Tuesday, February 27, 2018

24. Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, from His Tomb (page from the book of the dead) - New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty - Ancient Egyptian - c. 1275 BCE - painted papyrus scroll

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

23. Tutankhamun's Tomb, Innermost Coffin - New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty - Ancient Egyptian - c. 1323 BCE - gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

22. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters - New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty - Ancient Egyptian - c. 1353-1335 BCE - limestone

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

21. Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut - New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty - Ancient Egyptian - c. 1473-1458 BCE - temple is sandstone partially carved into a rock cliff - statue is red granite

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall and Temple of Amun-Re plan - New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties - Ancient Egyptian - c. 1550 BCE for the temple and c. 1250 BCE for the hall - cut sandstone and mud brick

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

18. King Menkaura and Queen - Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty - c. 2490-2472 BCE - greywacke

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

17. Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx - Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty - Ancient Egyptian - c. c. 2550-2490 BCE - cut limestone

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

15. Seated Scribe - Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty - Ancient Egyptian - c. 2620-2500 BCE - painted limestone

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

13. Palette of King Narmer - Predynastic Egypt - Ancient Egyptian - c. 3000-2920 BCE - Greywacke

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:59 PM

30. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes - Persian - Ancient Near Eastern - c. 520-465 BCE - limestone

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Sunday, February 27, 2022 11:59 PM

25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq) - Neo-Assyrian - Ancient Near Eastern - c. 720-705 BCE - alabaster

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Sunday, February 27, 2022 11:59 PM

19. The Code of Hammurabi - Babylonian - Ancient Near Eastern - c. 1792-1750 BCE - basalt

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Sunday, February 27, 2022 11:59 PM

16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern day Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq) - Sumerian - Ancient Near Eastern - c. 2600-2400 BCE - wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone

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Sunday, February 27, 2022 11:59 PM

14. Statues of Votive Figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq) - Sumerian - Ancient Near Eastern - c. 2700 BCE - gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone

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Sunday, February 27, 2022 11:59 PM

12. White Temple and its Ziggurat - Sumerian - Ancient Near Eastern - c. 3500-3000 BCE - mud brick

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Sunday, February 27, 2022 11:59 PM