Major Works

Prehistoric, Ballykeel Dolmen (County Armagh, Ireland (3000 BCE)

Prehistoric, Ggantija (Malta, 2900-1400 BCE)

Prehistoric, Stonehenge (near Amesbury, 2900-1400 BCE)

Sumerian, Acropolis (Tepe Gawra, 3800 BCE)

Sumerian, White Temple (Uruk, 3500-3000 BCE)

Sumerian, Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu (Ur, 2100 BCE)

Old Kingdom Egypt, Step Pyramid (Saqqara, 2630 BCE)

Old Kingdom Egypt, Bent Pyramid (Dahshur, c. 2500 BCE)

Old Kingdom Egypt, The Pyramids at Giza

Middle Kingdom Egypt, Tomb of Mentuhotep II (Deir-el-Bahari, 2061-2010 BCE)

Middle Kingdom Egypt, Rock-Cut Tombs at Beni-Hasan (2000-1900 BCE)

New Kingdom Egypt, Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple (Deir-el-Bahari, 1473-1458 BCE)

Minoan, Palace Complex (Knossos, c. 1700-1380 BCE)

Mycenean, Treasury of Atreus (Mycenae, c. 1330 BCE)

Mycenean, Citadel (Mycenae, c. 1600-1250 BCE)

Classic Greek, Temple of Hera II (Paestum, 450 BCE)

Classic Greek, Parthenon (Athens, 448-432 BCE)

Classic Greek, Propylaea (Athens, 437 BCE)

Classic Greek, Temple of Athena Nike (designed 448 BCE, built 420s BCE)

Classic Greek, Erechtheion (421-407 BCE)

Hellenistic Greek, Sanctuary of Asclepius (Kos, 300-150 BCE)

Hellenistic Greek, Theater (Epidauros, 350-2^nd c. BCE)

Etruscan, Portonaccio Temple (Veii, 515-490 BCE)

Roman, Pont du Gard (Nîmes, 20-16 BEC)

Roman, Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Rome, 2^nd C. BCE)

Roman, Pantheon (Rome, c. 125 CE)

Roman, Arch of Septimius Severus (Rome, 203 CE)

Roman, Palace of Diocletian (Split, 305 CE)

Roman, Baths of Diocletian (298-306 CE)

Roman, Theater of Marcellus (Rome, 13-11 BCE)

Roman, Flavian Amphitheater (Rome, 80 CE)

Roman, Trajan’s Forum (Rome, 100-114 CE)

Roman, Hadrian’s Villa (Tivoli, 117-138 CE)

Buddhist, Great Stupa (Sanchi, 250 BCE – 250 CE)

Buddhist, Cave Temples (Karli, 100 BCE)

Hindu, Lingaraja Temple (Bhubaneshwar, 1050-1150 CE)

Hindu, Pancha Rathas (Mahabalipuram, c. 700 CE)

Hindu, Bribadishwara Temple (Tanjavur, c. 1100 CE)

Hindu, Meenakshi Temple (Madurai, from 700 CE)

Hindu, Angkor Wat (Cambodia, c. 1120 CE)

Chinese, Fogong Pagoda (Shanxi Province, 1056)

Chinese, Nanchan Monastery (Shanxi Province, 782)

Chinese, Jinci Temple Complex (Taiyuan, 1023-32)

Chinese, Hall of Supreme Harmony (Beijing, 15^th c.)

Japanese, Horyuji Temple Complex (Near Nara, 670-714)

Japanese, Ise Shrine (Uji-Yamada, 690-present)

Japanese, Katsura Imperial Palace (Kyoto, 1616-60)

Early Christian, Sant’ Apollonare Nuovo (Ravenna, c. 490)

Early Christian, Old St. Peter’s (Rome, 318-22)

Early Christian, Santa Costanza (Rome, c. 350)

Byzantine, Sant’ Apollonare in Classe (Ravenna, 532-49)

Byzantine, Hagia Sofia (Constantinople, 532-37)

Byzantine, San Vitale (Ravenna, 538-48)

Byzantine, San Marco (Venice, 830; rebuilt 1063-89)

Russian, Church of the Raising of Lazarus (Kizhi, 1391)

Russian, St. Basil the Blessed (Moscow, 1555-60)

Islamic, Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem, 687-91)

Islamic, House of the Prophet (Medina, c. 622)

Islamic, Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil (Samarra, Iraq, 848-52)

Islamic, Great Mosque (Cordoba, Spain, 833-988)

Islamic, Bibi Khanum Mosque (Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1399)

Islamic, Masjid-i-Shah (Isfahan, Iran, 1611-1630)

Islamic, Friday Mosque (Fatehpur Sikri, India, 1568-71)

Islamic, Shezade Mosque (Istanbul, 1545-48)

Islamic, Mosque of Süleyman the Magnificent (Istanbul, 1550-57)

Islamic, Selimiye Mosque (Edirne, 1568-75)

Islamic, Taj Mahal (Agra, 1631-47)

Islamic, The Alhambra (Granada, 13^th-14^th c.)

Jericho (8000 BC)

Catal Hüyük (6500-5700 BC)

Assyrian, Khorsabad (720 BCE)

Persian, Persepolis (founded 518 BCE)

Athens: the Acropolis and the Agora

Ancient Corinth (founded c. 10^th c. BCE; destroyed 146 BCE)

Rome (founded 8^th c. BCE)

Pompeii (founded 8^th c. BCE; buried 79 CE)

Timgad (c. 100 CE)

Ancient Corinth (re-founded, 44 BCE)

Mohenjo Daro (c. 2700 BCE, abandoned c. 1500 BCE)

Angkor Wat (Cambodia, c. 1120 CE)

Chang’An (from 6^th century CE)

Beijing (from 2400 BCE)