THESE WORKS OF ART ARE PART OF THE GETTY VILLA COLLECTION IN MALIBU. What strikes me when I look at them is how little we human beings have changed in appearance over three thousand years. These people could be my neighbors. I couldn't resist making the real, live old man laughing at the ancient mask my picture for today. The oldest pieces are as much as seven thousand years old dating back to 5000 B.C. in prehistoric times.