Facade of the 7th century Benedictine monastery in Saint-Gilles, Gard, France

Ruins of Medina Azahara, palace built by caliph Abd al-Rahman III. C? rdoba province, Andalusia, Spain

Cloister of San Esteban convent (16th century), Salamanca. Castilla-Le? n, Spain

Ruins of Medina Azahara, palace built by caliph Abd al-Rahman III. C? rdoba province, Andalusia, Spain

Ruins of Medina Azahara, palace built by caliph Abd al-Rahman III. C? rdoba province, Andalusia, Spain

The Upper Shivalaya Temple in north fort in Badami is an early Chalukyan temple

Madinat Al-Zahra (Medina Azahara). Cordoba. Andalucia. Spain.

The Upper Shivalaya Temple7th century in north fort in Badami is an early Chalukyan temple

Ruins of Medina Azahara, palace built by caliph Abd al-Rahman III. C? rdoba province, Andalusia, Spain

Guggenheim Museum of Art, Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain

Carvings in a Column -Scene from the Mahabharata in Virupaksha Temple in Pattadakal. Detailed scenes from the epics are carved on the pillars. The central band here may depict Bhishma lying on the bed of arrows. During the fight his body was pierced wi

Baroque shrine of Nuestra Se±ora de Cod's (16th-17th century), Torralba del R? o. Navarra, Spain

Patterns & Motifs - line art Assyrian Ornament Assyria is an ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia (modern day northern Iraq and south eastern Turkey) which lies between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers (Mesopotamia is Greek for "between the rivers") - arguably

Patterns & Motifs - line art Assyrian Ornament c. 1300BC Assyria is an ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia (modern day northern Iraq and south eastern Turkey) which lies between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers (Mesopotamia is Greek for "between the rivers")

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical From the Tower of the Winds, Athens. c100-50 BC This tower known as the Horologion ("Timepiece") is an octagonal structure, 42 feet high and 26 feet in diameter. It was built by Andronicus of C

Architecture - Ancient Rome - line art Detail Greco-Roman From the Theatre of Marcellus, Rome begun by Julius Caesar and completed by the Emperor Augustus in 13 BC. It is estimated to have had a capacity of between 11, 000 and 40, 000 people.

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