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An unuusual square column from the peristyle of a Greek-style house at Glanum, southern France. 2nd-1st century BCE.

Ancient astronomical observatory near Mezhyrich Village, Pavlogradsky District, Dniprovsky Region, Ukraine. Built in the II millennium BCE by Indo-European tribes. It takes the form of a crab.

Naqsh-e Jahan Square is a public urban square situated at the centre of Isfahan in Iran. Constructed by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century CE, it is now an important historical site and one of UNESCO's World Heritage...

An example of the square stone tombs at the cemetery of Banditaccia at the Etruscan site of Cerveteri. The tombs were laid out in rows with streets between them. Mid-6th century BCE.

Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch, Anglo-Saxon, 6th century CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Independence Day Celebration in Centre Square, Philadelphia, depicting the celebrations of 4 July 1819, painting by John Lewis Krimmel, c. 1819.

This is one of the best methods of approximation to the value of square root of 2 used by the Pythagorean brotherhood.

The Square of Verulanus at Ephesus, was a spacious, arcaded courtyard for the training of athletes. It consisted of a number of buildings grouped around a central courtyard. The Great Baths or Harbor Baths, were built in the 2nd century CE...

The riverside town of Stein-am-Rhein, located in the canton of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, is arguably the country's best-preserved (and prettiest) medieval town. Lying at the point where the Rhine River exits the Bodensee, Stein-am...

Trinity College is the only ancient university located in Ireland and was established in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) as the sole college of the University of Dublin. Most of the buildings date from the 18th and 19th...