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Prior to the use of power tools, the same basic implements were used for stone carving for hundreds of years. Many of the sculptor's tools had a variety of functions and could be used at different stages of the...

کاخ مرمر یکی از کاخ‌های تاریخی تهران در دوره پهلوی است که در مرکز تهران جای گرفته‌است. این اثر در تاریخ ۳۰ خرداد ۱۳۵۷ با شمارهٔ ثبت ۱۶۰۶ به‌عنوان یکی از آثار ملی ایران به ثبت رسیده‌است. این کاخ در سال ۱۳۵۵ و با هدف...

Roman architecture continued the legacy left by Greek architects and the established architectural orders, especially the Corinthian. The Romans were also innovators and they combined new construction techniques and materials...

Naxos, with an area of 430 km², is the largest island in the Cyclades archipelago. The island enjoyed its most prosperous periods in the early Bronze Age and again in the Archaic and Classical periods. Naxos in Mythology In certain...

Roman, around 50 CE. From the Sanctuary of Athena in Priene, modern Turkey. Height: 39.500 cm. GR 1870.3-20.201 (Sculpture 1152) Room 70: Roman Empire. Model updated by Thomas Flynn 05/05/2016: Canon G7x...

Paros is an island in the Cyclades group in the central Aegean. It is the third largest island of the Cyclades and its position on important sea routes between mainland Greece and the coast of Asia Minor made it an important centre from...

The sculpture of ancient Greece from 800 to 300 BCE took inspiration from Egyptian and Near Eastern monumental art, and evolved into a uniquely Greek vision of the art form. Greek artists captured the human form in a way...

The Pantheon (Latin: pantheum) is the best-preserved building from ancient Rome and was completed in c. 125 CE. Its magnificent concrete dome is a lasting testimony to the genius of Roman architects. As the...

The Roman Forum or Forum Romanum of ancient Rome was the bustling religious, administrative, legal, and commercial heart of the city from the 7th century BCE onwards. Made increasingly grandiose...

The Cycladic islands of the Aegean were first inhabited by voyagers from Asia Minor around 3000 BCE and a certain prosperity was achieved thanks to the wealth of natural resources on the islands such as gold, silver, copper...