The Parthenon

whom the people of Athens considered their protector. Its construction

began in 447 BC and was completed in 438 BC on the Athenian Acropolis, It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece,. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments.

historians call the Pre-Parthenon or Older Parthenon, that was destroyed

in the Persian invasion of 480 BC. Like most Greek temples, the Parthenon was used as a treasury. In the 6th century AD, the Parthenon was converted into a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. After the Ottoman Turk conquest, it was turned into a mosque in the early 1460s, and it had a minaret built in it.

inside the building was ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting

explosion severely damaged the Parthenon and its sculptures. In 1806, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin removed some of the surviving sculptures, with Ottoman Turk permission. These sculptures, now known as the Elgin Marbles or the Parthenon Marbles, were sold in 1816 to the British Museum in London, where they are now displayed..

the original Parthenon in Athens. It was built in 1897

as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.

largest and richest city in the Ancient East. A lot

of amazing buildings were in Babylon, but most striking hanging gardens of the royal palace, the gardens that have become legend.

by the order of Navuhodensora for his beloved wife Amitis

- Median princess. In bulk terraces, hanging gardens were defeated. The platform terrace is a complex structure.

a thick layer of fertile soil which had to keep

the roots of big trees. The height reached 50 cubits (27.75 m).

the slaves spun Water-wheel with leather buckets, handing water from

the Euphrates River.

destroyed by flooding of the Euphrates, which rose to 3

- 4 meters during floods. Ancient Babylon ceased to exist, but its name still lives.

of the late classical Greek architecture was the magnificent tomb

of Halicarnassus. The tomb was erected in the IV century BC by the queen of Artemis - the wife and sister of the king of Maussollos.

Djoser was erected about five thousand years ago. Its height

is 60 meters.

Imhotep was an architect, physician, astronomer, writer, advisor to Pharaoh.

all of them have survived. The most famous three large

pyramids near GIZAH: Cheops (Khufu), Chephren (Khafre), and Mekerina (Menkaure).

of Cheops was built in the XXVIII century BC. Initially,

it rose to 147 meters, but due to sand encroachment, its height decreased to 137 meters.

than 50 thousand square meters.

But its domestic premises occupy a very small amount - no more than 3-4%.

hundred thousand cubic blocks of limestone with a smooth polished

sides. Each unit weighs from 3 to 10 tons. The total weight of the pyramid is 5,7 million tons.

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