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A section of the decorated adobe walls of one of the palace compounds in Chan Chan, northern Peru. Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimu (Chimor) civilization which flourished between the 12th and 15th centuries CE.

A section of the fortification walls of the Inca Sacsayhuaman (also Saqsawaman) fortress-temple complex of northern Cusco, 13th-15th century CE.

A detail of the Hellenistic fortification walls of Butrint (modern Albania) employing large polygonal blocks. 2nd century BCE.

The fortification walls and Kankaimon gate of Shuri Castle, Okinawa, Japan. 14th century CE.

A section of the outer limestone walls of Zakimi castle, Okinawa, Japan. The Ryukyu Kingdom, 15th century CE.

This is a picture of the defensive walls of Castelgrande along with the Black Tower (Italian: Torre Nero) in the foreground and White Tower (Italian: Torre Bianca) in the background. The Castelgrande is one of three...

The architecture of the Byzantine Empire (4th - 15th century CE) continued its early Roman traditions but architects also added new structures to their already formidable repertoire, notably improved fortification walls and...

The great cities of Mesopotamia ("the land between two rivers") developed prior to the late 4th millennium BCE along two rivers – the Tigris and Euphrates – and were...

This clay tablet fragment gives detailed measurements for the inner city wall called Imgur-Enlil at the start of Nebuchadnezzar II's reign. It names landmarks including Zababa and Urash gates. Modern...

Founded in 782 BCE, Erebuni Fortress is older than the ancient city of Rome. The fortress was the chief administrative center for several generations of Urartian kings. It is considered by many historians and archaeologists...