Architecture Slide Images

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Terra Amata Shelter, France, >3500BC
Paleolithic Settlement, made with branches and rocks.

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Cave at Lascaux, France, >3500BC (Hall of Bulls)
Area frequently visited by Paleolithic groups.

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Cave at Lascaux, France, >3500BC
Area frequently visited by Paleolithic groups.

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Göblekli Tepe, Turkey, >3500BC
Monolithic pillars and Megalithic Architecture

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Nabta Playa, Egypt, >3500BC
Seasonally occupied, stone circle used as a calender.

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Catal Hüyük, Turkey, 3500BC
Neolithic Settlement,composed of mud baked bricks, worshiped bulls.

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Fortifications, Jericho, 3500 BC
Freshwater within the boundaries of the wall.

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Fortifications, Jericho, 3500 BC (Stone Wall)

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Khirokitia, Cyprus, 3500BC
Had a roadway and a town-square for trading and the like, circular stone buildings.

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Banpo, China, 3500BC

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Tomb at Xishuipo, Henan Province, China, 3500BC

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White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk, Iraq, 2500BC
Entrance to the central worship area was in the back so one had to navigate the entire Ziggurat to get there, raised above the surrounding city.

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Typical Egyptian Mastaba Tomb, 2500BC
1-Chapel 2-Falsedoor 3-Shaft into Burial Chamber
4-Serdab (Chamber of the Deceased) 5-Burial Chamber

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Mortuary Precinct of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt, 2500BC

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Mortuary Precinct of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt, 2500BC
(Stepped Pyramid Architect-IMHOTEP)

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Mortuary Precinct of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt, 2500BC
(Entrance Hall)

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Mortuary Precinct of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt, 2500BC
(Tent Buildings)

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Great Pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure), Giza, Egypt, 2500BC

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Great Pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure), Giza, Egypt, 2500BC
1-Menkaure 2-Khafre 3-Mortuary Temple of Khafre
4-Causeway 5-Great Sphinx 6-Valley Temple of Khafre
7-Khufu 8-Pyramids of the Royal Family

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Great Sphinx, Giza, 2500 BC
Generic Pharaoh head and body of the lion, represented the limits of the human beings prior to afterlife.

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Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan, 2500 BC (Great Bath)

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Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan, 2500 BC
buildings were made of mud-baked bricks, very tightly knit society.

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Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan, 2500 BC
buildings were made of mud-baked bricks, very tightly knit society.

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Newgrange passage tomb, Boyne Valley, Ireland, 2500 BC
A burial mound or tumulus.

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Newgrange passage tomb, Boyne Valley, Ireland, 2500 BC
Use of the corbelled vault for a ceiling.

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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, 2500 BC
Ritual center used to track the stars, consists of megalithic structures, utilizes the post and lintel system, oriented east to sun, surrounded by circular ditch.

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Ziggurat, Ur, Iraq, 2500 BC
A temple for worship, only the high priest had access, made of baked mud brick.

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Lion Gate, Hattusas, Turkey, 1500 BC
Monolithic carvings meant to forewarn visitors.

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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir-el-Bahri, Egypt, 1500BC

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Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt. 1500 BC
Temple of worship for the sun god Re, initially built then added onto more by each ruler.

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Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt. 1500 BC
Temple of worship for the sun god Re, initially built then added onto more by each ruler.

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Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt. 1500 BC
(Hypostyle Hall)

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Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt. 1500 BC
(Hypostyle Hall)

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Palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece. 1500 BC
Looks over the mountains, steps away from the idea of symmetry, buildings surround a central courtyard, light-wells allow light and fresh air into buildings.

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Palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece. 1500 BC
Looks over the mountains, steps away from the idea of symmetry, buildings surround a central courtyard, light-wells allow light and fresh air into buildings.

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Palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece. 1500 BC
(Stairwell) Bulbous capitols on columns.

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Citadel, Tiryns, Greece. 1500 BC

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Citadel, Tiryns, Greece. 1500 BC
Cyclopian masonry, built very defensively.

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Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece. 1500 BC

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Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece. 1500 BC

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Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece. 1500 BC
Beehive like structure

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Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt. 1500 BC
Moved higher up the cliff because of rising water level.

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Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq. 800 BC

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Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. 800 BC

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Napatan royal tombs, Nuri, Sudan. 800 BC

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Napatan royal tombs, Nuri, Sudan. 800 BC

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Ritual complex at Fengchu, Shaanxi Province, China. 800 BC

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Idealized plan of Wangcheng. 800 BC
Zhou Dynasty

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City plan of Chengzhou, China. 800 BC
Zhou Dynasty

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Ceremonial center, Chavín de Huántar, Peru. 800 BC
Old Temple, Lanzón

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Temple of Hera I (“Basilica”), Paestum, Italy. 800 BC

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Temple of Hera I (“Basilica”), Paestum, Italy. 800 BC

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Ceremonial complex, La Venta, Mexico, 800 BC  Olmec

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Palace complex, Persepolis, Iran, 400 BCPalace complex, Persepolis, Iran, 400 BC

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Palace complex, Persepolis, Iran, 400 BC

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Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 400 BC
Architects- IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES

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Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 400 BC (Parthenon)
Architects- IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES

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Typical Etruscan temple, 400 BC

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Necropolis at Cerveteri, Italy, 400 BC

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Xianyang Palace No.1, Xi’an, China, 400 BC
Late Zhou / “Warring States” period

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Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi, Sui Zhou, China, 400 BC
Late Zhou / “Warring States” period

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Temple of the Giant Jaguar, Tikal, Guatemala AD 600
Maya