Bihar, 10th century

Colima artists are known for their lively representations of animals, particularly dogs. Mexican hairless breeds such as the Xoloitzcuintle (show-low-eats-queen-tlee) were domesticated and raised as a source of food. They also had supernatural importance and were thought of as guides and companions for humans in the afterlife. Colima burials frequently contained dog effigies, along with other provisions for a comfortable afterlife.

Information via:

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5992/dog-colima

This seated figure was one half of a male-female couple placed in a tomb to accompany the deceased in the afterlife. Female figures were typically shown holding serving vessels for food and drink, while male figures were depicted dressed for warfare or the ballgame, as in this example. This figure wears protective equipment and holds the hard rubber ball used in the Mesoamerican ballgame, associating him with the elevated class of ballplayers and warriors in Nayarit society. Naturally occurring rubber (hule) was in use in Mesoamerica by 1600 B.C., but it remained unknown outside the Americas before the Spanish Conquest that began in the late 15th century. As a material, rubber is dense and hard, thus the balls themselves could severely injure or even kill a player, furthering the associations between the ballgame and warfare. Modern team sports played with a ball such as soccer, football, and basketball are descendents of the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame.

Information via: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/755/figure-nayarit

I Just found this subreddit and I thought this should be of notice, I think there's a lot of things to find around 'Ancient China'. Looking at older civilizations I think this is also one of the 'older civilizations' which predate the common known stuff we know.

Also found this older post from here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCivilizations/comments/1cj1xjk/what_little_ known_sites_do_you_find_the_most/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/14vhmnk/til_that_the_longyou_caves_a_mysterious_network/

And a random guy I found from YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSWIn927qL0

Among the Maya, shells were associated with the earth, the underworld, and death, but also with water, life, birth, and the feminine. It was believed that, just as the mollusk emerges from its shell, so does a person emerge from their mother’s womb. For this reason, it is not uncommon to find representations like this one, where an old man emerges from a shell. It could represent God N, an elderly deity associated with the underworld. Period: Late Classic (600-800 AD) Origin: Jaina Island, Campeche

• National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

I spent about two hours sussing this out and drawing it up. You need 45 kips of tension (~500 people pulling) to tip the unjacketed stone over one of its corners, but the jacketed stone would take a lot less force to roll. I'm betting that 100 men could lever the block onto the straw bed at the quarry, and those same 100 men could roll it all the way to Giza.

Grab a few more and you could probably roll it up the stepped side of an incomplete pyramid core!

Thoughts?