Chauvet Cave Paintings

Adrèche, France​​

c. 34,000-32,000 BCE

Chauvet Cave Paintings

Adrèche, France​​

c. 34,000-32,000 BCE

Chauvet Cave Paintings

Adrèche, France​​

c. 34,000-32,000 BCE

Lion Man of Ulm

Germany​​

c. 38,000 BCE

Çatal Höyük
 Central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey)

c. 6,000 BCE

Interior Reconstruction

Çatal Höyük, Agriculture, & Religion

Stonehenge

Salsbury, England

c. 2,000 BCE

Stonehenge & Astronomy

The physical development of the Stonehenge site.

Stonehenge alignment

Stonehenge alignment

Stonehenge

Cursus

Woodhenge

Durrington Walls

Durrington Walls

Salsbury, England

c. 2,600 BCE

Full Stonehenge site and proposed function.

Ancient Mesopotamia

Intro to Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamian Cities & Temples

Sites & Spread of Various Agricultural Revolutions

9000 BCE

7000 BCE

3k-2k BCE

3k-2k BCE

2k-1k BCE

3k-2k BCE

7k-4k BCE

Cuneiform sample

Cuneiform being written in clay

What It's Like to Write in Cuneiform

White Temple

Uruk, Southeastern Iraq

Sumerian

c. 3200-3000 BCE

Digital Reconstruction of the White Temple Complex

Digital Reconstruction of the White Temple

Digital Reconstruction of the White Temple Interior

Ziggurat of Ur

Ur, Southeastern Iraq

Neo-Sumerian

c. 1900 BCE

Artist's Rendering of the Ziggurat

Ancient Egypt

Egyptology 101

Fourth Dynasty Pyramids

From the Left:
Pyramid of Menkaure, c. 2490–2472 BCE
Pyramid of Khafre, c. 2520–2494 BCE
Great Pyramid of Khufu, c. 2551–2528 BCE.

• Ka - the life force
• Ba - the personality
• Sheut - the shadow
• Ren - the name
• Ib - the heart

The Five Parts of the Egyptian Soul

The Mummification Process

Artist's Reconstruction of Original Pyramid Site

How the Pyramids were Developed

Menkaure and Khamerernebty

4th Dynasty Egypt

c. 2490-2472 BCE

Palette of King Narmer

4th Dynasty Egypt

c. 2520-2494 BCE

Example of 'Proportional Design' of the Human Body

Bust of Nefertiti

18th Dynasty Egypt

c. 1353-1335 BCE

Recent 'Reconstruction' of Queen Nefertiti's Face