History of Architecture: Ancient, Classical, Romanesque, and Saracenic |
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Architecture of the Nile ValleyArchaic and Old Kingdom Egypt | 14 |
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Acropolis altar ancient apse arcades arches Architecture Athens barrel vaults Basilica brick bronze building built Byzantine capitals carved Cathedral central chamber chapels Church circular clerestory colonnade colored columns Constantinople containing Corinthian cornice court dating decoration diameter dome doorway Doric Dynasty Early Christian east Egypt Egyptian Emperor Empire entablature entrance Etruscan exterior feet high feet wide flanked Forum Romanum France frieze gallery gateway Gothic Greece Greek groin vaults hexastyle hypostyle hall interior Ionic Italy King known later marble mihrab minaret Mohammedan mosaics Moslem Mosque moulding Museum naos narthex nave octagonal originally painted Palace Parthenon peripteral peristyle Persian piers porch portico Propylaea prostyle pylon pyramid Rameses II rebuilt reign restored River Roman Romanesque Romanesque Architecture Rome roof ruins sanctuary sculptured semi-circular side aisles square stone storey supported Syria Temple theater Thermae tiles tomb tower Trajan transept walls west facade