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Arch & Vault
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Post & Lintel
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| A stone marking a burial place, usually found in rows near houses -- a location that future generations would visit to pay their respects, etc. |
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| Burial site covered by rubble; stones protecting the site are on top, sometimes in a post & lintel type structure. |
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Structure for burial; made by the process of corbelling, formed into a dome-like structure. It is often an addition to a dolmen; usually only one person is located inside.
Ex. Newgrange & Treasury of Atreus |
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| Rumored to be the burial place of Agamemnon; got its name from the precious objects found inside of it. It is the only surviving, intact structure from the prehistoric world. It's beehive shape makes it a tholos tomb. Has a relieving arch above the entrance to relieve pressure on the stones. |
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| Famous for interlacing; always over/under (general rule of thumb). |
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| A religious text, gospel book; dedicated to embellishment (no words); pages are called carpet pages; included the four evangelists. |
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| Much more intricate than the Book of Durrow; made by the Bishop of Lindisfarne for god; contains abstract designs and swirl to add to make the images appear as if there is movement. |
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| Stele of Hammurabi w/ Law Code |
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| High relief structure; first form of law; death being the major form of punishment; Hammurabi was an ancient Babylonian king. |
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| Identification cards; individualized for each person; was the equivalent of a password or debit/credit card or license today. |
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| Ancient library containing clay tablets and texts of all kinds from the seventh century BC; named after the last great king of the Neo-Assyrians; most notable work found there was the Epic of Gilgamesh. |
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| Most important aspect is the frescos, which are paintings on the wall. Discovered by the British archaeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes. |
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| Google Composite -- know this also; just a more elaborate version of the corinthian column basically. |
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| Temple in Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena. The columns contain elements of doric and ionic, which is important since most Greek structures contained one or the other not multiple; architectural example of contrapoasto; example of the architectural principle involving column antaisis, which is when the columns bulge outwards; the columns were geometrically aligned to a specific formula. |
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