DK - Cultural Treasures of the World: From the Relics of Ancient Empires to Modern-Day Icons

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Fore word Introduct ion 40,000 bce bce Venu s of Hohle Fe ls Lion-Man of Hoh lenstein-S tadel Altamira Biso n Kakadu Roc k Art Judaean St one Mask Palette o f Narmer Ram in the Thi cket Cyclad ic Figure Tel l Asmar Hoar d Great Sphinx of Gi za Standard of Ur Head of an Akk adian King Mohenjo-daro Danc ing Girl Babylonian Jewellery Meketre T om b Figures Minoan Snake Goddess Nebra Sky Disc Erlitou Pla que Minoan Oct opus Va se Mask of Agamemnon Tru ndholm Sun Chari ot Oracle Bones Bust of Ne fert iti Mask of T ut ankhamun Mummy of Kateb et Hittite Stag B ibru Kang Hou Gui Phoenician Ivo ry P laque Olmec Mask Regolini- Galassi Fi bula Strett weg Cu lt Wag on The Cyru s Cylinder Att ic Dinos bce 49 ce Persepolis Bas-R elief Nok Sculptural Po tter y Chavn Stone He ads Riace Bronz es The Oxus T re asure Parth enon F ri eze Golden Lion Rhy ton Chimera of Arez zo The Agris Hel met The T er racotta A rmy The Rosett a Stone The Gundestr up Cauldro n Laocon Bimaran Reli quary Casket Augustus o f Prima Por ta Tillya T ep e Hoard Newspaper Ro ck Amaravati Pillar Arte mis of Ephesu s Tra jans Co lumn Fay um Mummy Port raits Gansu Flying Hor se Paracas T ex tile Teo tihuacn Sculpture Moche Port rait Heads Nazca Fi gure Ve ssels Lycur gus Cup Ajanta Cav e Paintings Admonition s of the Inst ructre ss 500 11 Mosaics of San V itale Sutton Ho o Helmet Zapotec Mura l The Lindisf arne Gospels Death Mask of Pa kal Bonampak Murals Diamond Sutra Lindau Gospels Tr easure Bindin g Ramayana Bo wl Igbo-Ukwu Bronz e Wa res Crdoba Mosque Mihrab Banteay S rei Carolingia n Astrola be Yixian Luohan S tatue Bernward Br onze Doors The Bayeux T ap estry Qingming Scro ll Dancing Celest ial Deity Tol tec Wa rrior Head Att endants of F ud My

1200 1499 Lewis Chessmen Golden Rhinoceros of Map ungubwe Chart res Cathed ral Staine d Glass Konark Su n T em ple Sculptures Mosaics of Hag ia Sophia Illustrat ed Legends o f the Kitano Ten jin Shrine Coronation Chai r Chim Collar Easter Isla nd Moai Mamluk Enamell ed Glass Bot tle Ife Head The Hereford Mappa Mundi Ognissanti Madonna Baptist re de Saint Lo uis Bust of Charl emagne Javanese F une rary M ask Golden Buddha Codex Zouc he-Nuttall The David Va ses Tom b of the Black Pr ince The Wilton Dipty ch Soninke Scul pture Old T es tament T ri nity Mask of T ez catl ipoca Ming Jar The Ghent Altarp iece The Annunciatio n Gutenberg Bible Zyt glogge Astr onomical Clock Ivory Hunting Horn Primavera The Garden of Ear th ly Delights 1500 1 Mona Lisa David The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Shahnameh of Sha h T ah masp The Cassia G rove St udio Venu s of Urbino The Ardabil Ca rpets Cellini Salt Cellar Benin Bronz es Aztec Su n Stone Tug hra of Suleiman the Magnic ent Helmet of Charl es IX Iznik Cer amics Empress Xiao duans Ph oenix Headdress Pine T re es Self- Port rait as a Lute Pla yer The Judgement of Paris The Night Wat ch The Ecsta sy of St T er esa Sri Lanka n Ivory Cabinet Las Menina s Ethiopian Christia n Icon 1700 1 Japanese Lacqu erwa re Maqdala Crown The Imperial Cro wn of Russia The Swing Ndop of Mishe miSh yaang maMbul Qianlong-E ra Clock Hawaiian Fe ather Cloak K, Hawa iian God of Wa r Bangwa Queen Napoleon Crossi ng the Alps Star -Sp angled Banner The Third of May 1808 Wanderer abo ve the Sea of Fo g The Great Wa ve The Fighting T em eraire Samurai Armour Akan Gold-W eights Nkisi Nkond i Peking Opera Robe Ophelia Sudden Shower o ver Shin-O hashi Bridge Sacred Eagl e Fe ather Bonnet Dance at the Mo ulin de la Galet te Little D ancer Aged F ourt een Bathers at Asnires Sunowers The Childs B ath Pictoria l Quilt T Moko Panel The Water -L ily Pond

1900 Present Fab erg Imperial Eg gs The Thinker Group IV , The T en Largest , No. 7 , Adulthood The Kiss Head of a Woma n Composition VI Costumes for The Rite of Sprin g Dogon Dance Mask Patiala Nec klace Christ the Re deemer The Persist ence of Memory Guernica The British Cr own Jewels The T wo Fr idas Nighthawks Diary of Anne F ra nk Pelagos Man Pointing One: Number 3 1, 195 Campbells Soup Cans Eart hrise Pumpkin Angel of the Nor th Object Loca tions Glossary Index Acknowledgm ents