Serimpi Dance
It symbolizes the four elements in the world, which is fire or Grama, wind, water or Toya and earth, based on Javanese belief. Hence, each of the dancers carry and perform those elements.
Sacred City of Caral-Supe
Capitol, merging of small villages the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas
Raimondi Stele
Cosmology, religious purposes
Pyramids at Giza
The pyramids of Giza were royal tombs built for three different pharaohs
Pashupati Seal
Pashupati seal in Harappa, which is 4,000 years old, shows a man, or woman, surrounded by wild animals including a tiger and a rhino
Palette of Narmer
Tells the story of King Narmer’s victory in battle and the approval of the gods at the unification of Egypt.
Menkaure and his Wife
Shows the authority the pharaoh had over everyone else and the hierarchical Egyptian system.
Mask of Agamemnon
Funeral mask
Gobekli Tepe Temple Mounds
Göbekli Tepe (which translates to “potbelly hill” in Turkish) was built some 11,000 to 12,000 years ago
Enheduanna’s Temple Hymns
These hymns re-defined the gods for the people of the Akkadian Empire under Sargon’s rule and helped provide the underlying religious homogeniety sought by the king.