Venus of Hohle Fels 35,000 - 40,000 B.C. - Discovered:in September 2008 in a cave called Hohle Fels, by a team from the University of Tübingen

Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel 30,000 BC-26,000 B.C. Discovered:Its pieces were found in 1939 in a cave named Stadel, in the Swabian Alb, Germany.

Venus of Willendorf 28,000 B.C.E – 25,000 B.C. "The limestone from which the 11cm high Venus had been carved, comes almost certainly from the region around the Moravian city of Brno 136km to the northeast of Willendorf.

The Seated Scribe 2620–2500 B.C.Discovered: in Saqqara on 19 November 1850 by French archeologist Auguste Mariette

Narmer Palette 3100 B.C.E. The Narmer Palette provides one of the earliest known depictions of an Egyptian king.

Khasekhem ca. 2690 B.C. Khasekhem is unique in Egyptian history as having both the symbols of Horus and Set on his serekh.

Bust of Cleopatra VII ca. 69 - 30 B.C.E. Discovered: Egypt, in the early 1900s. Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Canada

Great Sphinx of Tanis 2600 BC Discovered:in 1825 among the ruins of the Temple of Amun at Tanis. The Greek word "sphinx", commonly used to refer to the Egyptian statues representing a lion with a human head, was not the original term.

Great Sphinx of Giza c.2575—c.2465 B.C. The royal human head on a lion's body symbolized power and might, controlled by the intelligence of the pharaoh, guarantor of the cosmic order, or ma'at.

Khafra ca. 2570 B.C. Khafra was the builder of the second largest pyramid of Giza. The Egyptian name of the pyramid was Wer(en)-Khafre which means "Khafre is Great"

King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen Died ca. 2500 B.C. The statue was the modern world’s first glimpse of one of humankind’s artistic masterworks.

Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II ca. 2051–2000 B.C. Mentuhotep II Nebhepetre was the fifth king of Dynasty 11.

As not all hippo statues from this era were elaborately painted, William is a particularly important example; he has been “covered with a decoration in black line of lotus flowers, buds, and leaves” to signal his “natural surroundings among the lowlands of the Nile.

Amenemhat III (throne name, Nimaatre) 1853 — 1806 BC Amenemhet III brought Middle Kingdom Egypt to a peak of economic prosperity by completing a system to regulate the inflow of water into Lake Moeris, in the Al-Fayyūm depression southwest of Cairo.

Kneeling statue of Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI ca 1750 - 1700 BC Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI's father was perhaps Sobekhotep IV, the best attested king of the entire second intermediary period.

Head of a nobleman 1550-1300 B.C.E. It's dated from the New Kingdom , probably from the time of Horemheb. An expression of sweetness and peace shines from this head.The fleshy mouth and melancholy look are typical of Amarna Art.

Sphinx of Hatshepsut ca. 1473–1458 B.C. Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

KING AMENOPHIS I ca. 1504 B.C . Amenophis I was the first Egyptian sovereign of the New Kingdom to have, in a vain effort to prevent plunder, separated his Temple of Millions of years from his burial place.

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut ca. 1479–1458 B.C. The large kneeling statue once was part of a group of similar figures aligned on the right-hand (northern) side of the processional way, most probably along the axis of the temple's second court.