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c. 31,000 years ago
Rhinoceroses, lions and mammoth feature on the walls of the Chauvet cave, in southern France
Rhinoceros in the Chauvet cave
c. 30,000 years ago
Painted and engraved images, on the rock face in a cave near Twyfelfontein in Namibia, date from this period
c. 25,000 years ago
A Stone Age sculptor shapes a timeless image of female fecundity in the famous Willendorf Venus
The Venus of Willendorf
, c. 25,000 BC
Natural History Museum, Vienna
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c. 6500 BC
Pottery fragments of this date survive in the neolithic site of Catal Huyuk
c. 3100 BC
The Egyptians paint murals on the walls of tombs, designed to help the occupants in the next world
Fragment of painted wall relief, c.1850 BC
British Museum
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c. 3100 BC
The pharaoh Narmer celebrates a victory with a sculpted relief showing his personal dominance over the enemy
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