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Cyrus
November 9th, 2009, 06:52 PM
Post some pics of ancient buildings! :)

I think the Gate of All Nations at Persepolis can be a good start for this thread:

http://www.allempires.com/Uploads/GateP1.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/Uploads/GateP2.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/Uploads/GateP3.jpg

dark_shadow1
November 11th, 2009, 12:13 AM
This 1 is quite obvious:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Parthenon_from_SW_%28finished_438_BC%29.JPG

http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/greece/images/parthenon-500.jpg

Full-size copy in Nashville:

http://www.nashville.org/parthenon/Images/2008/Parthenon-Shot.jpg

Luxor Temple:

http://bskinner.net/nemes/photos/aerial/luxor_temple.jpg

http://www.holtzendorff.com/vacations/israel/images/luxor-temple.jpg

http://www.varunvoyages.com/hong/LuxorTemple2.jpg

dark_shadow1
November 11th, 2009, 12:21 AM
The Collosseum:

http://www.famouslocations.com/skins/uploadings/L_The_Colosseum22022008011713.jpg

http://photos.igougo.com/images/p216746-Rome-The_Colosseum.jpg

http://amazedme.com/uploaded_images/colosseum_in_rome-726339.jpg

A typical roman amphitheater, caesarea, Israel:

http://msc.walla.co.il/archive/477062-5.jpg

http://www.picpong.co.il/catalog/AirPhoto/OfirBenTov/0003.jpg

http://www.ynet.co.il/PicServer2/04062007/1138725/10d_wa.jpg

dark_shadow1
November 11th, 2009, 12:25 AM
Aqueducts:

http://www.chambres-hotes-avignon.com/media/fck/image/activites/Aqueduct_PontDuGard_Nimes.jpg

http://www.dialogueinaction.net/en/system/files/images/roman-aqueduct-segovia-segaq3.jpg

http://www.wayfaring.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/spain_segovia_aqueduct.jpg

The Pantheon:

http://www.valenciastonesarasota.com/images/roman_pantheon.jpg

http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/philolog/010611-pantheon-dak.jpg

http://intranet.arc.miami.edu/rjohn/images/HadrianicArchitecture/Dome%20view%20Pantheon.jpg

Cyrus
November 11th, 2009, 05:47 PM
http://www.irantravelingcenter.com/iran_travel_hotel_visa_tour_irantravelingcenter/ziggur1.jpg

Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil, the world's largest ziggurat

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2510790437_126b128bcf_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2201/2514006190_bd3cdd7697_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2516241320_495a29f224_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2398/2510785677_f983b8d623_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/3063722399_129b97cc3f.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/3076568975_2980c0b947.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/10103493_9734f7151c_o.gif

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3269333476_d6be626f7a_o.jpg

buho
November 11th, 2009, 06:11 PM
All the monuments posted are just great.

marksonamor
November 18th, 2009, 11:43 AM
Greek architecture was based chiefly on the post-and-beam system, with columns carrying the load. Timber construction was superseded by construction in marble and stone. The column, a unit human in scale, was used as a module for all of a temple's proportions. The Doric order, probably the earliest, remained the favorite of the Greek mainland and western colonies. The Ionic order developed in eastern Greece; on the mainland, it was used chiefly for smaller temples and interiors. The greatest Greek architectural achievement was the Athens acropolis.

futate01
December 14th, 2009, 01:14 AM
Here are the ruins that were left over of the city of Sarmizegetusa, which is high in the Carpathian mountains, after it was destroyed by Emperor Trajan when he finally conquered Dacia(modern day Romania) in 105AD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmizegetusa_Regia

http://www.romaniatourism.com/images/castles-fortresses/sarmisegetuza1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cetatea_Blidaru2.JPG/800px-Cetatea_Blidaru2.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Sarmizegetusa_Regia.JPG/800px-Sarmizegetusa_Regia.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Sanctuarele_de_andezit.JPG/800px-Sanctuarele_de_andezit.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Sanctuarul_mare_de_calcar.JPG/800px-Sanctuarul_mare_de_calcar.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Solar_disc.JPG/800px-Solar_disc.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Murus_Dacicus.JPG/800px-Murus_Dacicus.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Paved_Dacian_road.JPG/800px-Paved_Dacian_road.JPG

marc.libano
January 11th, 2010, 11:00 AM
All pictures are from Baalbeck (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=353172) thread in the Lebanese (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=694) forum

Temples of Jupiter and Bakhus
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss61/budkheir/baalbek106cve6.jpg

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4774/baalbek3eu5.jpg

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5204/53156710250ce7febcfbye0.jpg

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5651/531567112869c3409d4bep1.jpg

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/4117/531567134b283e2dfdfbbw6.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/338/dsc3204jpgzp3.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4589/dsc3338jpgvt4.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6797/dsc3359jpghy7.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7370/dsc3438bjpgei8.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9373/dsc3440jpgul9.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7923/dsc3444jpgjj7.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6308/2739546788ea56aab0ebgb5.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4185/294608983913ac4ac07oyq5.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9897/baabak3sp7.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/726/baalbak5lq3.jpg

Look to the size of the people at right
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1726/imgp18782eo.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2668/imgp18848uf.jpg

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2218/466238438kmnhqfph4ti.jpg