History of World Architecture I Exam - Image Identification

Reconstruction drawing, of a prehistoric hut, Terra Amata, near Nice, France, ca. 400,000 BC.

Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel (Venus of Laussel), Dordogne, France, painted limestone, ca. 25000-20000 BC.

Painted caves at Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15000-130000; discovered 1940

Carnac alignments, Brittany, France, ca. 4250-3750 BC.

Dolmen Menga, Antequera, Andalusia, Spain, ca. 2500.

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, ca. 2900-1400 BC.

Avebury, Wiltshire, England, ca3250-2600 BC.

Catal Huyuk, Konya Plain, Anatolia, Turkey, ca. 6500-5700 BC.

White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk (Warka, Iraq), ca. 3500-3000 BC.

Stele with law code of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, basalt, ca. 1780 BC. [Louvre]

Statues of Gudea, including one holding temple plan, from Girsu (Telloh, Iraq), diorite, ca. 2100 BC. [Louvre]

Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2100 BC.

Citadel of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad, Iraq), ca. 720 BC.

Lamassu figures and tribute bearers, gypsum, from Citadel of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad, Iraq), ca. 720 BC.

Ishtar Gate, Babylon (Iraq), glazed brick, ca. 575 BC.

Rosetta Stone, granodiorite, Ptolemaic era, ca. 196 BC; discovered by Napoleon’s troops in 1799 near el-Rashid (Rosetta), Egypt; surrendered to British as part of terms of Treaty of Alexandria in 1801.

Mastaba tomb diagrams.

Imhotep, arch., Funerary complex of King Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III (Old Kingdom), ca. 2630 BC. Bullets: Entrance hall and colonnade, Jubilee Court, Northern and Southern Palaces, Step pyramid.

Bent Pyramid of Sneferu, Dashur, Egypt, Dynasty IV (Old Kingdom).

Pyramid of Khafre (Chefren), Giza, Egypt, Dynasty IV (Old Kingdom), ca. 2530 BC. Bullets: Great Sphinx, Valley Temple, Mortuary Temple.

Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), Giza, Dynasty IV (Old Kingdom), ca. 2550 BC. Bullets; Fake tomb, Grand Gallery, Queen’s Chamber, King’s Chamber.

Rock-cut tombs at Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII (Middle Kingdom), ca. 2000-1900 BC. Bullets: Tomb of Amenemhet, Tomb of Kheit.

Corridor tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, near Thebes, Dynasty XIX (New Kingdom), ca. 1279 BC.

Funerary Temple of Mentuhotep, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Dynasty XI (Middle Kingdom), ca. 2061-2010 BC.

Senmut, arch., Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Dynasty XVIII (New Kingdom). ca. 1473-1458 BC.

Temple of Horus, Edfu, Dynasty XXXI (Ptolemaic), 237-57 BC.

Great Temple of Amon, Karnak, Thebes, Dynasty XIX (New Kingdom), ca. 1350-1205 BC. Bullet: Hypostyle hall.

Temple of Amon-Mut-Khonsu, Luxor, Thebes, mainly Dynasties XVIII and XIX (New Kingdom), ca. 1408-1300 BC. Bullets: Avenue of Sphinxes, Pylon of Ramses II, Obelisk of Ramses II.

Great Temple of Aten, Akhetaten (Tell el-Armana) Dynasty XVIII (New Kingdom), ca. 1350 BC.

Great Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Dynasty XIX (New Kingdom), ca. 1290-1224 BC.

Hassan Fathy, arch., New Gourna village, Egypt, 1947-48.

heneghan peng architects, archs., Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt, 2002-25; officially opened in Nov 1, 2025.