1. Venus of Willendorf c. 24,000-22,000 BCE Oolitic limestone 43/8 inches (11.1 cm) high (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna)

4. A... Unicorn B... Herd of Deer C... Cow with Collar D... Black Bull E... Falling Horse F... Frieze of Little Horses G... Chinese Horses H... Little Bear J... Wild Goat's Heads K... Cow with Symbols L... Bison M... Swimming Deer N... Engraved Deer O... Vines and Vegetation

5. L’instituteur communiqua la découverte à l’abbé Henri Breuil, un grand spécialiste des peintures rupestres

11. General view of the 'great hall' at Lascaux,

14. Addaura About 7000 BC

17. Archaeological excavations since 1950 suggest three main periods of building-- Stonehenge I, II, and III, the last divided into phases

22. Large menhir located between Millstreet and Ballinagree, Co Cork, Ireland

23. The Géant du Manio, a 6.5 metre menhir in Carnac, Brittany.Carnac

24. The Kerloas menhir, at 9.5 meters the tallest standing menhir in Brittany

25. Alignements du Mènec

26. Le menhir géant du Mènec

27. Poulnabrone dolmen in County Clare, IrelandPoulnabrone dolmenCounty ClareIreland

28. T-shaped Hunebed D27 in Borger-Odoorn, NetherlandsBorger-OdoornNetherlands

29. The dolmen Er-Roc'h-Feutet in Carnac, Brittany, France.CarnacBrittanyFrance

30. Dolmen de Marie-Kerioned

31. Dolmen de Keriaval

32. Vana-Mesopotaamia kunst

33. Hammurapi seadustetulba ülemine osa (H. Päikesejumala ees) U. 1760 e.Kr.

34. Uri tsikuraat 2100-2050 e.Kr

37. Uus-Babüloonia kunst

38. Mural near the reconstructed Ishtar gate, depicting the palace quarter of Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon. The Ishtar gate is shown in the top left corner of the image

41. The Ishtar Gate at Babylon Reconstruction Glazed Brick Total Height–47 Feet, Width-32 Feet Neo-Babylonian 7th–6th Centuries BC Dedicator: Nebuchadnezzar II Language: Akkadian Date of Excavation: 1899-1914 Staatliche Museen, Berlin

42. Bulls and a dragon from the Ishtar Gate in the Istanbul Archeology Museum.

43. Detail of the Ishtar Gate

44. City model of the main procession street (Aj-ibur-shapu) and Ishtar Gate in Babylon. Model at the Pergamonmuseum Ishtar GateBabylonPergamonmuseum

45. Marduki tempel (nn.Paabeli torn)

47. A model of the city of Babylon, with its ziggurat Etemenanki on the right and Esagila, the principal temple of Marduk, on the left

49. Assüüria kunst Inimpeaga tiivuline härg Horsabadist U. 720 e. Kr. Iraagi muuseum, Baghdad

50. Tribute- bearers present the king with monkeys Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq Neo- Assyrian, 883-859 BC 2.6/2.5 m Briti muuseum