precursor to the Roman society and culture.
What is The Temple of Minerva?
This work contains a high relief stone sculpture that functions as the guards of the palace its in front of and holds the arch to enter it.
What is Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon I?