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Water-basin at the Great Temple

Boğazköy, view of inner courtyard at the Great Temple (Temple I) complex, showing water-basin, limestone, c. 1275–c. 1250 bc; photo © Allan T. Kohl/AICT

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Hagar Qim temple complex

Malta, Hagar Qim, temple complex, detail of inner chamber, c. 3000 bcc. 2500 bc; photo © Allan T. Kohl/AICT

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Erechtheion, view from the south-east

Athens, Erechtheion, view from the south-east, c. ?421–405 bc; photo credit: Scala/Art Resource, NY

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Nîmes, Maison Carée, c. AD 4; photo credit: Vanni/Art Resource, NY....

Nîmes, Maison Carée, c. ad 4; photo credit: Vanni/Art Resource, NY

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Temple of Portunus, Forum Boarium , Rome, late 2nd century BC; photo credit: Alinari/Art R....

Temple of Portunus, Forum Boarium, Rome, late 2nd century bc; photo credit: Alinari/Art Resource, NY

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Pantheon, Rome, c. AD 118”27, interior; photo credit: Vanni/Art Resource, NY....

Pantheon, Rome, c. ad 118–27, interior; photo credit: Vanni/Art Resource, NY

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Main shrine of Kailasa Temple, Ellora, c. mid-8th century AD; Photo credit: Vanni/Art Reso....

Main shrine of Kailasa Temple, Ellora, c. mid-8th century ad; Photo credit: Vanni/Art Resource, NY

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Tikal, Temple-Pyramid I, funerary monument to the ruler Ah Cacao, c. AD 682–c. 730; photo ....

Tikal, Temple-Pyramid I, funerary monument to the ruler Ah Cacao, c. ad 682–c. 730; photo credit: Vanni/Art Resource, NY

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Temple of Ishtar-Kititum, Ischali, Iraq, c. 19th–18th centuries BC, plan: (a) main temple ....

Temple of Ishtar-Kititum, Ischali, Iraq, c. 19th–18th centuries bc, plan: (a) main temple courtyard; (b) courtyard of the sanctuary of Ishtar-Kititum; (c) cellae; (d) cella of Ishtar-Kititum

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Edfu, plan of the temple, Ptolemaic period, c. 237–57 BC: (a) sanctuary with naos; (b) off....

Edfu, plan of the temple, Ptolemaic period, c. 237–57 bc: (a) sanctuary with naos; (b) offertory; (c) second hypostyle hall; (d) large hypostyle hall; (e) court; (f) pylon; (g) ambulatory; (h) sacred well and Nilometer

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Temple of Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, Tajikistan, 3rd–2nd century BC, plan....

Temple of Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, Tajikistan, 3rd–2nd century bc, plan

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Main hall of Foguang si near Mt Wutai, Shanxi Province, AD 857: (a) downward-pointing cant....

Main hall of Foguang si near Mt Wutai, Shanxi Province, ad 857: (a) downward-pointing cantilever (ang)

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Temple and temple mound at Anilco, Mississippi Valley, c. 1542; reconstruction drawing....

Temple and temple mound at Anilco, Mississippi Valley, c. 1542; reconstruction drawing

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King visits the Buddha

King visits the Buddha (Great Miracle of Sravasti), one face of a fence-rail from Bharhut, early 2nd century bc (Washington, DC, Freer Gallery of Art); photo © Allan T. Kohl/AICT

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Plan of Longxing si, Zhengding, Hebei Province, 10th–11th century: (a) Moni Hall; (b) fron....

Plan of Longxing si, Zhengding, Hebei Province, 10th–11th century: (a) Moni Hall; (b) front gate; (c) Hall of the Six Patriarchs; (d) Sutra Library; (e) Maitreya Pavilion; (f) abbot’s quarters

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