What is an Aisle? – History of Architecture
Side aisle of the Abbaye aux Dames (Caen, 1050 AD) What is an aisle? An aisle (you pronounce it EYE-yull) is the part of a Roman basilica or a medieval [...]
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Medieval African Architecture – Mosques and Churches
Medieval African architecture: Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo (Egypt, 900s AD) Africa gets richer The Middle Ages saw a tremendous explosion of architecture all over Africa as Africans became richer than they had ever [...]
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Iron Age Architecture in Africa
Iron Age architecture in Africa: Palace at Meroe, ca. 900 BC (thanks to Royal Ontario Museum) Rich enough to build in stone During the Bronze Age, only Egypt was rich enough to build [...]
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Egyptian Architecture
Egyptian architecture: the pyramids at Giza, in Egypt, about 2500 BC People tend to think that Egyptian building styles stayed the same for the whole period of Ancient Egypt, from [...]
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African Buildings in Antiquity
African buildings: Hathor temple at Naqa (modern Sudan), ca. 10 AD African buildings in stone In the first centuries AD, African architects kept building more stone buildings, as trade continued to increase, [...]
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African Architecture
African architecture: the pyramids at Giza, in Egypt, about 2500 BC First African buildings Africa was probably the place where people first built any kind of building, because people lived [...]
