Art Through the Ages

2. "in the year of our Lord"
3. artistic medium made from animals tusks
4. images, symbols, or signs created to express information or an idea
8. art period that covers Europe, the Mediterranean, and western Asia from the Old Stone Age to around 2500 BCE
11. any object made by a human being typically an item of cultural or historical interest
12. term for the curved shaped area containing most of the fertile land in the Middle East
13. art made of several colors
17. site of the world's oldest and largest temple made of petroglyphs
18. any image created on a rock surface by chiseling, engraving.
19. a person who studies human history and pre-history through excavation of sites and analysis of artifacts

1. art made of only one color
2. the study of the creation of human artifacts such as sculptures, paintings, and buildings
5. before the common era
6. massive step pyramids invented by the Sumerians
7. site of a circular rings of prehistoric megaliths
9. writing system invented by the Sumerians
10. site of important prehistoric cave paintings
14. art created with large stones
15. Greek word for "land between two rivers"
16. mobile pieces of art that were cut and shaped from stone, wood, or rocks