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Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, France, ca. 23,000–22,000 bce. 11′ 2″ long. -
Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase), from the Inanna temple complex, Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, ca. 3300 bce. Alabaster, 3′ ¼″ high. National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad. -
imhotep, stepped pyramid (looking northwest) of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 bce. -
Colossal head, La Venta, Mexico, Olmec, ca. 900–400 bce. Basalt, 9′ 4″ high. Museo-Parque La Venta, Villahermosa. -
Geometric krater, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 740 bce. 3′ 4½″ high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. -
Army of the First Emperor of Qin in pits next to his burial mound, Lintong, China, Qin dynasty, ca. 210 bce. Painted terracotta, average figure 5′ 10⅞″ high. -
Aerial view of the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater; looking east), Rome, Italy ca. 70–80 ce. -
Interior of San Vitale (looking west from the apse), Ravenna, Italy, 526-547 -
Aerial view of the Great Mosque (looking north), Córdoba, Spain, 8th to 10th centuries; rededicated as the Cathedral of Saint Mary, 1236. -
King or chief mounted sidesaddle on a horse with attendants, from Benin, Nigeria, ca. 1550–1680. Brass, 1′ 7½″ × 1′ 4½″. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller).
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