Humanities | D. S. McNeill

AP Unit 2 ~ Ancient Mediterranean

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12* White Temple and its ziggurat 3500 - 3000 BCE Sumerian mud brick Uruk (Modern Warka, Iraq)	12* White Temple and its ziggurat 3500 - 3000 BCE Sumerian reconstruction drawing Uruk (Modern Warka, Iraq)

13* Palette of King Narmer ~ front c. 3000 - 2920 BC predynastic Egypt Greywacke	13* Palette of King Narmer ~ back c. 3000 - 2920 BC predynastic Egypt Greywacke

14*Votive Statues from the Square Temple @Eshnunna 2700 BCE Sumerian 12 inches + / gypsum inlaid with shell & black limeston modern Tell Asmar, Iraq	15* Seated Scribe c. 2620 - 2500 BCE Old Kingdom painted limestone Saqqara, Egypt

16* Standard of Ur ~ Warriors 2600 - 2400 BCE Sumerian from Royal Tombs @ Ur wood, inlaid with shell, Lapis Lazuli, Red limestone modern Tel el-Muqayyar, Iraq	16* Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs @ Ur c. 2600 - 2400 BC Sumerian lapis lazuli, and red limes modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq

17* Great Pyramids with Sphinx c. 2550 - 2490/Fou for Khufu, Khafre, Menkaura Old Kingdom cut limestone Giza, Egypt	17* Great Pyramids of Giza c. 2550 - 2490/Fou for Khufu, Khafre, Menkaura Old Kingdom cut limestone / plan Giza, Egypt

18* King Menkaura and Queen c. 2490 - 2472/Fou Old Kingdom Greywacke	19* The Stele (Code) of Hammurabi c. 1792 - 1750 BCE Mesopotamian Basalt / 9 feet tall Susian (modern Iran)

20* Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall T:1550BCE / H:1250 New Kingdom plan Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt	20* Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall T:1550 BCE / H:1250 New Kingdom cut sandstone and mud bric Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt

20* Hypostyle Hall at Temple of Amun-Ra T:1550 BCE / H:1250 New Kingdom 18th and 19th Dynasties cut sandstone and mud bric Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt	21* Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut c. 1473 - 1458 BC 18th Dynasty New Kingdom Sandstone and red granite Near Luxor, Egypt

21* Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut c. 1473 - 1458 18th Dynasty New Kingdom Red granite Near Luxor, Egypt	22* Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and 3 daughters c. 1353 - 1335 BC 18th Dynasty New Kingdom Limestone relief carving

23* Tutankhamun Tomb ~ innermost coffin c. 1323 BCE 18th Dynasty Egyptian New Kingdom gold with inlay of enamel an semiprecious stones	24* Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb c. 1275 BCE from BOOK OF THE DEAD New Kingdom painted papyrus scroll

25* Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II c. 720 - 705 BCE Dur Sharrukin Mesopotamian Neo-Assyrian Alabaster / 15 feet tall modern Khorsabad, Iraq	26* Athenian Agora 600 BCE - 150 CE Archaic - Hellenistic Greek site plan

27* Anavyson Kouros c. 530 BCE Greek Archaic Marble with paint remnants	28* Peplos Kore from the Acropolis c. 530 BCE Greek Marble, w/ painted details

29* Sarcophagus of the Spouses c. 520 BCE Roman Etruscan Terra cotta	30* (Apadana) Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes c. 520 - 465 BC Persian Limestone Persepolis, Iran

30* Apadana Stairway @ Palace at Persepolis c. 520 - 465 BCE Persian Limestone Persepolis, Iran	31* Temple of Minerva c. 510 - 500 BCE temple plan Roman orignally wood/mud brick/tuf Veii (near Rome, Italy)

31* Temple of Minerva c. 510 - 500 BCE temple plan with elevation Roman Etruscan originally wood/mudbrick/tu Veii (near Rome, Italy)	31* Apollo of Veii c. 510 - 500 BCE Master sculptor Vulca Roman Terra cotta Veii (near Rome, Italy)

32* Tomb of Triclinium c. 480 - 470 BCE Roman Etruscan Tufa (volcanic rock) & fresc Tarquinia, Italy	33* Niobides Krater c. 460 - 450 BCE Anonymous / Niobid painter Greek clay / red-figure technique w/ white highlights

33* Niobides Krater c. 460 - 450 BCE Anonymous / Niobid painter Greek Classical clay / red-figure technique w/ white highlights	34* Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) orig 450 - 440 BCE Polykleitos Greek Greek -- Bronze Roman copy -- Marble

35* Athenian Acropolis c. 447 - 410 BCE Iktinos and Kallikrates Greek Classical plan Athens, Greece	35* Parthenon c. 447 - 410 BCE Iktinos and Kallikrates Greek Classical Marble Athens, Greece

35* Helios, horses, and Dyonisus (Heracles?) c. 447 - 410 BCE Iktinos and Kallikrates Greek Classical Marble -- Pediment sculptur Athens, Greece	35* Temple of Athena-Nike c. 447 - 410 BCE Kallicrates Greek Classical Marble Athens, Greece

35* Victory Adjusting her Sandal c. 447 - 410 BCE Greek Classical Marble frieze Athens, Greece	35* Plaque of the Ergastines c. 447 - 410 BCE Greek Marble frieze Athens, Greece

36* Grave Stele of Hegeso c. 410 BCE attributed by Kallimachos Greek Classical Marble and paint	37* Winged Victory of Samothrace c. 190 BCE Greek All Marble / standing on boa in the Louvre

38* Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon c. 175 BCE now--Pergamon Museum/Berlin Greek Hellenistic Marble Asia Minor /present-day Turkey	38* Athena in Battle from the Altar of Zeus c. 175 BCE Greek Marble Asia Minor / now in Berlin

38* Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon c. 175 BCE Greek Hellenistic plan Asia Minor /present-day Turkey	39* House of the Vetti rebuilt c. 62 - 79 c. second century Roman cut stone and fresco Pompeii, Italy

39* House of the Vetti rebuilt c. 62 - 79 c. second century BCE Roman Imperial cut stone and fresco Pompeii, Italy	39* House of the Vetti frescoes rebuilt c. 62 - 79 c.second century BCE Roman cut stone and fresco Pompeii, Italy

40* Alexander in Battle c. 100 BCE in the House of the Faun Roman Republic Mosaic Pompeii, Italy	41* Seated Boxer 100 BCE Greek Bronze

42* Head of a Roman Patrician c. 75-50 BCE Roman Republic Marble	43* Augustus of Prima Porta (with Cupid) Early first centur Roman Marble

44* Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) 70-80 CE Roman Imperial Stone and Concrete Rome, Italy	44* Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) 70-80 CE Roman Stone and Concrete

45* Forum of Trajan (reconstruction drawing) 106 - 112 CE Apollodorus of Damascus Roman Imperial brick and concrete Rome, Italy	45* Forum of Trajan (reconstruction drawing) 106 - 112 CE Apollodorus of Damascus Roman brick and concrete Rome, Italy

45* Trajan Markets 106 - 112 CE Apollodorus of Damascus Roman Imperial brick and concrete Rome, Italy	45* Column of Trajan 106 - 113 CE Roman Marble (was painted) Rome, Italy

46* Pantheon 118 - 125 CE Roman Imperial Concrete with stone facing Rome, Italy	46* Pantheon -- Interior 118 - 125 CE Roman Concrete with stone facing Rome, Italy

47* Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus c. 250 CE Roman Late Imperial Marble