The layout and design of ancient houses often reflected the social hierarchy and cultural values of the time, with specific areas designated for cooking, eating, sleeping, and worship. Furthermore, ancient houses played crucial roles in community life, serving as gathering...
Colonnades and porticoes played an important role in the architecture of the mortuary temples of this period, which were often separated from the tombs and were of an elongated, axial layout (the temple of the pharaoh Mentuhotep I at Deir el Bahri). During the Middle Kingdom the ...
previously. However, the fortwasrestored more or less to its original layout and structure in the late 1870s by a local antiquarian, despite there being another local legend saying “that it would never be rebuilt” as all the stonework had apparently been taken away in order to stop such a...
The main elements in the layout of a city were the sanctuary (acropolis) and the public market place (agora), around which were situated the residential quarters. Temples—the “dwellings of the gods” within which a statue stood—occupied the foremost place in the building of cities and ...
Roman Repubic 200 yrs of roman peace after augustusRepublican virtue for the peopleStill divine worship element House of the Vettii (looks like)House of the Vettii (form) ParastyleUse of bright redHarmony and balance, large scale, functionality, geometric Different public priv spaces ...
In this post, we’re going to be taking a look at doctors in the Roman Empire, as well as that famed centre of healing in the heart of ancient Rome, Tiber Island. A doctor making a house call. Going to the doctor’s office is never something one looks forward to. ...
The layout and types of chambers and tombs themselves changed over time, but the burial of the body away from the world of the living was a constant feature. Besides the hidden body, tomb owners (and often their families) were present in the tomb in other ways, in places where they ...
While the layout istypical, the site stands out for its “colored and decorative architecture,” Dodd explained toWine Spectatorvia email. “It is the only ancient winery (or production facility for any commodity really) so far known that possesses this extreme degree of theatricality and luxury...
The main elements in the layout of a city were the sanctuary (acropolis) and the public market place (agora), around which were situated the residential quarters. Temples—the “dwellings of the gods” within which a statue stood—occupied the foremost place in the building of cities and ...
Rice is one of the most culturally valued and widely grown crops in the world today, and extensive research over the past decade has clarified much of the narrative of its domestication and early spread across East and South Asia. However, the timing and