For instance, ancient Chinese houses are known for their wooden structures, intricate roof designs, and harmonious integration with the natural landscape. In contrast, ancient Greek houses featured simple, rectilinear forms, with columns and pediments playing a prominent role...
The fortified settlement with a palace (the so-called House of Tiles) on a hilltop at Lerna (Argolis) reflected the growing power of the tribal kingdoms on the coast of southern Greece. Elsewhere on the Greek mainland the clan structure was fully preserved. Between 2200 and 2000 tribal wars...
The use of lead-drawn ruling lines by ancient scribes for the layout of Greek papyrus rolls was known to us only from classical authors and was postulated by a few scholars in modern times. In situ application of noninvasive Macro X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging Spectroscopy (MA-XRF) to unrolled...
The fortified settlement with a palace (the so-called House of Tiles) on a hilltop at Lerna (Argolis) reflected the growing power of the tribal kingdoms on the coast of southern Greece. Elsewhere on the Greek mainland the clan structure was fully preserved. Between 2200 and 2000 tribal wars...
The use of lead-drawn ruling lines by ancient scribes for the layout of Greek papyrus rolls was known to us only from classical authors and was postulated by a few scholars in modern times. In situ application of noninvasive Macro X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging Spectroscopy (MA-XRF) to unrolled...
124 Blackman, “The Ka-house,” 252. For a more recent study of this Coffin Text spell, see Angelika Lohwasser, Die Formel “Öffnen des Gesichts” (Vienna: Afro-Pub, 1991). 125 A fascinating parallel to this arrangement is found on a Greek relief in which the main figures are depic...
“Cairn II,on the east, agrees with No.1 in its general layout. The passage wall includes a cup-marked stone. “Cairn III,in the middle, differs from the foregoing in that no passage gives access to the interior; the kerb and the chamber wall are both unbroken rings. There is no tra...
14-First house: Tell Mureybet, 9500 BC. Many other claimed firsts, such as glass making, oil and wine pressing as well. Beautiful carousel layout (or grid layout can be chosen from the settings) with zoomable pictures, a brief history and many links (a setting can restrict english sites...
, was able to liberate and unite the country with the aid of Greek and Carian mercenaries. Under him and his successor Necho II, close trade relations with Greece were established as well as with other countries of the eastern Mediterranean. At this time the Greek colony of Naucratis was ...
It has arched French windows and a second-story balcony that is supported by Greek columns, creating a gallery of sorts. This feature distinguishes the private gardens of Nanxun from all of the other private gardens of southern China, which makes them of particular interest....