Pre-History
Altamira, Spain
Lascaux, France
Chauvet, France
Are all Caves?
What is Cuneiform?
Paintings, often combined with wall carvings, depicted animals high off the ground. They are thought to be potentially religious.
What are Prehistoric Cave Paintings?
Known for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt, the King lived during pre-history at around 3100 BCE. His great victory is illustrated in the Palette of ____
Who is Narmer?
The mother and aunt to Thutmose III, she declared herself king bringing prosperity to the land. She commissioned several propagandas works to cement her authority. Including: Kneeling Figure of Queen ____, and her famous funerary temple at Deir El-Bahri. Her rule was almost erased in a smear campaign lead by her successor, Thutmose III
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
9,000 BCE - 3,000 BCE
Are the dates for the Neat East Neolithic Era?
Sumerians, Akkadians, Neo-Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians, Hebrews, Persian Empire
What are the Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations in chronological order?
Sights are found mostly on accident. People are studied based on their grave goods, but also what they left, what survived, and what was found.
How are ancient civilizations studied?
Built in the Old Kingdom, the remains of three rulers, Khufu, Khafra, Menkaure, were laid to rest here. Each of the three structures contained hidden traps and a smooth outer limestone.
What are the Pyramids at Giza
Located in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, the hall dates to 1250 BCE and is build of sandstone and mud brick. The center columns are taller than the flanking to allow for the clerestory.
What is Hypostyle Hall?
(Originally referred to as Venus) The fertility figure dates Upper Paleolithic.
What is the date of "Women of Willendorf"?
Sumerian votive figures, dating 2700BCE, found ritually buried near the temple.
What are the Statues from Aby Temple at Tel Asmar?
What are artistic conventions?
A slate sculpture found at Giza dating 2515 BCE. The Pharaoh is depicted standing slightly in front of his wife, the queen.
What is the Sculpture of Menkaure and Queen Khameremebty II?
Dating from 1340 BCE, the limestone and plaster bust depicts the famously beautiful wife of Akhenaten of the Amama Period.
The oldest continuously lived city in the world, famous for the Biblical story, is known for its massive walls, tower, and plastered and painted human sculls
What is Jericho?
The Babylonian stele dates 1760 BCE, is carved into basalt, and stands at just over 7 feet. The stele dictates the first known written law (the Code of ___) and was carried off at war booty.
What is the Stele of Hammurabi?
A monumental find dating from 196BCE, contains one story detailed in two different dialects of Egyptian hieroglyphs and Greek.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The limestone sculpture dates to 2400 BCE. The subject is depicted as is a relaxed seated pose. The body appears very naturalistic.
What is the Sculpture of Seated Scribe?
The relief carving depicts a family into limestone. Dating from 1355 BCE, the domestic image shows the ruling family with long heads and pooched bellies.
What is Akhenaten and His Family?
A cave painting Found in Lascaux, France, dated as Upper Paleolithic. The paintings overlap; depicting animals of various styles, materials, sizes and perspectives.
What is Hall of the Bulls?
This massive gate is coated in rich lapis blue glazed brick. It was commissioned by King Nebuchadnezzar, dating at 575BCE.
What is the Ishtar Gate?
Allowing the life to flourish, the "black land" and "fertile crescent" were made possible by these rivers.
What are the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates?
A type of funerary architecture of the Middle Kingdom that replaced the mastabas and pyramids of the Old Kingdom. This ___ dates to 1950-1900 BCE and was carved out the side of a cliff in the 12th Dynasty.
What are the Rock-cut Tombs at Beni Hasan?
Known for his large ego and ambitious building projects, the Pharaoh commissioned this temple in 1279-1213BCE. It was carved out of a cliff at Abu Simbel, which is now mostly underwater.
What is the Temple of Ramses II?