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Corbel Vault
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a vault made by projecting courses of stone
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clerostry
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the topmost zone of a wall with windows in a bascilica extending above the aisle roofs. Provides...
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column
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an arcitectural element used for support and/or decoration. Consists of rounded or polygonal...
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Cuneiform
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an early form of writing with wedge-shaped marks impressed into wet clay with a stylus, primarily...
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Cyclopean Walls
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a method of building using huge blocks of rough hewn stone. Any large-scale, monumental building...
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cylinder seal
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size of a spool of thread. made out of stone with a hole through it. used for signing documents...
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engaged column
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a column attached to a wall
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fresco
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a painting technique in which waterbased pigmentsare applied to the surface of wet plaster....
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hieroglyphics
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a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
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hypostyle hall
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a large interior room characterized by many closely spaced columns that support its roof.
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Kamares ware
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pottery made by Mihoans on Crete
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Ka
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egyptian spirit.. when it leaves the body the person dies.
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lapis lazuli
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A precious stone of a fine blue color. It has been used in jewelry and for a variety of decorative...
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mastaba
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a flat-topped one-story structure with slanted walls over an ancient Egyptian undergrounfd...
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megalith
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a large stone used in prehistoric building. Megalithic architecture employs such stones.
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mesolithic
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an Old World
chronological period beginning around 10,000 years ago, situated between
the...
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post and lintel
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am architectural system of construction with two or more vertical element (posts) supporting...
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pylon
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a massive gateway formed by a pair of tapering walls of oblong shape. erected by ancient...
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relief
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a three-dimensional image or design whose flat background surface is carved away to a certain...
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relieving triangle
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Approximate triangle above a lintel where masonry courses in a wall are corbelled over each...
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rhyton
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a vessel in the shape of a figure or an animal, used for drinking or pounding liquids on special...
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sarcophagus
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a stone coffin. Often rectangular and decorated with relief sculpture.
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stele
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a stone slab placed vertically and decorated with inscriptions or reliefs. Used as a...
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tholos
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a small, round building. Sometimes built underground, as in mycenaean tomb.
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ziggurat
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in Mesopotamia, a tall stepped tower of earthen material, often supporting a shrine.
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