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Column drums from the temple of Zeus at Olympia, 457 BCE. The central hole can be clearly seen which, with a wooden peg, helped hold the column drums in place.

Apollodorus of Damascus, The Forum of Trajan, dedicated 112 C.E., Rome A conversation with Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

A column drum with 24 flutes from the temple of Artemis, Sardis.

An unuusual square column from the peristyle of a Greek-style house at Glanum, southern France. 2nd-1st century BCE.

A drum from a column of the Parthenon, Athens showing the flutes of the shaft in cross-section.

This column is from a temple primarily dedicated to he dam god Heryshef of Herakleopolis. Ramesses II is twice shown making offerings to a local form of Osiris. The god wears his typical feather crown but is in a kilt not his usual mummy...

A column capital in the form of a bull-man from the Tripylon, Persepolis, Achaemenid Period, Reign of Xerxes 486-465 BCE. (The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)

A number of basalt columns and their fragments were uncovered during archaeological excavations at the "Row of Stelae" at the city of Ashur. These were brought to the city as part of an important booty. The cuneiform inscriptions on this...

Greek architecture is concerned with simplicity, proportion, perspective, and harmony in buildings. Greek architecture includes some of the finest and most distinctive buildings ever built. Examples of Greek architecture include temples...

The Battle of Tourcoing (17-18 May 1794) was a major engagement in the War of the First Coalition, the first phase of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). It saw an army of the French Republic successfully fend off a six-pronged attack...