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1Ti Court — Official reign of Niuserre, 2453 2422 BC. Ti, a Court official of high standing, a great landowner, and administrator of the royal funerary temples, lived at the beginning of the Fifth Dynasty. He is most famous for his magnificent tomb at… …
2Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
3Atrium — • An open place or court before a church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Atrium Atrium † …
4window — windowless, adj. windowy, adj. /win doh/, n. 1. an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass …
5Mutemweya — Queen, reign of Tuthmosis IV, 1425 1417 BC. Diplomatic alliance between Egypt and *Mitanni in the middle of the Eighteenth Dynasty had prompted the *Mitannian ruler, Artatama I, to send his daughter to become the wife of *Tuthmosis IV. This… …
6Palazzo Medici Riccardi — For other uses, see Palazzo Medici (disambiguation). Rusticated stone walls of the Renaissance Palazzo Medici Riccardi The Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it, is a… …
7Temple of Edfu — The Temple of Edfu is an ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus Apollo. [David, Rosalie. Discovering Ancient Egypt,… …
8domus — ▪ dwelling plural domus private family residence of modest to palatial proportions, found primarily in ancient Rome and Pompeii. In contrast to the insula (q.v.), or tenement block, which housed numerous families, the domus was a single… …
9cloister — n. 1. Convent walk, abbey walk, arched ambulatory. 2. Convent, monastery, abbey, nunnery, priory. 3. Arcade, colonnade, colonnaded court, piazza …
10CAPERNAUM — CAPERNAUM, ancient village on the N.W. shore of the sea of Galilee. Its name is derived from the Hebrew Kefar ( village of ) Naḥum (an unknown personage). It is first mentioned by josephus as a village on his line of advance toward the issue of… …
