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Sculpture timeline
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. 3100 BC
The pharaoh Narmer celebrates a victory with a sculpted relief showing his personal dominance over the enemy
c. 3000 BC
The sculptors of the Cyclades produce stylized and formal figures, mainly female, in white marble
c. 2500 BC
The largest sculpture of the ancient world, a sphinx with the face of the pharaoh Khufu, is carved in situ at Giza
Sphinx
Photograph Josceline Dimbleby
c. 1340 BC
One of the regular sitters to the court sculptor Thutmose is the pharaoh's wife, Nefertiti
c. 1000 BC
Massive stone heads carved by the Olmecs provide a dramatic beginning to the story of American sculpture
La Venta, giant head
Photograph Beryl Pethick
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