Stone Age through Ancient Egyptian Flashcards
Composite View
Multiple perspectives in one image; for example, profile & 3/4 view in one figure
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“Venus” of Willendorf
ca. 28,000 - 25,000 BCE
4” tall
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Two Bisons
ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE
Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France
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Hall of the Bulls
Lascaux Cave Painting
ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE
Lascaux, France
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Rhinoceros, Wounded Man, & Disemboweled Bison
Lascaux Cave Painting
ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE
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Spotted Horse with Negative Hand Imprints
ca. 22,000 BCE
Peche-Merle, France
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Aurochs, Horses, Rhinoceroses
ca. 30,000 BCE
Chauvet, France
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Catal Hayuk Shrine
ca. 5750 BCE
Turkey
Cuneiform
ancient writing; most likely used for business, keeping records, storytelling; made from wedge-shaped indentations in clay; beginning of history
Stele
A stone slab with a commemorative function
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Stele of the Vultures
ca. 2,500 BCE
Girsu (Iraq)
Pictured: God Ningirsu favoring the victor, Eannatum
Vultures carrying heads of losing people
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Standard of Ur
2,600 BCE
Royal Cemetary, Ur (Iraq)
Two sides: War and Peace
All imagery, no inscriptions; “read” from left to right, bottom to top
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (over Lullubi)
ca. 2254-2218 BCE
Found in Susa, Iran- not original location
Additional inscription added around 1157 BCE when it was moved to Susa
“War Trophy”
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Head of an Akkadian Ruler
Nineveh (Iraq)
ca. 2250-2200 BCE
Deliberate breaks, especially eyes
Ziggurat
Manmade mountain-signifying platform built to hold temples, bringing them higher / closer to God
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Ziggurat of Ur
ca. 2100 BCE
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ca. 2100 BCE
Neo-Sumerian (Iraq)
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Statuettes of Two Worshippers
ca. 2700 BCE
Square Temple at Eshnunna (Iraq)
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Ishtar Gate
ca. 575 BCE
Babylon (Iraq)
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Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
ca. 645-640 BCE
Relief from the north palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq)
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Pyramid of Djoser
ca. 2630-2611 BCE
Built by Imhotep (first named artist/architect)
Saqqara, Egypt
Mustaba
Stepped pyramid
Ka / Ka Statue
Ka: Life force / spirit
Ka Statue: Vessel for the Ka
Mortuary Temple
Temple built near royal tombs
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Palette of King Narmer
ca. 3000 BCE
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Pyramids of Giza
Menkaure (smallest) ca. 2490-2472 BCE
Khafre (biggest) ca. 2520 BCE
Khufu, ca. 3000 BCE
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Great Sphinx
ca. 2520
With Pyramid of Khafre
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Khafre Enthroned
ca. 2520
Diorite
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Menkaure and His Wife
ca. 2490 BCE
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ca. 2500 BCE
Saqqara
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Seated Scribe
2500 BCE
Saqqara
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Temple of Hatshepsut
ca. 1473-1458
Senmut possible architect
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Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
ca. 1353-1335
Amarna
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Temple of Ramses II
ca. 1290-1224 BCE
Abu Simbel temple
