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| c. 25,000 years ago |
| | A Stone Age sculptor shapes a timeless image of female fecundity in the famous Willendorf Venus | |
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| c. 25,000 years ago |
| | A Brassempouy, in France, a Venus figurine is carved which is the oldest known example to have facial features | |
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| c. 24,000 years ago |
| | An unusually decorated female figurine is carved from limestone at Kostenky, in the river Don region of Russia | |
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| c. 23,000 years ago |
| | Someone carves a figure of a flying bird, in mammoth ivory, in the Malta settlement in Siberia | |
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| c. 18,000 years ago |
| | A bison figurine is carved in mammoth ivory in the region of Zaraysk, southeast of Moscow | |
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| c. 3100 BC |
| | The pharaoh Narmer celebrates a victory with a sculpted relief showing his personal dominance over the enemy | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | The sculptors of the Cyclades produce stylized and formal figures, mainly female, in white marble | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | The largest sculpture of the ancient world, a sphinx with the face of the pharaoh Khufu, is carved in situ at Giza | |
| | Sphinx Photograph Josceline Dimbleby
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| c. 1340 BC |
| | One of the regular sitters to the court sculptor Thutmose is the pharaoh's wife, Nefertiti | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | Massive stone heads carved by the Olmecs provide a dramatic beginning to the story of American sculpture | |
| | La Venta, giant head Photograph Beryl Pethick
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