Part 1 Flashcards

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Great Pyramids at Giza

Egypt

2550-2460 BC

Tallest building in the world for nearly 4,000 years

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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

Deir-el-Bahari, Egypt

1473-1458 BC

Site chosen as valley is considered to be sacred because of connection to funerary godess Hathor

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Great Temple of Ramesses II

Abu Simbel, Egypt

1285-1255 BC

Made up of two temples, both are rock cut

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Parthenon

Athens

448-432 BC

Architects were Iktinos and Kallikrates

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Temple of Hephaestus

Athens

449 BC

Classical example of Dorian architecture

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Caryatid Porch, Erechtheon

Athens

421-405 BC

Porch built to conceal large 15ft beam used to support south-west corner of Kekropion

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Pont du Gard

Nimes, Gaul (France)

1st Century BC

Built to transfer water from the aqueduct across the river Gard

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Temple of Fortuna Virilis

Rome

2nd Century BC

Uses Ionic order

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Pantheon

Rome

118-128 AD

Largest dome in world for 1,300 years

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Colosseum

Rome

75-80 AD

Built by emperor Vespasian and completed by son Titus, as a gift for the Roman people

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