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| c. 31,000 years ago |
| | | Rhinoceroses, lions and mammoth feature on the walls of the Chauvet cave, in southern France | |
|  | Rhinoceros in the Chauvet cave
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| c. -30,000 years ago |
| | | Painted and engraved images, on the rock face in a cave near Twyfelfontein in Namibia, date from this period | |
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| c. -3100 BC |
| | | The Egyptians paint murals on the walls of tombs, designed to help the occupants in the next world | |
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| c. -1600 BC |
| | | A bull-fighting fresco in the palace of Knossos is linked with the island's cult of the bull | |
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| c. -1550 BC |
| | | Egyptian tombs include paintings of a kind to help the occupants in the next world, whether in the Book of the Dead or on the walls | |
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| c. -1525 BC |
| | | The eruption of a volcano, on the island of Thera, entombs and preserves houses with frescoes in the Minoan city of Akrotiri | |
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| c. -550 BC |
| | | The murals of Etruscan tombs, such as the Tomb of the Lionesses in Tarquinia, give a lively glimpse of an earlier tradition in Greek art | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | Realistic portraits, done in hot wax and preserved in coffins at Fayyum, vividly depict inhabitants of Roman Egypt | |
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| c. 250 |
| | | The Christians of Rome use the catacombs as tomb chambers, and decorate the walls with murals on New Testament themes | |
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| c. 600 |
| | | The walls of caves at Ajanta are profusely decorated with Buddhist murals | |
|  | Ajanta Mural
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