You will find these in the deep recesses of the cave.
What are Cave Paintings?
100
This was the first example of a town. It had no streets and residents entered from holes in the roofs.
What is Catal Huyuk?
100
Sumerians used these wedge-shaped signs that was known as the first writing systems.
What is Cuneiform?
100
The largest and oldest of the three great pyramids was constructed by Khufu and stands nearly 480 feet high (about the height of a fifteen-story building) and covers about 13 acres at the base.
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
100
Painting on wet plaster.
What is fresco?
200
The artwork in this cave is the oldest to date, but the techniques were more advanced than previous cave paintings.
What is the Chauvet Cave?
200
Believed to be a solar calendar or an astronomical observatory found in Wiltshire England.
What is Stonehenge?
200
A great temple elevated on a series of platforms that urban centers were built around.
What is Ziggurat?
200
A lion with a man’s head carved in situ from a massive desert stone, and know as the earliest colossus.
What is the Great Sphinx?
200
Lively elegance, curved lines, and vibrant colors are both trademarks of this cultures frescoes.
What is Minoan art?
300
This Paleolithic sculpture is made of limestone, is 4 inches in height and exaggerates female fertility.
What is the The Venus of Willendorf?
300
This age had the domestication of plants and animals as well as dwellings, the name of the period comes from the Greek ,"neo" meaning.
What is New?
300
Expressive and detailed sculptures that capture devotion and have a rich-azure-blue stone for eyes called lapis lazuli.
What are Votive statues?
300
During this period you will see a more naturalistic approach that depicts the Pharaoh with his family, which never happened before.
What is Amarna period?
300
This civilization/culture was known as a warrior race. Their multiple fortified palaces such as the Palace at Mycenae is an example of their need for protection.
What are the Mycenaeans
400
During this age the development of hunting and gathering for food defined this period which comes from the Greek, "paleo"meaning.
What is Old?
400
Sculptures such as the "Seated Goddess of Catal Huyuk," can be found here.
What is The Shrines of Catal Huyuk?
400
A Sumerian artifact that introduced the hierarchy of scale, one side depicts war and the other peace.
What is Standard of Ur?
400
He became king at 8 and died at 18. His tomb was discovered plundered.
What was King Tutankhamen
400
Multiple versions of this statue have been found, it has fluid lines it is rhythmic unlike Egyptian sculpture, thin waist and elegant dress. The purpose of this female sculpture is unknown.
What is the "Snake Goddess"
500
These cave paintings often included a descriptive, twisted perspective.
What is the Hall of Bulls at Lascaux?
500
"Deer Hunt Mural" from Catal Huyuk depicts the animals with twisted perspective and the humans represent this type of perspective.
What is Composite view?
500
Supernatural winged human-headed bulls with a four-tier headdress that signified a deity, and“guarded” the entrance to the royal throne room.
What is Lamassus?
500
Everyday buildings were made from simple materials and don’t stand today, but tombs and temples were constructed from stone for immortality making this the center of the Egyptian culture.
What is the Afterlife
500
It is the entrance to the Palace of Mycenae and is a relief sculpture made of limestone that is a royal symbol to Western Civilization.