World Regions, 2000–1 b.c.

 

 

Egypt in the Old Kingdom (ca. 2649–2150 b.c.)

Statue of Memi and Sabu, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 2575–2465 B.C.
Egyptian; Probably from Giza
Painted limestone; H. 24 3/8 in. (62 cm)

Egypt in the Middle Kingdom (2030–1640 b.c.)

 

Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Egyptian; From Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes
Indurated limestone; H. 76 3/4 in. (195 cm)

Ancient Greece, 1000 b.c.–1 a.d.

Panathenaic amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic
Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter
Greek, Attic
Terracotta; H. 24 1/2 in. (62.23 cm)

Augustan Rule (27 b.c.–14 a.d.)

Portrait head of the Emperor Augustus, ca. 14–37; Julio-Claudian
Roman
Marble; H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)