View of the Forum with Mount Vesuvius in the distance, Pompeii By Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker / 12.09.2015 Professor...
Architecture
New excavations on the remote island of Keros reveal monumental architecture and technological sophistication at the dawn...
The Byzantine Empire near its peak under the Emperor Justinian, c. 550 C.E. By Dr. Ellen A....
Pediment above the door of Santa Pudenziana, 4th century C.E., Rome By Dr. Allen Farber / 08.08.2015...
Colossal statue of Constantine the Great, 4th century (Capitoline Museum, Rome) (photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST CC BY 2.5) By Dr....
Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), 9 B.C.E. (Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy) By Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker /...
By Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker / 12.09.2015 Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies Binghamton University Temple of Portunus...
View of the Forum from the slope of the Capitoline to the Palatine Hill By Dr. Jeffrey A....
Arch of Triumph, Palmyra. Image credit: Bernard Gagnon, 2010 / Wellcome Library By Dr. William Schupbach /...
An Iroquois longhouse Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 12.30.2017Brewminate Editor-in-Chief All images from Wikimedia Commons Introduction A longhouse or long house is...
Standing Male Worshipper (votive figure), c. 2900-2600 B.C.E., Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum alabaster, shell, black...
Drawing of Alexander von Humboldt’s concept of Naturgemälde: “a microcosm in one page.” Published in Alexander von Humboldt...
Priest receiving communion before altar (detail), Master of the Church Fathers’ Border, The Mass of Saint Gregory, late...
Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii (Photo: F. Tronchin/Warren, Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii, BY-NC-ND...
Altneushul, Prague (photo: Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 3.0) The Old New Synagogue or Altneuschul, situated in Josefov, Prague, is Europe’s oldest active synagogue.[1] It...
Figure 1: Ponte Garibaldi serving as both pedestrian walkway and traffic arterial ( Photo by: Self, 2013)...
An example of post and lintel architecture: Hera II, Paestum, c. 460 B.C.E. (Classical period), tufa, 24.26...
Valongo Wharf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 13, 2013 The archeological remains of a wharf in Rio...
The Tiber River / Creative Commons From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (student paper) / 12.03.2015 Associate Professor of Civil...
From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (student paper) / 12.14.2015 Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Washington...
Photo by Paul Hermans, Wikimedia Commons From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (student paper) / 03.26.2014 Associate Professor of Civil...
Figure 1. Location of St. Peter’s Basilica From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (student paper by B. Hess) / 09.06.2013...
Parts of Fountain of Rome, includes: Statue of the wolf and Romulus and Remus, Minerva and another...
Roman insulae in Ostia Antica / Photo by Charles Gardner, Wikimedia Commons From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (by student...
Pyramid of Khafre (Photo: Dr. Amy Calvert) By Dr. Amy Calvert / 08.08.2015 Egyptologist Founder, The Art of...
From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (by student Alec Harrison) / 12.14.2015Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Washington...
A section of the Roman city-wall of Empuries, Spain. 1st century BCE. The base of the wall was made using calcareous...
Side view of the Vatican obelisk being lowered, 1590. Engraving in Della trasportatione dell’obelisco… (Rome: Appresso Domenico Basa). The...
From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (by student Jacob Deb) / 11.28.2015 Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering University...
Ancient aqueduct construction illustration / Creative Commons From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (by student Mia Celizaga) / 12.04.2015 Associate...