Early Cave Art
A naturally occurring clay pigment that ranges in color from yellow to red, brown, or white
What is Ocher?
A type of writing system made by Mesopotamian civiliations
What is Cuneiform?
This ruler was born a female, but ruled during the Middle Kingdom and built her tomb 3 times larger next to the founder of Middle Kingdom Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The figures of this structure were made using a modular method, so that each one was unique
What are the Terracotta Warriors?
These figurines, found in modern day Nigeria, were so popular with European collectors that forgeries flooded the black market, however they mistakenly made them all unbroken)
What are Nok Terracottas?
Early humans all over the world used this method to create paintings by placing their hand on the wall of a rock shelter and blowing paint over it
What is hand stencils?
These various sized figurines were commissioned by worshippers to stand in for them at the temple. The more they pay, the bigger they were.
What are votive figurines?
Mudbrick rectangular tombs partially built above ground with a flat top and slanted walls
What is a mastaba?
These objects are made out of a material that requires an immense amount of labor just to made simple shapes. It was only reserved for royal use and often buried along with the patron.
What is Jade?
This Early African art style in the Green Sahara period is known for its large petroglyphs of elephants or Jackle-headed human hybrids
What is the Lard Wild Fauna or Bubalus Style?
This figurine is one of the earliest female figurines found, known for it's curvy body and no face
Who is the Woman of Willendorf?
A stepped pyramid or tower-like structure in a Mesopotamian temple complex
What is a Ziggurat?
This ruler completely overturned the Egyptian art style, either to represent a more androgynous spiritual balance, or normalize a possible bodily difference.
Who is Akhenaten?
This stunning structure fortified the city of Babylon, but was destroyed in 2015 by ISIS
What is the Ishtar Gate?
What is the Archaic Style or Round Head Style?
One of the earliest megalithic structures, found in Southeastern Turkey
What is Göbekli Tepe?
Who is the Priest-King?
This object is covered in iconographic meaning, all pointing to the king as the one who holds the balance of Egypt (the cosmos)
What is the Narmer Palette?
These large winged sculptures are best known for having five legs
What are Lamassus?
What are the Lyndenburg Heads?
A tall upright stone of a kind erected in prehistoric times
What is a Menhir?
This famous object from the Royal Tombs of Ur is one of the first instances of Hierarchical Scale in Mesopotamian culture. Scholars are still debating what the function of the object might be
What is the Royal Standard of Ur?
This figurine is made out of gneiss, an imported material, and shows the king as a manifestation of the god Horus
What is Khafre as the Enthroned King?
One of the only surviving stone works of Oceania, possibly representing an echidna
What is the Ambum Stone?
This Nubian structure shows a female ruler striking down enemies at a large scale
What is the Temple of Apedemak?