Build Like an Ancient - Podcast

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Each season, we dive into the materials, methods, and the people behind ancient history's greatest - and not so greatest - buildings, along with their builders. From the Greeks to the Egyptians, the Inca to the indus.

The temple at Segesta 1907
Illustrated ostracon depicting a dancer in an acrobatic position Limestone New Kingdom, 19h-20th Dynasty (1291-1077 BCE) Deir el-Medina Drovetti collection (1824)
Temple of Hera II
A group of tile workers standing near a igloo like kiln, and many stacked roof tiles.
An elevated view of the city of Shibam
A stone panel with heiroglyphs
A view of 19c Athens
A view from a rooftop of Damascus.
One of the four sides of the hieroglyph decorated pyramidion, a decorative element placed as the apex or crown of the pyramid.
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A old doorbell with two rusted screws, which vaguely resembles a face
Two coloured pilasters and two coloured columns
First Step In the selected area, a red grid is drawn. Each side of the squares is approximately 7 cm long. Second Step Drawing of a circular shape. Third Step Blue, yellow and green applied by hand. Fourth Step Red and final decorations applied by hand.
Statue of king Ramesses II Granodiorite New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) From Luxor, Karnak, temple of Amun Drovetti collection (1824)
A decorated vase from ancient Egypt, there is the face of a man who appears to be looking upwards, in what could be interpreted as eye rolling
A French artist coloured drawing of a 'tableau' of Egyptian architectural and artistic item's including painted, carved columns, obelisks, urns etc
A view of Shibam's towers, from within the city. Bare clay and lime washed walls are looked up at, and sit below a lightly clouded blue sky. (c) Aneta Ribarska