The Ancient Near East

Hist 121: Western Civilization I

Clayton Miles Lehmann

Ashfall Fossil Beds. 10 million YBP

Lascaux, Hall of the Bulls. 15,000 YBP

Greek neolithic pot. 6000 YBP. Athens, National Archaeological Museum.

Caesarea excavations, coin hoard.

Sumerian statuettes. 2900-2600 BCE. Oriental Institute, Chicago.

Ram in the Thicket. Ur. Mid 3d mill BCE. Lyre. Ur. Ca 2650 - 2550 B.C.The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Khorsabad. Restored view from E. 8th cent BCE.

Ziggurat of Ur. Ca 2100 BCE.

Giza, Pyramids. Ca 2600-2100 BCE.

Deir el-Bahri. Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. Ca 1480 BCE.

                                  

            

Karnak. Temple of Amun, Hypostyle Hall. Rameses II’s Palestinian conquests. 14th-13th cents. BCE.

Megiddo, aerial view fr NE.

Jericho.

Cuneiform. Sumerian seal Stone.

Hieroglyphs from the Tomb of Queen Amonherkhepsef. New Kingdom

Law Code of Hammurabi (1792-1749). Paris, Louvre.

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Les Bergers d'Arcadie or Et in Arcadia ego (ca 1638-1640). Paris, Louvre.