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500 BCE - 500 CE

Kasbah of Algiers

Kasbah of Algiers

Algiers | Unknown

Read More500 BCE

Myron’s Discobolus

Myron’s Discobolus (Discus Thrower)

Athens, Greece | Myron

Read Morec. 460-450 BCE

The Parthenon, Athens

The Parthenon

Athens, Greece | Iktinos, Kallikrates, and Karpion

Read More447-432 BCE

Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian Wars

Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian Wars

Athens, Greece | Thucydides

Read More431-400 BCE

Sophocles

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King

Athens, Greece | Sophocles

Read Morec. 429-426 BCE

Plato

Plato

Athens, Greece

Read More428-348 BCE

Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavad Gita

India | Ysasa

Read More400 BCE

Petra (Ancient Rock City)

Petra (Ancient Rock City)

Jordan | Nabataean Empire

Read More400 BCE-106 CE

Zhuang Zhou’s Zhuangzi

Zhuang Zhou’s Zhuangzi

China | Zhuang Zhou

Read More369 BCE

euclid

Euclid

Alexandria, Egypt

Read More365 BCE

Praxiteles’ Aphrodite

Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos

Yazıköy, Muğla Province, Turkey | Praxiteles

Read Morec. 360–330 BCE

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics or Poetics

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics or Poetics

Athens, Greece | Aristotle

Read Morec. 334-323 BCE

Xunzi

The Xunzi

China | Xun Kuang (Xunzi)

Read More300-200 BCE

Lion Capital of Ashoka

Lion Capital of Ashoka

Uttar Pradesh, India | Mauryan emperor Ashoka

Read More250 BCE

Old Towns of Djenne

Old Towns of Djenne

Djenne, Mali| Various Ixnumerous builders over 100's of years

Read More250 BCE-1280 CE

Guerreros de Terracota en Xi'an

Terracotta Soldiers in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang

China | Qin Shi Huang

Read More210-209 CE

Gandhara

Gandhara Buddha

Modern-day Pakistan | Kushan dynasty

Read More100 BCE-700 CE

Agesander, et al’s Laocoön and His Sons

Agesander, et al’s Laocoön and His Sons

Rome, Italy | Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus

Read Morec. 40–30 BCE

Vitruvius’ Ten Books on Architecture

Vitruvius’ Ten Books on Architecture

Rome, Italy | Vitruvius

Read Morec 40-19 BCE

Virgil’s Aeneid

Virgil’s Aeneid

Rome, Italy | Virgil

Read Morec. 30–19 BCE

Pont du Gard

Pont du Gard

Nimes, France | maybe Marcus Ulpsanius Agrippa (Augustus' son-in-law)

Read Morec. 19 BCE

Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple

Dambulla Cave Temple

Sri Lanka | Dambulla monks

Read More1 BCE

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Qumran, Israel | Contested

Read More1-3 CE

Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Rome, Italy | Ovid

Read More1-8 CE

Seneca’s On Tranquility of Mind

Seneca’s On Tranquility of Mind

Rome, Italy | Seneca

Read Morec. 49-62 CE

Josephus’ The Jewish War

Josephus’ The Jewish War

Roman Empire | events described happened in Jerusalem, Judea (then part of Roman Empire) | Josephus

Read Morec. 75 CE

The Colosseum, Rome

The Colosseum

Rome, Italy | commissioned by Emperors Vespasian/Titus

Read More70-80 CE

Arch of Titus

Arch of Titus

Rome, Italy | maybe Rabirius (commissioned by Emperor Domitian)

Read Morec. 81 CE

Book of Matthew

Book of Matthew

Israel

Read More80-90 CE

Juvenal’s Satires

Juvenal’s Satires

Rome, Italy | Juvenal

Read Morec. 100–127 CE

Trajan’s Victory Column

Trajan’s Victory Column

Rome, Italy | probably Apollodoros of Damascus

Read More113 CE

The Pantheon

The Pantheon

Rome, Italy | commissioned by Emperors Agrippa/Hadrian

Read Morec 126 CE

Arch of Septimius Severus

Arch of Septimius Severus

Leptis Magna, Libya | Septimius Severus

Read More193-211 BCE

St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose’s “Ancient Morning Hymn”

Milan | St. Ambrose

Read Morec. 390 CE

Ajanta Cave Frescoes

Ajanta Cave Frescoes

Northwest India | Various Indian Artists

Read More400–650 CE

Dhamek Stupa, India

Dhamek Stupa

Uttar Pradesh, India | Various Indian Artists

Read More500 CE