CultureSumero-AkkadianTitleBronze head of Sargon from NinevehWork TypesculptureDatec. 2340 -2284 BCEMaterialbronzeMeasurementsH: 12 inches

CultureSumerianTitleStandard of UrWork TypemosaicDate2600-2400 BCEMaterialmosaic of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli, wooden boxMeasurements20 x 48 cmDescriptionFound in one of the largest Royal Tombs in the cemetery at Ur

CultureSumerian: UrukTitleFemale head (Lady of Warka) from Uruk (Erech, or Warka, modern Iraq)Dateca. 3500-3000 B.C.E.LocationIraq Museum, BaghdadMaterialmarbleMeasurementsh. 20.3cm.Related ItemAdams AAT: 3.7
Hartt 4: 4-6
Gardner 10: 2-5
H&F 4: 2.4
Janson 5R: 88
Stokstad R: 2-6ARTstor CollectionArt History Survey CollectionSourceCatalogued by: Digital Library Federation Academic Image CooperativeDownload Size1024,1024

A slight aside-

Just came across the following video- a new and fascinating development in the uses of concrete in construction.

MIT Media Lab: 3-D printing with variable densities

Impressive as this prehistoric achievement is even today, by 2000 B.C. the peoples occupying the Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers had been erecting multichambered temples on huge platforms for at least a millennium. In the fertile valley of the Nile in Egypt, the great stone pyramids of the pharaohs were already five hundred or more years old when Stonehenge was erected. We now turn to those civilizations, with their written records and historical personalities.