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  • Austria
  • made of limestone
  • Paleolithic
  • 24000 BCE
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  • Lascaux Cave
  • France
  • Pigment on limestone
  • Paleolithic
  • 15000 BCE
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[Image result for catal huyuk]

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  • Turkey
  • Diagram of a House, Catal Hoyuk
  • Neolithic
  • 7400-6200 BE
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[Image result for stonehenge]

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  • Salisbury Plain,Europe
  • Sarsens
  • Neolithic
  • 2900-1500 BCE
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[Image result for stele of naram sin]

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  • Sippar, Iraq
  • limestone
  • Ancient Near East
  • 2254-2218 BCE
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[Image result for uruk carved vase]

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  • Uruk
  • alablaster
  • Ancient Near east
  • 3300-3000 BCE
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Cromlech

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a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones

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Post and lintel construction

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system with a lintel, header, or architrave as the horizontal member over a building void supported at its ends by two vertical columns, pillars, or posts

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Trilithon

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is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel). It is commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments

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Cuneiform

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denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets

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Ziggurat

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a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.

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Mastaba

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an ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof, standing to a height of 17–20 feet (5–6 m), consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) in which to store offerings

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sarcophagus

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a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.

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Ka

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a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death

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Hypostyle

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having a roof supported by pillars, typically in several rows

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Pylon

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an upright structure that is used for support or for navigational guidance, in particular

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[Image result for palette of narmer]

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  • Hierakonpolis
  • green schist
  • Early Dynastic Period
  • 2950 BCE
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[Image result for seated ka statue of khafre]

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  • Giza
  • diorite
  • Old Kingdom
  • 2520-2494 BCE
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[Image result for seated scribe saqqara]

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  • Saqqara
  • painted limestone
  • Old Kingdom
  • 2450-2325 BCE
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[Image result for great temple of amun]

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  • Karnak
  • New Kingdom
  • 1579-1075 BCE
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[Image result for queen hatshepsut]

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  • Deir el-Bahri
  • red granite
  • New Kingdom
  • 1473-1458 BCE
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[Image result for queen hatshepsut tomb]

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  • Deir el-Bahri
  • New Kingdom
  • 1473-1458 BCE
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Obelisk

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a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark.

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Tholos

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is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones

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Dromos
the passage to an ancient Egyptian or Mycenaean subterranean tomb
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Frieze
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.
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Megaron
the great hall of the Grecian palace complexes. It was a rectangular hall, fronted by an open, two-columned porch, and a more or less central, open hearth vented though an oculus in the roof above it and surrounded by four columns
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Amphora
a tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck
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Kouros
an archaic Greek statue of a young man, standing and often naked
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Kore
an archaic Greek statue of a young woman, standing and clothed in long loose robes.
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Doric
relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture characterized by a sturdy fluted column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded molding [Image result for definition of doric]
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Ionic
[Image result for definition of ionic] - normally stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform; The cap is usually enriched with egg-and-dart.
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Corinthian
[Image result for definition of corinthian]
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Volute
a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
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Fluted
from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning "tall, slender wine glass"
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Acanthus Leaf
an architectural ornament, as in the Corinthian capital, resembling the leaves of this plant
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Metope
a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
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Triglyph
a tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves. Triglyphs alternate with metopes.
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Taotie
is a motif commonly found on Chinese ritual bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou dynasty
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[Image result for akhenaten and his family]
- Akhetaten - painted limestone - Amarna Period - 1353-1336 BCE
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[Image result for female figure and proportional design scheme, cyclades]
- marble - Cyclades - Cycladic - 2600-2400 BCE
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[Image result for palace complex at knossos]
- Knossos, Crete, New Palace - Minoan - 1700-1450 BCE
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[Image result for Bull's head rhyton]
Knossos, Crete - serpentine - Minoan - 1550-1450 BCE
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![Image result for lions gate]()
- Mycenae - limestone - carved relieving triangle - Mycenaean - 1250 BCE
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![Image result for Funerary Krater]()
-Dipylon Cemetery -Athens -ceramic -Geometric period 750 BCE
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![Image result for greek architectural orders](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTAfG--dsjF2uHHy-bNud3NCNjt8AtzDY62cfBVh2-Wo9p8Tfhj)
- Doic - Ionic - Corinthian -Archaic Period
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![Image result for anavysos kouros]()
- Anavysos - painted marble - Archaic Period - 530 BCE
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![Image result for euphronios and euxitheos]()
- Death of Sarpedon - red-figure decoration on calyx krater - ceramic - Archaic Period - 515 BCE
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![Image result for riace warrior]()
- Greek - bronze - Early Classical Period - 460-450 BCE
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![Image result for parthenon acropolis]()
- Acropolis - Athens - pentelic marble - High Classical Period - 447-432 BCE
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![Image result for phidias and workshop]()
- Procession - Ionic frieze within Doric peristyle - Parthenon - marble - High Classical Period - 447-432 BCE
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![Image result for polykleitos doryphoros]()
- Doryphorus - Roman copy of bronze original - marble - High Classical Period - 450 BCE
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![Image result for lysippos apoxyomenos]()
- Apoxyomenos - Roman copy of bronze original - marble - 350-325 BCE - Late Classical Period
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![Image result for epigonos dying gaul]()
- Dying Gaul - Roman copy of lost bronze original - marble - Hellenistic Period - 220 BCE
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![Image result for nike of samothrace]()
- Sanctuary of the Great Gods - Samothrace - marble - Hellenistic Period - 180 BCE
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![Image result for torso of a priest-king]()
- Mohenjo-Daro - steatite - Indus Valley Civilization - 2600-1900 BCE
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![Image result for great stupa]()
- Sanchi - enlarged - Buddhism in India - 150-50 BCE
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![Image result for chaitya Hall]()
-Karle -Buddhism in India -
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![Image result for fang ding]()
- Tomb 1004 - Shang Dynasty - Anyang - cast bronze - Ancient China - 1150 BCE
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![Image result for painted banner from tomb of marquess of dai]()
- Mawangdui - colors on silk - Ancient China - 160 BCE
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![Image result for great pyramid of plaza, la venta]()
- La Venta - Mesoamerica: Olmec - 900-400 BCE
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![Image result for head from nok]()
- Nigeria - terra cotta - Africa: Nok - 500 BCE-200 CE
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