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The settlement at Durrington Walls cannot be classified as megalithic architecture because the site was.....
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built from wood, whereas megalithic structures are made of stone.
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This structure can be classified as all of the following EXCEPT a...
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dolmen, due to its funerary purpose and cairn, or artificial hill.
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Which material's properties is most suitable for weapons and tools?
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Bronze
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Which Neolithic site is an example of a passage grave?
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Newgrange
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Relative to art, one of man's important new cognitive developments was the ability to...
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think symbolically.
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The word "Neolithic" means...
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new stone.
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Much of what we know about prehistoric people is based on the ________ found in archeological sites.
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artifacts, art, and fossils
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Homo sapiens appeared on the earth ______ years ago.
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400,000
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From this aerial photograph, it can be discerned that Stonehenge is built using....
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post-and-lintel construction.
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The word "Paleolithic" means...
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old stone.
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The Sculpted Bison at Le Tuc d,Audoubert, France are modeled in...
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high relief.
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Many megalithic structures are associated with...
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death.
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The Woman from Willendorf was created from _____.
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limestone
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______ is one if the earliest known sites of prehistoric cave paintings.
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Chauvet
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The word megalithic means _____.
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large stone
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The simplest form of construction used to span space is ____and ____.
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post; lintel
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Handprints at the cave at Pech-Merle were probably created using what technique?
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Spray paint onto the cave wall.
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Prehistory includes all of human existence prior to the development of ____.
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written records
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Representational images began appearing in Australia, Africa, and Europe beginning approximately ____ years ago.
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40,000
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Stonehenge is connected to a nearby site built of wood called ____.
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Durrington Walls
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The construction method of corbeling, such as that used in the Tomb at Newgrange, involves...
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rows of stone projecting slightly beyond the previous layer until the uppermost stones meet.
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Prehistoric cave painting was an unknown art form until the 1879 discovery of a cave in ____ in northern Spain.
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Altamira
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What distinguishes this scene from other Paleolithic paintings discussed in this chapter?
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It appears to tell a story.
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The age of metal made its European debut around ____ BCE.
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3,000
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The animals at Lascaux are painted in a system known as ____, which shoes horns, eyes, and hoofs from the front, while heads and bodies are rendered in profile.
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composite pose
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What sums up the relationship of the image to the cuneiform text on the Stele of Hammirabi?
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The image reveals the divine origins of the text.
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The uppermost scene of the Carved Vessel from Uruk may represent ____ between the goddess and her consort.
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a reenactment of ritual marriage
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The relief sculpture of Assurnasirpal II killing lions probably depicts a ____.
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ceremonial hunt
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Mesopotamia sculptors told stories clearly and economically by organizing visual narratives in horizontal bands called ____.
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registers
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The Great Lyre with Bull's Head was found in a royal ____.
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tomb
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Sumerians used hard, rock ____ for identifying documents and establishing property ownership.
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cylinder seals
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The Ishtar Gate and the walls extended beyond were made from ____.
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glazed bricks
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The image of Gudea, the ruler of Lagash, is well known to students of Near Eastern art because of the twenty surviving ____ that he commissioned.
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votive statues
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Sumerian votive figures were dedicated to the ____.
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gods
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What subject was NOT depicted in the relief panels decorating Assurnasirpal's palace at Nineveh?
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Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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The relief of Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute exemplifies Persian art's emphasis on ____.
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allegiance and economic prosperity
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Along with shell and wood materials ____ and ____ were used to sculpt the elaborate bull head on a lyre found at a royal tomb in Ur.
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gold; lapis lazuli
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The ____, which Darius built at Persepolis, was large enough to hold several thousand people.
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apadana
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Guardian figures, called lamassus, combined features from all of the following EXCEPT _____.
an eagle, a man, a horse, a god. |
a horse
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Which of the following objects conveys both political and religious meaning?
>Stele of Naram-Sin >Nanna Ziggurat >Votive Statue of Gudea |
All of them
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Known for his persecution of Jews, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar II was responsible for transforming ____ into one of the most splendid cities of its day.
