Stone Age through Ancient Egyptian

Question 1

Composite View

Answer 1

Multiple perspectives in one image; for example, profile & 3/4 view in one figure

Question 2

Identify

Answer 2

“Venus” of Willendorf

ca. 28,000 - 25,000 BCE

4” tall

Question 3

Identify

Answer 3

Two Bisons

ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE

Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France

Question 4

Identify

Answer 4

Hall of the Bulls

Lascaux Cave Painting

ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE

Lascaux, France

Question 5

Identify

Answer 5

Rhinoceros, Wounded Man, & Disemboweled Bison

Lascaux Cave Painting

ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE

Question 6

Identify

Answer 6

Spotted Horse with Negative Hand Imprints

ca. 22,000 BCE

Peche-Merle, France

Question 7

Identify

Answer 7

Aurochs, Horses, Rhinoceroses

ca. 30,000 BCE

Chauvet, France

Question 8

Identify

Answer 8

Catal Hayuk Shrine

ca. 5750 BCE

Turkey

Question 9

Cuneiform

Answer 9

ancient writing; most likely used for business, keeping records, storytelling; made from wedge-shaped indentations in clay; beginning of history

Question 10

Stele

Answer 10

A stone slab with a commemorative function

Question 11

Identify

Answer 11

Stele of the Vultures

ca. 2,500 BCE

Girsu (Iraq)

Pictured: God Ningirsu favoring the victor, Eannatum

Vultures carrying heads of losing people

Question 12

Identify

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Identify

Answer 13

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”

Question 14

Identify

Answer 14

Head of an Akkadian Ruler

Nineveh (Iraq)

ca. 2250-2200 BCE

Deliberate breaks, especially eyes

Question 15

Ziggurat

Answer 15

Manmade mountain-signifying platform built to hold temples, bringing them higher / closer to God

Question 16

Identify

Answer 16

Ziggurat of Ur

ca. 2100 BCE

Question 17

Identify

Answer 17

ca. 2100 BCE

Neo-Sumerian (Iraq)

Question 18

Identify

Answer 18

Statuettes of Two Worshippers

ca. 2700 BCE

Square Temple at Eshnunna (Iraq)

Question 19

Identify

Answer 19

Ishtar Gate

ca. 575 BCE

Babylon (Iraq)

Question 20

Identify

Answer 20

Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions

ca. 645-640 BCE

Relief from the north palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq)

Question 21

Identify

Answer 21

Pyramid of Djoser

ca. 2630-2611 BCE

Built by Imhotep (first named artist/architect)

Saqqara, Egypt

Question 22

Mustaba

Answer 22

Stepped pyramid

Question 23

Ka / Ka Statue

Answer 23

Ka: Life force / spirit

Ka Statue: Vessel for the Ka

Question 24

Mortuary Temple

Answer 24

Temple built near royal tombs

Question 25

Identify

Answer 25

Palette of King Narmer ca. 3000 BCE

Question 26

Identify

Answer 26

Pyramids of Giza Menkaure (smallest) ca. 2490-2472 BCE Khafre (biggest) ca. 2520 BCE Khufu, ca. 3000 BCE

Question 27

Identify

Answer 27

Great Sphinx ca. 2520 With Pyramid of Khafre

Question 28

Identify

Answer 28

Khafre Enthroned ca. 2520 Diorite

Question 29

Identify

Answer 29

Menkaure and His Wife ca. 2490 BCE

Question 30

Identify

Answer 30

ca. 2500 BCE Saqqara

Question 31

Identify

Answer 31

Seated Scribe 2500 BCE Saqqara

Question 32

Identify

Answer 32

Temple of Hatshepsut ca. 1473-1458 Senmut possible architect

Question 33

Identify

Answer 33

Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters ca. 1353-1335 Amarna

Question 34

Identify

Answer 34

Temple of Ramses II ca. 1290-1224 BCE Abu Simbel temple