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Pyramid – Egyptian prototype of Pre-Historic Monoliths or Menhirs.

Papyrus – Egyptian ornament symbolizing fertility


Battered – Characteristic Feature of Egyptian external walls
Internal Effect – Egyptian Architecture was designed principally for.
Gorge - Egyptian cornice that consist of roll and hollow moulding is called?
Angles – The Torus Mould in Egyptian temples were used to cover the?
Simplicity – Egyptian Architecture is characterized by Massiveness, Monumentality and?
Columnar and Trabeated – Egyptian system of construction is essentially?
Amenophis III – The Colossi of Memnon was erected by?
Hatshepshut – Funerary temple at Der-el-Bahari was built by?
Osiris Pillars – Forerunners of the Caryatids of the Greeks is?
St. Peters, Rome – The size of the Great Pyramid of Cheops is equated to the?
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak – The grandest example of all Egyptian Temples built from 12 th
Dynasty to Ptolemaic Period
Great Temple, Abu-Simbel – The most stupendous and impressive of the Rock-Cut Temples is the?
Great Temple, Abu-Simbel – The four-seated colossal statue of Rameses II is carved in the pylons of?
Valley Building – In the pyramid complex, embalmment and internment rites took place in?
Seraglio – The palace proper found in Assyrian palaces is called?
Private Family Apartments – The Harem in the Assyrian Palaces is?
Chiselled Alabaster – The chief architectural ornament of the Assyrians is?
Battlemented Crestings – Assyrian Walls are finished at the top by?
Xerxes – The hall of hundred columns was built by?
1.5D – Inter calumniation of an Pyknostyle
2.25D – Inter calumniation of an Eustyle
3.0D – Inter calumniation of an Diastyle
Pinacotheca – A Greek Building that contains painted pictures
Tomb of Agamemnon – The tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type tomb is also known
Temenos – The Sacred enclosure found in the highest part of a Greek Temples is called?
Acanthus Leaf and Scroll – The characteristic of Greek surface ornament is?
Acroterion – Mounted at the apex or corner of the pediment of a building.
Antifixae – The eaves of the Greek temple are protected by a detail which is used to eject rain water.
Metope – The space between triglyps with or without sculptures is called?
Temple of Artemis, Corfu – known as the 1st Doric Temple
Temple of Hera, Olympia – one of the earliest Doric temples in Greece, and the oldest peripteral
hexastyle temple at Olympia.
Heraoin of Samos – The first Gigantic free standing Ionic temple
The first Temple of Hera, Paestrum – Known as “The Basilica”, some mistakenly believe it to be a
Roman temple.
The Temple of Artemis, Ephesus – One of the Seven Wonders of Ancient World.
Eleusinion – A sanctuary that contains the statues of Demeter and Kore as well as lakkhos.
Treasury – A small temple like building, in which offerings to God and Goddesses are made.\
Chalkoteke – A Building that House the Treasury of Athens
Pandroseion – Contains the altar of Zeus Herkeios.
Arrephorion – A Small Building that provided lodgings for four noble Athenian Girls.
Theater of Dionysus – Worlds first Theater.
Theater at Epidaurus – Considered to be the most perfect ancient Greek Theater

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