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Babylon
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____ were huge stepped structures surmounted by a shrine or temple.
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Ziggurats
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In the Stele of Hammurabi, Hammurabi stands in a gesture of ____ before the seated god Shamash.
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prayer
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The notched walls built as a part of military defenses are called ____.
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crenellations
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The Stele of Hammirabi is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as _____.
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an historical document recording a written code of law
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The Sumerians invented the first system of writing called ____.
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cuneiform
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The ruler, _____, conquered the Persian Empire in 334 BCE.
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Alexander the Great
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Sumerian votive figures possess ____ that reflect Mesopotamian devotional beliefs.
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large open eyes
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The most impressive surviving archeological remains of the Sumerians is the ____.
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ziggurat
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What original elements have been lost from the Warka Head?
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A gold wig, the body, and inlaid eyes.
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Imhotep, the first architect to be identified in history, designed....
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Djoser's Funerary Complex.
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All of the following were part of the mummification process used in ancient Egypt EXCEPT
> the body was covered with natron, a naturally occurring salt. >the body cavity was filled with linen soaked in herbs and ointments. >the major organs were put into jars placed in the tomb. >the skin was blackened with dark paint or powdered makeup. |
the skin was blackened with dark paint or powdered makeup.
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Which detail in Judgment of Hunefer Before Osiris does NOT reference the Egyptian process of mummification?
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Hunefer kneeling before the god's of the underworld.
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Who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb?
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Howard Carter
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This Colossal Figure of Akhenaten demonstrates characteristics that distinguish the Amarna style in all of the following EXCEPT
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the monumental scale of the figure.
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Akhenaten was associated with a religion....
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honoring a single sun deity, Aten.
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The Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut shared all of the following with Egyptian pyramids EXCEPT it....
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did not contain the ruler's tomb.
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The Great Spinx at Giza shown above is a colossal portrait of which Old Kingdom ruler?
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Khafre
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A common convention seen here in the Stele of Amenemhat is the use if darker and lighter pigment to distinguish....
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gender.
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What subject matter was commonly depicted in the tombs of wealthy Egyptian families?
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Scenes of everyday life.
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The rock-cut tombs of Beni Hasan were built during the....
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Middle Kingdom.
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What was the function of Egyptian canopic jars?
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The held the major organs of the deceased.
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The Egyptian stepped pyramid is similar to the ziggurats of Mesopotamia in....
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height.
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King Tutankhamun was buried in three nested coffins that identified with which Egyptian god?
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Osiris.
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What forced the removal of the colossal statues of Ramses II from their original location at Abu Simbel?
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Flooding caused by construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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All of the following aspects of Akhenaten and his Family are specific to the Amarna style EXCEPT the....
>inclusion of the Pharaoh's children in casual poses. >prominent sun, benefitting a cult of Aten. >Pharaoh's nonidealized body. >inclusion of the Pharaoh's name in hieroglyphics. |
Inclusion of the Pharaoh's name in hieroglyphics.
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In this scene from the Palette of Narmer, Narmer is shown wearing....
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the White Crown of Upper Egypt.
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The earliest burial structures in ancient Egypt were called....
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mastabas.
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Egyptian Books of the Dead were written....
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on papyrus scrolls.
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The Egyptians used a canon of proportions to....
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create an organized and ideal system for depicting human figures.
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What distinguishes the Head of Senusret III as an example of Egyptian art of the Middle Kingdom.
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Physical indications of stress and human anxiety.
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The Rosetta Stone juxtaposes Egyptian hieroglyphics with text written in....
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Greek.
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The Palette of Narmer from Egypt is similar to the Akkadian Stele of Naram-Sin in all of the following EXCEPT
>it commemorates a military victory that was historically significant. >it depicts the ruler using hierarchic scale. >it legitimizes the ruler's authority by linking him to the gods. > it organizes narrative imagery into registers. |
It organizes narrative imagery into registers.
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Akhenaten set up at new capital at....
