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Calibrated carbon-14 dates for Çatalhöyük, as of 2013 [1]. Çatalhöyük (English: Chatalhoyuk / ˌ tʃ ɑː t ɑː l ˈ h uː j ʊ k / cha-tal-HOO-yuhk; Turkish pronunciation: [tʃaˈtaɫhœjyc]; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal "fork" + höyük "tumulus") is a tell (a mounded accretion due to long-term human settlement) of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic ...
Bent's Old Fort: Colorado: 798.54 acres (3.2316 km 2) Bent's Old Fort was built in 1833 in southeastern Colorado. Before it was destroyed in 1849, the fort was the only major white American permanent settlement on the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and the Mexican settlements to support trade with trappers and Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho ...
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Ancient Greek architecture is distinguished by its highly formalised characteristics, both of structure and decoration. This is particularly so in the case of temples where each building appears to have been conceived as a sculptural entity within the landscape, most often raised on high ground so that the elegance of its proportions and the ...
This list of early skyscrapers details a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1880 and the 1930s, predominantly in the United States cities of New York and Chicago, but also across the rest of the U.S. and in many other parts of the world.
The old centre of the city – the Almedina – was defended by a wall and several fortified towers and gates, parts of which were preserved. Another notable Islamic castle in the Algarve is Paderne Castle , whose ruined walls evidence the taipa building technique used in its construction.
Old Saybrook: 1678 The Colonial property includes two contributing buildings, the second being termed the "Slave House". Joshua Hempsted House: New London: 1678 One of the earliest documented houses in Connecticut, now a museum. [10] Parker House: Old Saybrook: 1679 Early gambrel roof. The house remained in the Parker family until the 1960s. NRHP
Copper has played a role in architecture for thousands of years. For example, in ancient Egypt, massive doors to the temple of Amen-Re at Karnak were clad with copper. In the 3rd Century B.C., copper roof shingles were installed atop of the Lowa Maha Paya Temple in Sri Lanka. [10]