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Vikings: Carved Saga Panels (600 - 1100s)
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The Monks of Iona: Book of Kells (circa 800)
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Christian Icon-painters: Coptic Icons (circa 300 BCE + )
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Romans: Statues in the Greek Style (27 BCE – CE 300)
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Alexandros of Antioch (attrib): Venus De Milo (130 – 100 BCE)
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Myron (attrib): Diskobolos aka The Discus Thrower (circa 460 BCE)
(Roman bronze after Myron)
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Phideas (attrib): Riace Warriors (circa 450 BCE)
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Kritios (attrib): Kritios Ephebe aka The Critian Boy (480 – 490 BCE)
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Funerary Artists: Death Mask of Tutankhamen (1346 BCE)
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Akhenaten: Art of the Amarna Period (1353 – 1334 BCE)
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Minoans: The ‘New Palace’ at Knossos (1,600 – 1,500 BCE)
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Minoans: Bull’s Head Libation Vessel (1,600 – 1,500 BCE)
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Ancient Egyptians: The Pyramids (2,655 – 2,575 BCE)
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Mesopotamians: Susa Beaker (5,000 – 4,000 BCE)
Image-based on-line 'tutorial' about the development of ancient ceramics
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People of Çatalhöyük: Shrines to the Mother and the Cow (7,000 BCE)
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People of Göbekli Tepe: Stone Circles (10,000 BCE)
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