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Tell el-Amarna
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What was the ka in ancient Egyptian culture?
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The soul or life force of an individual.
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Woman from Willendorf
Limestone Paleolithic |
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Bison (Le Tuc d'Audoubert)
High Relief Clay Paleolithic |
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Bird-Headed Man with Bison (Lascaux)
Paint on limestone Paleolithic |
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Figure of a man
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Stonehenge
Stone Neolithic |
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Paleolithic
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Stone age
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Relief
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To give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised about witb background plane.
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Megalith
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Large stone that forms a prehistoric monument.
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Passage Grave
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Narrow, stone lined passageways led into a large room at the center.
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Mesolithic
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Culture between Paleolithic and Neolithic.
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Sculpture in the Round
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It is sculpted out on all sides and is not attached to anything, it is free standing.
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Monolith
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A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.
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Neolithic
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The later part of the stone age.
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Pigment
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The natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue.
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Shamanism
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The belief that certain people can travel outside of their bodies in order to mediate between the world's of the living and the spirits.
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Post-and-Lintel
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A horizontal beam laying on top of two columns standing up straight.
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Dolmen
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portable tomb
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Before the Common Era
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Votive figures
Sculpture in the Round limestone Sumerian |
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The Great Lyre
Sculpture in the Round Wood, Stone, Lapis Lazuli Sumerian |
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Head of a Man
Sculpture in the Round Bronze Akkadian |
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Stele of Hammirabi
Sculpture in the Round Basalt Old Babylonian |
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Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions
Low relief Stone Assyrian |
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Ishtar Gate
Glazed Bricks Lapis Lazuli Neo-Babylonian |
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Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute
Low Relief Stone Persian |
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Mesopotamia
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name for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system
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Pictograph
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a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase
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Lyre
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a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar
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Glaze
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overlay or cover with a smooth, shiny coating or finish
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Polytheistic
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belief in many gods
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Cuneiform
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wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems on clay tablets
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Stele
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an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker,
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Votive Figures
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placed in the tombs to keep worshiping the Gods forever
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Registers
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levels used to organize and image
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Hierarchical Proportions
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artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures
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Apadana
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Great audience hall
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Ziggurat
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rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple
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Cylinder seal
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a small, barrel-shaped stone object with a hole down the center and an incised design or cuneiform inscription
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Lamassu
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Assyrian protective deity
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Gligamesh
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Semi Devine king of Babylon who was also in some myths
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Palette of Narmer
Low relief sculpture Stone Predynastic |
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Seated statue of Khafre
Sculpture in the Round Stone Old Kingdom |
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Seated Scribe
Sculpture in the Round Painted and Limestone Old Kingdom |
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Head of Senusret III
Sculpture in the Round Stone Middle Kingdom |
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Statue if Hetshepsut kneeling
Sculpture in the Round Stone New Kingdom |
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Akhenaten and His Family
Low Relief Stone tablet New Kingdom |
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Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris
Low Relief Stone tablet New Kingdom |
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Dynasty
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a line of hereditary rulers of a country
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Ka
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a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death.
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Pyramid
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a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt
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Book of the Dead
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is an ancient Egyptian funerary text
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Upper Egypt
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South
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Pharaoh
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a ruler in ancient Egypt.
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Mummification
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is a process in which the skin and flesh of a corpse can be preserved
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Sphinx
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a winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body.
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Hierarchical Proportions
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the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork
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Lower Egypt
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North
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Hieroglyphic
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designating or pertaining to a pictographic script
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Mastaba
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an ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof
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Sarcophagus
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a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription
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Canon of Proportions
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a rule of proportions
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Hypostyle
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having a roof supported by pillars, typically in several rows.
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Rosetta Stone
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a black basalt stone that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek and is celebrated for having given the first clue to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Necropolis
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a cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city.
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Monotheism
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belief that there is only one God
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Composite Pose
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Combining different viewpoints within a single representation of a subject
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Papyrus
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a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant,
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