Ancient Mediterranean

Question 1

White Temple and its ziggurat

Answer 1

Sumerian Uruk (Modern Warka, Iraq) 3,500-3,000 BCE Mud Brick

Question 2

Palette of King Narmer

Answer 2

Predynastic Egypt 3,000-2,920 BCE Greywacke

Question 3

Statues of Votive Figures (From the Square Temple at Eshnunna)

Answer 3

Sumerian Tell Asmar, Iraq 2,700 BCE Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone

Question 4

Seated Scribe

Answer 4

Saqqara, Egypt Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty 2,620-2,500 BCE Painted Limestone

Question 5

Standard of Ur

Answer 5

Sumerian Royal Tombs at Ur Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq 2,600-2,400 BCE Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone

Question 6

Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) Great Sphinx

Answer 6

Giza, Egypt Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty 2,550-2,490 BCE Cut limestone

Question 7

King Mankaura and Queen

Answer 7

Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty 2,490-2,472 BCE Greywacke

Question 8

The Code of Hammurabi

Answer 8

Susian Babylon Modern Iran 1,792-1,750 BCE Basalt

Question 9

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall

Answer 9

Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties Temple: 1,550 BCE Hall: 1,250 BCE Cut sandstone and mud brick

Question 10

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

Answer 10

Near Luxor, Egypt New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty 1,473-1,458 BCE Sandstone, partially carved into rock cliff, red granite

Question 11

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters

Answer 11

New Kingdom (Armarna), 18th Dynasty 1,353-1,335 BCE Limestone

Question 12

Tutankhamen’s Tomb, Innermost Coffin

Answer 12

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty 1,323 BCE Gold with inlay of enamel ans semiprecious stones

Question 13

Last judgement of Hu-Nefer (From his tomb, page of his Book of the Dead)

Answer 13

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty 1,275 BCE Painted Papyrus Scroll

Question 14

Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II

Answer 14

Dur Sharrukin modern Khorsabad, Iraq Neo-Assyrian 720-705 BCE Alabaster

Question 15

Athenian Agora

Answer 15

Archaic through Hellenistic Greek 600 BCE-150 CE Plan

Question 16

Anavysos Kouros

Answer 16

Archaic Greek 530 BCE Marble, painted details

Question 17

Peplos Kore (From the Acropolis)

Answer 17

Archaic Greek 530 BCE Marble, painted details

Question 18

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

Answer 18

Etruscan 520 BCE Terra Cotta

Question 19

Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

Answer 19

Persian Persepolis, Iran 520-465 BCE Limestone

Question 20

Temple of Minerva and Sculpture of Apollo

Answer 20

Veii, near Rome, Italy Master Sculptor Vulca Original temple: wood, mud brick, or tufa Terra cotta sculpture

Question 21

Tomb of the Triclinium

Answer 21

Tarquinia, Italy Etruscan 480-470 BCE Tufa and Fresco

Question 22

Niobides Krater

Answer 22

Niobid Painter 460-450 BCE Classical Greek Clay, red figure technique (white highlights)

Question 23

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

Answer 23

Polykleitos Original: 450-440 BCE Roman copy: marble Greek original: bronze

Question 24

Acropolis

Answer 24

Athens, Greece Iktinos and Kalikrates 447-410 BCE Marble ADD MORE

Question 25

Grave Stele of Hegeso

Answer 25

Attributed to Kallimachos 410 BCE Marble and paint

Question 26

Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace

Answer 26

Hellenistic Greek 190 BCE Marble

Question 27

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pargamon

Answer 27

Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) Hellenistic Greek 175 BCE Architecture and sculpture: Marble

Question 28

House of the Vetti

Answer 28

Pompeii, Italy Imperial Roman 200 BCE Rebuilt: 62-79 CE Cut Stone and Fresco

Question 29

Alexander Mosaic (From the house of the faun, Pompeii)

Answer 29

Republican Roman 100 BCE Mosaic

Question 30

Seated Boxer

Answer 30

Hellenistic Greece 100 BCE Bronze

Question 31

Head of a Roman Patrician

Answer 31

Republican Roman 75-50 BCE Marble

Question 32

Augustus of Primaporta

Answer 32

Imperial Roman 100 CE Marble

Question 33

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Answer 33

Rome, Italy Imperial Roman 70-80 CE Stone and Concrete

Question 34

Forum of Trajan Apollodorus of Damascus

Answer 34

Rome, Italy Forum and Markets: 106-112 CE Column: 113 CE Architecture: Brick/Concrete Column: Marble

Question 35

Pantheon

Answer 35

Imperial Roman 118-125 CE Concrete with stone facing

Question 36

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

Answer 36

Late Imperial Roman 250 CE Marble