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  1. A Discovery That Shook the Archaeological World: Sir Arthur Evans and the Unveiling of Knossos

    ... Evans' miscalculation is his creation of the red, Minoan columns. There is no evidence that dark red columns—themselves constructed out of 20 th century ... Bronze Age—looked as Evans depicted them. These Minoan columns were based on Greek models (despite the fact that the ...

    Riley Winters - 05/08/2017 - 01:59

  2. Diplomacy by Spider Monkey? Maya Peace Offering Found at Teotihuacan

    ... excavations under a mound in Teotihuacan’s Plaza of Columns, which functioned as a gathering place for major ... cache in Teotihuacan. ( N. Sugiyama / Project Plaza of the Columns Complex ) Examining the Spider Monkey Diplomat In ... the Maya and the people of Teotihuacan found in Plaza of Columns excavations. Earlier digs produced evidence to ...

    Nathan Falde - 23/11/2022 - 13:53

  3. Examining Out-of-Place Stone Figures from the Forgotten City of Oxkintok

    ... of the city center, the fragments of a small temple with columns have been restored. An early photograph, (photo A below), taken at the turn of the century shows unusual columns with figures, partially exposed in sediment. Columns with figures are not uncommon in Classic Maya design ...

    Cliff Dunning - 02/11/2022 - 13:52

  4. The Stoa of Attalos: Restored Agora of Athens Structure Is Amazing

    ... a stoa is a covered walkway or portico supported by columns. The Stoa of Attalos, is one of the more famous ... and was built using Pentelic marble (for the façade and columns) and limestone (for the walls), both of which were ... It had two stories and a double colonnade. Behind the columns were shops, 42 in total, 21 for each floor. Thus, the ...

    dhwty - 27/02/2021 - 00:57

  5. The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus: What Made the First Mausoleum a Wonder?

    ... next 1/3 of the monument consisted of a set of 36 ionic columns. Between each column was a statue, and a solid block was constructed behind the columns to bear the weight of the structure’s roof. This ... a sense of grandeur and magnificence. For example, the columns on the middle section of the Mausoleum were not ...

    dhwty - 10/07/2023 - 14:55

  6. Ten Amazing Subterranean Structures From the Ancient World

    ... work effort went into its construction, with 336 marble columns supporting the structure. It is said that the majority of these columns were recycled from older buildings (a process known ... is the re-use of the heads of Medusa as the bases of two columns located in the northwest corner of the cistern. ...

    Joanna Gillan - 17/12/2023 - 14:00

  7. Marble slab inscribed with 1,900-year-old Water Law unearthed in Turkey

    ... $42,000. Among the ruins excavated in Laodicea are these columns of an ancient temple. (Photo by Rjdeadly/ Wikimedia ... an old church, the foundations of an ancient house and columns of the North Sacred Agora and Central Agora. ...

    Mark Miller - 26/08/2015 - 14:52

  8. Upcycling Ancient Beauty – How Precious Stones, Monuments, and Jewels Have Been Re-Used

    ... in the world? How does one go about finding incredible columns which look exactly like they were taken from an ... Saints Ruins served as a source for precious stones, columns, and other parts of construction. These architectural ... away– in the ancient city of Leptis Magna. Over 600 columns from Leptis Magna were reused in Versailles. Some of ...

    Natalia Klimczak - 06/11/2016 - 02:51

  9. The Parthenon: An Epic Monument Or a Mystery in Measurements?

    ... architectural features, surrounded by a colonnade of eight columns across and 17 along, counting the corner columns twice. Millions of silver coins may have been stored ... are expressed in these numbers. Low angle perspective of columns of the Parthenon at sunset, Acropolis, Athens. ( Alex ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 14/01/2021 - 01:00

  10. Wonder of the Ancient World: The Grand and Powerful Statue of Zeus

    ... a detailed description of the temple.  The temple had 13 columns and six columns on each end of Doric style.  The roof was gently ... the triangles or “pediments” (the block above the columns) were sculptures depicting the twelve labors of ...

