Architecture Archive
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The History and Architecture of Petra
Posted on April 28, 2013 | No CommentsPetra was a city of wealth, prosperity, and enormous ingenuity that allowed the Nabataean people to settle and even thrive in one of the harshest environments on earth. -
The Subsidiary Temple of Nekhtnebef at Tell el-Balamun
Posted on March 28, 2013 | No CommentsThe subsidiary temple constructed by Nekhtnebef (Nectanebo I) as a barque-station on the cross-axis of the Amun-Temple at Tell el-Balamun has been the subject of excavation during various seasons of excavation at the site by the British Museum, most recently in Spring 2004. The accumulated understanding of the monument gained through this work is now sufficient to present some conclusions on its design and how it compares with other temples of the period. -
Some aspects of the non-royal afterlife in the Old Kingdom
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsThough textual evidence is meager, the difference between royal and non-royal funerary architecture clearly reflects two different visions of the afterlife. The tombs of the elite -
Tomb and social status: The textual evidence
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No CommentsIn archaeological theoretical literature it has been stressed that tombs might rather show the status of the living persons who organized the burial than the status of the buried person. This is of course an important argument but in Ancient Egypt we have the anthropologically quite exceptional situation that the tomb-owner already began the construction of his tomb and the organisation of his burial equipment when he was still alive. -
“The Past on Display: A Curatorial Perspective”
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsWhat goes into creating a captivating museum display? How do museums engage their visitors? Dr. Kate Cooper answered these questions in a fascinating talk at the University of Toronto about challenges in museum curation. -
The forts on Hadrian’s wall: a comparative analysis of the form and construction of some buildings
Posted on January 28, 2013 | No CommentsThe stone buildings within the forts associated with the Roman Wall have received little attention both from their excavators and other researchers, and relatively little has been recorded about them. -
Some Observations on Nero and the City of Rome
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsMost Neronian interventions concerning the layout of the city have been made after the Great Fire of A.D. 64. Two of the few previous important interventions were the new arrangement of the via Recta and the construction of the pons Neronianus, giving access to the area with the new baths Nero built near those of Marcus Agrippa. -
Politics and Beauty: The Augustan Transformation of Rome
Posted on January 16, 2013 | No CommentsThe extraordinary reign of Augustus left the Roman world with a changed order -
From Whence and Wherefore Were the Trees? Some Critical Thoughts on the Ustrinum Domus Augustae
Posted on October 16, 2012 | No CommentsHistorical evidence suggests that Augustus Caesar, first Emperor of Rome, was a person who liked to plan ahead. His predilection for preparedness is perhaps most apparent when we consider the details pertaining to the end of his life. -
Julius Caesar was stabbed right here, researchers claim
Posted on October 10, 2012 | No CommentsAfter 2056 years, researchers believe they have found the exact spot where Julius Caesar was murdered.
