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Vocabulary
100
The Lion-Human was made of this medium.
What is mammoth ivory
100
Nebuchadnezzar II commissioned the Ishtar Gate in 575 BCE. This material was used to construct this gate.
What is glazed brick
100
This object commemorates the unification of upper and lower Egypt.
What is the Palette of Narmer
100
This archaeologist excavated the Palace at Knossos.
Who is Sir Arthur Evans
100
This device creates a system of organized composition.
What are registers
200
This construction method was used in the creation of Stonehenge.
What is post and lintel
200
This is the name of the archaeologist in Sumeria who found the Bull-headed Lyre among other objects in the royal tombs at Ur.
Who is Sir Leonard Woolley
200
The image of Akhenaton and His Family is an example of this type of sculpture.
What is a sunken relief
200
A half-man, half-bull is called a ______.
What is a minotaur
200
Figures in eternal devotion to the god are called _______.
What are votive statues
300
This cave site has the oldest cave paintings we study.
What are the Chauvet Caves in France
300
Which object from the Ancient Near East shows cuneiform, god-man relations, and relief sculpture?
What is the stele of Hammurabi
300
This woman usurped the throne from her son and became pharaoh.
Who is Hatsheput
300
These two techniques are used on the Bee Pendant.
What are granulation and filigree
300
When artifacts show who was more important by size, it is called ________.
What is hieratic scale
400
The Neolithic Period began when people shifted from ______ to ________.
What is the shift from hunting to herding?
400
The gods are depicted as _____ in the Stele of Naram-Sin.
What are sun like forms
400
The predecessor to the pyramid is called a ______.
What is a mastaba
400
This artwork is the first true landscape painting.
What is the Spring Fresco
400
The practice of painting on dry plaster walls is called ______.
What is fresco secco
500
The term ______________includes all of human existence prior to the emergence of writing.
What is prehistory
500
This object contains the first depiction of the wheel.
What is the Standard of Ur
500
Judgment of the Egyptian dead was presided over by the god __________.
Who is Osiris
500
This well-known painting is an example of either a fertility ceremony or initiation.
What is Bull Leaping
500
A __________ is a large bowl for mixing water and wine.
What is a krater