Images

The stone Kernos for food offerings of the collected harvest, the Minoan settlement of Malia, Crete (1650-1450 BCE).

The bouleuterion or meeting place for the city’s council of the Roman town of Gortyn, Crete (1st Century BCE).

Hypostyle Hall with six pillars, the Minoan settlement of Mallia archaeological site, Crete (1650-1450 BCE).

Dictean Cave, central Crete. Said to be the cave where Zeus was hidden as a baby.

Stone rhyton (libation vase) in the form of a bull's head from the Minoan site of Knossos, New-Palace period (1600-1500 BCE), Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

Part of the remains of the Roman temple at Brixia (modern Brescia), Italy.

Remains of the Roman Capitolium, Brixia, (modern Brescia), Italy.

Caryatids of the 5th century BCE Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis.

Ionic capital from the Acropolis, Athens, (447-432 BCE).

Entablature detail from the 5th century BCE Parthenon, Athens. Above the column capitals lies the abacus which supports the entablture. This latter element consists of the architrave, frieze and cornice. Here the frieze carries triglyphs...