Architects and master builders of the ancient world and classical antiquity, from Old Kingdom Egypt through Greece and Rome. Belongs here: any architect whose active practice falls within ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek or Roman building traditions, roughly through the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Does not belong here: an architect working in a later revival of classical forms, who belongs under the Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical grouping instead.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Ancient Greek architecture, lead section, era
Ancient Greek architecture was made by the Greeks, or Hellenes, whose culture flourished on mainland Greece, the Peloponnese, Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest surviving architectural works dating from around 600 BC.
Wikipedia, Ancient Greek architecture, lead section, region
Ancient Greek architecture was made by the Greeks, or Hellenes, whose culture flourished on mainland Greece, the Peloponnese, Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy.
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