1. Choose a work of *art from the reading in Chapter 1 (This includes Stonehenge, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Darius and Xerxes, the pyramids, cave paintings, Palette of Narmer, funerary masks, and more. *Art, for the purpose of this class refers to all arts.)
2. Discuss how the work is a reflection of the ancient culture that created it.
3. Also, did anything particularly surprise or impress you about the work of art or the ancient people who created it?
Prehistoric cave paintings, those particularly from the paleolithic and neolithic age, are indeed fascinating and exciting to me. Drawn on the walls of caves that are made from limestone, some of these paintings are considered to be the oldest in the world. One of the painting include a