    Bryan Hill - 30/05/2015 - 21:45

  11. Two Huge Sphinx Statues of Amenhotep III Found in Luxor

    ... between the third edifice of the temple and a courtyard of columns. The Beautiful Valley Festival, held annually, was a ... Middle Kingdom . Inscriptions on the remains of walls or columns at the site. ( Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ) ...

    Sahir - 22/01/2022 - 22:00

  12. The Copper Scroll Abacus: Is the Real Treasure Found In the Numbers?

    ... to the mysterious world of biblical antiquity. Table 1a: Columns 1 to 6 of the Copper Scroll. (Author Supplied) - The ... the tables where the 64 sites/rows were arranged in twelve columns to reflect the layout on the scroll. - There were ... are very different than what we use today. Table 1b: Columns 7 to 12 of the Copper Scroll. (Author Supplied) ...

    mhearns - 12/05/2019 - 23:08

  13. Unknown Constellations And More Discovered At Egypt’s Esna Temple

    ... numbers .” For example, at the Esna Temple 24 enormous columns supported the ceiling, one for every day of the year. Of these columns 18 are free-standing and it was these that were found ... of time have finally been carefully cleaned from the columns and ceiling in this unique and domineering cult ...

    ashley cowie - 17/11/2020 - 13:56

  14. Hidden Medieval Portrait Discovered in a Famous Spanish Cathedral

    ... how it was built. There are a number of roof support columns in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. While investigating near one of the columns some 40 feet (13 m) above the floor of the church, ... figure popped out.” It was found in a row of similar columns hewn from granite. The little figure is believed to ...

    Ed Whelan - 06/11/2020 - 01:35

  15. Ancient Capitolium Temple in Brescia Pleased the Roman Gods

    ... portico in ancient times was once lined with Corinthian columns and the bases of these still stand, along with a ... of Roman Architecture The remains of the Corinthian columns in Brescia ( Artem /Adobe Stock) Broad marble stairs ...

    Ed Whelan - 16/09/2019 - 01:50

  16. Trajan's Column: An Unyielding Pillar of Imperial Strength

    ... not the first of its kind in the ancient world. Victory columns were erected long before the Romans came along, with ... Near East. It has been postulated that Roman victory columns were even modelled after the Egyptian obelisks , ... Empire as a sign of conquest. The erection of triumphal columns narrating military successes therefore seems a rather ...

    Riley Winters - 03/09/2019 - 17:37

  17. Ruins of luxurious imperial Roman villa to share its majesty once again

    ... villa, showing impressive flights of steps, granite columns, intricately-sculpted capitals, pieces of precious ... on three terraces around a courtyard or peristylium. The columns have Corinthian capitals. (Photo by Paola Agazzi / ...

    Mark Miller - 06/07/2015 - 01:08

  18. First Temple Period Palace Discovered Under The Heart Of Old Jerusalem

    ... reports Israel Hayom . One of the finely carved baluster columns, likely from an ancient window, found at the ... of the items is rare.”  Mysteriously, the stone columns were found deliberately buried, carefully laid upon ...

    Ed Whelan - 04/09/2020 - 04:33

  19. Decrypting the Temple of Edfu and the Edfu Texts

    ... of the three sides of the courtyard is surrounded by 32 columns. One of the most notable features of the peristyle ... of the outer hypostyle hall is supported by 12 massive columns. Though the ceiling is undecorated, the side walls ... the temple, and the deification of Horus. The magnificent columns of the Temple of Edfu. (EwaStudio / AdobeStock ) The ...

    dhwty - 30/07/2020 - 18:56

  20. Harking Back: The Ancient Pagan Festivities in our Christmas Rituals

    ... atmosphere. Ruins of the Temple of Saturn (eight columns to the far right). Wikimedia Commons Saturn, once ...

    ancient-origins - 23/12/2016 - 03:56

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