From Prehistory to Early Christianity and Byzantine

  • Clay (Egypt)
    5000 BCE

    Clay (Egypt)

    Decoration of homes
    Used to built Mastabas
  • Sneferu´s Red Pyramid
    2600 BCE

    Sneferu´s Red Pyramid

    Built under Pharaoh Sneferu
    Dashur
    105 m
    Square base pyramid
  • Pharaoh Sneferu
    2600 BCE

    Pharaoh Sneferu

    Egyptian Pharaoh
  • Limestone (Ancient Egypt)
    2600 BCE

    Limestone (Ancient Egypt)

    Sedimentary rock
    Normally Yellow color
    Essential component of concrete
  • Khufu (Keops)
    2566 BCE

    Khufu (Keops)

    Great Pyramid of Khufu
  • Mayas
    2000 BCE

    Mayas

    Divided into south, central and north zone.
    Olmec Influenced
    It appeared parallel to Teotihuacan
  • Palace of Knossos (Greek Structure)
    1900 BCE

    Palace of Knossos (Greek Structure)

    Unified scheme on multiple levels.
    Storage Area
    Staircases and corridors
    Ritual & Ceremonial Rooms
    Living accomodations
    Courtyards
  • Queen Hatshepsut
    1507 BCE

    Queen Hatshepsut

    Queen Hatshepsut Temple
    Female Pharaoh
  • Olmec
    1200 BCE

    Olmec

    Earliest major civilization, lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico.
  • Romulus and Remus
    771 BCE

    Romulus and Remus

    Roman Founders
  • Temple of Jupiter
    509 BCE

    Temple of Jupiter

    Reconstructed several times
    It is on a base
    More stairs
    The back wall doesn´t have columns
    3 rooms
    Cobel roof
  • Athena Nike Temple
    420 BCE

    Athena Nike Temple

    No one could enter the temple
    No windows
    Ionic columna
    One complete volume
    Marble
  • Teotihuacán
    100 BCE

    Teotihuacán

    Located in northeast modern day Mexico City
  • Marble (Ancient Rome)
    107

    Marble (Ancient Rome)

    Different colors
    Shine
  • Quetzalcoatl
    150

    Quetzalcoatl

    Quetzalcoatl Temple
  • Temple of the Inscriptions
    683

    Temple of the Inscriptions

    22m high
    Originally colored
    9 levels
    Central stais
    Temple on the top
  • Wood (Tikal)
    700

    Wood (Tikal)

    Wood beams
    Give support to estructures
  • Toltecs
    800

    Toltecs

    Centered in Tula.
    Conquered central civilizations like Teotihuacanos
    Develop as a military civilization.
    They were a lot of sacrificies
  • Stone (Palenque)
    987

    Stone (Palenque)

    Used in the temples
  • Aztecs
    1300

    Aztecs

    Construction of Metropolis
    Chinampos
    Adobe houses
    Templo Mayor