Architecture

Hunter-gatherer people constructed all the enormous objects at Gobekli Tepe. Such engineering required technical and organizational skills that were unusual at the time.

First pits, into which pine pillars about 75 cm in diameter were inserted, date back to about 8,000 ...

The color is said to change its hue depending on the time of the day–pink in the morning, milky white in the evening, and deep blue at night, with a golden hue when illuminated by the moonlight.

The intention was to display that, despite the shackles, liberty is advancing.

“False onyx” is neither marble nor onyx. Such a term is applied to some limestones, referring to the ...

It was the wealthiest and most impressive church in early medieval France. The church was rebuilt ma ...

Few inscriptions and ancient texts tell of mighty kings, lovers of democracy, gods and feasts, great victories, and women's right to possess assets.

Situated on the warm waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, it was a thriving port city that received enormous amounts of money from trade, allowing it to grow without disruption.

In the planning, the architects did not take into account that the terrain on which it was built was muddy and very unstable.