Aerial view of the ruins of Hagar Qim, Malta, ca. 3200-2500 BCE.
Animal facing left, from the Apollo 11 Cave, Namibia, ca. 23,000 BCE. Charcoal on stone.
Waterworn pebble resembling a human face, from Makapansgat, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 BCE. Reddish-brown jasperite.
Human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory.
Venus of Willendorf, from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. Limestone.
Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, France, ca. 25,000-20,000 BCE. Painted limestone.
Two bison, reliefs in a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France, ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE. Clay.
Bison with turned head, fragmentary spearthrower, from La Madeleine, France, ca. 12,000 BCE. Reindeer horn.
Bison, detail of a painted ceiling in the cave at Altamira, Spain, ca. 12,000-11,000 BCE.
Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, France, ca. 22,000 BCE.
Hall of the Bulls in the cave at Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE.
Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, wall painting in the Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, France, ca. 30,000-28,000 or 15,000-13,000 BCE.
Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well of the cave at Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE.
Great stone tower built into the settlement wall, Jericho, ca. 8,000-7,000 BCE.
Human figure, from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, ca. 6,750-6,250 BCE. Plaster, painted and inlaid with bitumen.
Deer hunt, detail of a wall painting from Level III, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca. 5750 BCE.
Landscape with volcanic eruption(?), watercolor copy of a wall painting from Level VII, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca. 6150 BCE.
Aerial view of Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, ca. 2,550-1,600 BCE.
Aerial view of the ruins of Hagar Qim, Malta, ca. 3200-2500 BCE.
Animal facing left, from the Apollo 11 Cave, Namibia, ca. 23,000 BCE. Charcoal on stone.
Waterworn pebble resembling a human face, from Makapansgat, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 BCE. Reddish-brown jasperite.
Human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory.
Venus of Willendorf, from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. Limestone.
Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, France, ca. 25,000-20,000 BCE. Painted limestone.
Two bison, reliefs in a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France, ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE. Clay.
Bison with turned head, fragmentary spearthrower, from La Madeleine, France, ca. 12,000 BCE. Reindeer horn.
Bison, detail of a painted ceiling in the cave at Altamira, Spain, ca. 12,000-11,000 BCE.
Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, France, ca. 22,000 BCE.
Hall of the Bulls in the cave at Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE.
Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, wall painting in the Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, France, ca. 30,000-28,000 or 15,000-13,000 BCE.
Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well of the cave at Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE.
Great stone tower built into the settlement wall, Jericho, ca. 8,000-7,000 BCE.
Human figure, from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, ca. 6,750-6,250 BCE. Plaster, painted and inlaid with bitumen.
Deer hunt, detail of a wall painting from Level III, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca. 5750 BCE.
Landscape with volcanic eruption(?), watercolor copy of a wall painting from Level VII, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca. 6150 BCE.
Aerial view of Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, ca. 2,550-1,600 BCE.