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Ancient Mediterranean
c. 5000 B.C.E. – 400 C.E.

Ancient Near East
A beginner's guide
Ancient Near East: Cradle of civilization
Cuneiform, an introduction
Writing Cuneiform
Cuneiform Tablets
Sumerian
Sumer, an introduction
White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk
Archaeological reconstructions
Warka Vase
Standing Male Worshipper (Tell Asmar)
Relief of Ur-Nanshe
Cylinder seals
Standard of Ur
Standard of Ur and the Royal Graves
Akkadian
Akkad, an introduction
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Cylinder seal with a modern impression
Neo-Sumerian/Ur III
Seated Gudea holding temple plan
Ziggurat of Ur
Babylonian
Babylonia, an introduction
Visiting Babylon
The Babylonian mind
Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi
The Ishtar Gate and Neo-Babylonian art
Towers of Babel
Kassite art: Unfinished Kudurru
Assyrian
Assyria, an introduction
Assyrian Sculpture
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
Persian
Ancient Persia, an introduction
The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia
Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I, Susa
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Ancient Egypt
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Palette of King Narmer
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Pyramid of Menkaure
King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and queen
The Seated Scribe
Middle and New Kingdom
Temple of Amun-Re and the Hypostyle Hall, Karnak
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Standing Hippopotamus
Mortuary Temple and Statue of Hatshepsut
The tomb-chapel of Nebamun
Paintings from the Tomb-chapel of Nebamun
Bottle and toy: objects from daily life
House Altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Daughters
Portrait of Queen Tiye
Thutmose, Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti
Tutankhamun’s tomb (innermost coffin and death mask)
Head of Tutankhamun
Hunefer, Book of the Dead
Hunefer's Judgement in the presence of Osiris
Ptolemaic
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The Rosetta Stone
Ancient Aegean
Cycladic
Male Harp Player from Keros
Akrotiri, Thera
Mycenaean
The "Palace" and Grave Circle A
Mask of Agamemnon
The Treasury of Atreus
Lion Gate
Minoan
The Palace at Knossos (Crete)
Ancient Greece
A beginner's guide
Ancient Greece, an introduction
Introduction to ancient Greek art
Introduction to ancient Greek architecture
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Olympic games
Contrapposto
Pottery
Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction
Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique
Making Greek vases
Dipylon Amphora
Terracotta Krater
Eleusis Amphora
Sophilos: a new direction in Greek pottery
Exekias, Attic black figure amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a game
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Euthymides, Three Revelers
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Lady of Auxerre
Marble statue of a kouros (New York Kouros)
Anavysos Kouros
Peplos Kore
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Siphnian Treasury, Delphi
Early Classical
Pediments from the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
Kritios Boy
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Riace Warriors
Classical
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)
Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower)
The Athenian Agora and the experiment in democracy
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Who owns the Parthenon sculptures?
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Etruscan
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Bucchero
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Aule Metele (Arringatore)
Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Ancient Rome
A beginner's guide
Introduction to ancient Rome
Introduction to ancient Roman art
Ancient Rome (virtual reality tour)
Rome's history in four faces at The Met
Digging through time
An introduction to ancient Roman architecture
Roman domestic architecture: domus
Roman domestic architecture: insula
Roman domestic architecture: villa
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Roman funeral rituals and social status: The Amiternum tomb and the tomb of the Haterii
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Still Life with Peaches
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Republic
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Temple of Portunus
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Capitoline Brutus
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Veristic male portrait
Head of a Roman Patrician
Early empire
Augustus of Primaporta
Ara Pacis
Gemma Augustea
Gem carving
Preparations for a Sacrifice
Portrait of Vespasian
The Colosseum
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The Spoils of Jerusalem, Arch of Titus
Shekel of the Second Jewish Revolt
Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman
The Forum and Markets of Trajan
Column of Trajan
Middle empire
The Pantheon (Rome)
Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Hadrian
A virtual tour of Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian: The imperial palace, Tivoli
Maritime Theatre at Hadrian's Villa
Pair of Centaurs Fighting Cats of Prey from Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian: Building the wall
Medea Sarcophagus
Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius
The Lullingstone Busts
Severan marble plan (Forma Urbis Romae)
Battle of the Romans and Barbarians (Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus)
Late empire
Trebonianus Gallus — emperor or athlete? Rethinking a modern attribution.
Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
The Colossus of Constantine
Arch of Constantine, Rome
Palmyra
Palmyra: the modern destruction of an ancient city
Temple of Bel
Palmyrene Funerary Portraiture
Temple of Baalshamin

Digging through time

by Dr. Darius Arya and Dr. Beth Harris
Cite this page as: Dr. Darius Arya and Dr. Beth Harris, "Digging through time," in Smarthistory, December 9, 2015, accessed August 15, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/digging-through-time-a-beginners-guide-to-ancient-rome/.

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