Ancient art

Ancient art

Alexander the Great (left), wearing a kausia and fighting an Asiatic lion with his friend Craterus; late 4th century BC; mosaic; Archaeological Museum of Pella (Pella, Greece)
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Ancient art refers to the many types of art produced by the advanced cultures of ancient societies with different forms of writing, such as those of ancient China, India, Mesopotamia, Persia, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The art of pre-literate societies is normally referred to as prehistoric art and is not covered here. Although some pre-Columbian cultures developed writing during the centuries before the arrival of Europeans, on grounds of dating these are covered at pre-Columbian art and articles such as Maya art, Aztec art, and Olmec art.^{[citation needed]}