Imhotep (architect)
Pyramid and Mortuary of Djoser. Saqqara, Egypt
Third Dynasty ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E. (Old Kingdom)
limestone
Great Pyramids at Gizeh (c. 2600-2500 BC)
Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.
Khufu ca. 2551-2528 B.C.E.
The Great Sphinx at Gizeh
ca. 2520-2494 BCE.
Khafre Enthroned, Valley Temple of Khafre at Gizeh
ca. 2520-2494 BCE
Ancient Egypt Old Kingdom: c. 2490-2472 BCE
Menkaure and His Wife, Gizeh
The Temple of Amen-Re at Karnak
Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
colossi approximately 65 ft. high
Senmut
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
Hatshepsut
with offering jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
red granite
8 ft. 6 in. high
Akhenaton
from the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
sandstone
approximately 13 ft. high
King Akhenaten and His Family, from Amarna
Death Mask of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.
gold with semiprecious stones
21 1/4 in. high
The death mask of Tutankhamun is considered one of the masterpieces of Egyptian art.
Ancient Egypt New Kingdom: c. 1550-1070 BCE
Painted papyrus scroll
Last Judgment of Hunefer, from His Tomb at Thebes, “Book of the Dead”
Figurine of a Woman, from Syros (2600-2300 BCE)
Bull Leaping, Wall Painting from the Palace Complex at Knossos
ca. 1400-1370 BCE. Fresco
Minoan Pottery
Kamares Ware, Crete ca. 1800-1700 BCE
Snake Goddess, Sculpture from the Palace Complex at Knossos, ca. 1600 BCE. Faience
Mycenae, Greece ca. 1200 BCE
Warrior Vase (krater)
Mask of Agamemnon, c.1600-1550BCE (or 1250BCE), Mycenaean
Lion Gate at Mycenae, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
Geometric Period (c. 900–700 BCE)
Dipylon Krater
Corinthian amphoras with animal friezes in Orientalizing style, ca. 625-600 BCE
Black Figure Pottery, 700-530 BCE
Red Figure Pottery, 530-480 BCE
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Archaic Period: 600-480 BCE
Kouros Sculpture
Archaic Period: 600-480 BCE
Kore
Early Classical Period
Kritios Boy, ca. 480 BCE. Marble
Early Classical Period
Riace Warrior, ca. 460-450 BCE. Bronze
Early Classical
Charioteer of Delphi, 470 BCE. Bronze
High Classical Period
Myron, Diskobolos, 450 BCE. Bronze
High Classical Period
Polykleitos, Doryphoros 450 BCE (Roman copy)
Late Classical Period: 400-320 BCE
Praxiteles Aphrodite of Knidos, ca. 350-340 BCE
Hellenistic Period: 320-30 BCE
Laocoon and His Sons
Ancient Greek Capitols
High Classical Period
Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos) 447-438 BCE.
Erechtheion, ca. 421-405 BCE.
Caryatids of the south porch of the Erechtheion
The Temple of Athena Nike, 420 BCE.