Question

Although the Sumerians gave rise to the earliest examples of writing in cuneiform on clay tablets, we have less art available from this culture than from the ancient Egyptians of the same period. How is this possible?

(1 point)

The clay bricks and mud the Sumerians used as building materials were not very durable.

The stones the Sumerians used to build with were later stolen by other civilizations.

Most of the pieces of Sumerian art were stolen from the National Museum of Iraq in 2003.

All of the Sumerian art pieces were kept in the Tower of Babel, which eventually burned to the ground.

Answer 1

The clay bricks and mud the Sumerians used as building materials were not very durable.

Sumerians built mostly with mudbrick and used perishable materials, so less monumental stone sculpture and architecture survived compared with contemporaneous Egyptians who built extensively in durable stone.