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Topic: Worlds Largest Ancient Buildings Posted: 10-Jul-2008 at 14:44 |
Some of the 1st-3rd dynasty mastabas of the early dynastic egyptian kings (c.3000 BC) are very large indeed. Examples and figures can be found in "Archaic Egypt" by a historian whose name I can't remember and I can't speak now because I've got to go to classics sorry
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Posted: 09-Jul-2008 at 22:03 |
The Hadrian Wall was built with stone in six years, have 117 km, 3 metres wide and 5-6 (5,5) high; i think we can calculate the area and volume but i'm a horrible matematician, correct me if i'm wrong but we can stimate:
Area: 351 km2
Volume (high*wide*long): 1930500 m3
The volume is inferior to that of the Great Pyramid (2500000 m3).
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Posted: 04-Feb-2005 at 21:40 |
"Well? Can't anyone make a good comparison between Chinese pyramids and other buildings? They're also pretty large, right? "
I would say almost every ancient imperial tomb in china is unbelievably large. e.g. the chin dynasty's first emperor's tomb with terra warriors. what we see today is only part of it that's been unearthed.
e.g. the first emperor's Epang Palace was a state of the art palace that was not only large but was also made of lots of gold. it was burned by han yu when chin surrendered to the rebel forces.
the tang dynasty's capital city wall of chang'an was 80 miles long surronding the tang capital of 2 million residents. Its Daming Palace is as large as 3.11 km² (768 acres). The Forbidden City in Beijing today is only 720,000 m² (178 acres).
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Xianyang Palace (咸陽宮), in (Qin) Xianyang (咸陽), now 15 km/9 miles east of modern Xianyang, Shaanxi province: this was the royal palace of the state of Qin before the Chinese unification, and then the palace of the First Emperor when China was unified
Epang Palace (阿房宮 - probable meaning: "The Palace on the Hill"), 20 km/12 miles south of (Qin) Xianyang (咸陽), now 15 km/9 miles west of Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province: the fabulous imperial palace built by the First Emperor in replacement of Xianyang Palace
Weiyang Palace (未央宮 - "The Endless Palace"), in (Han) Chang'an (長安), now 7km/4 miles northeast of downtown Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province: imperial palace of the prestigious Western Han Dynasty for two centuries. This is the largest palace ever built on Earth, covering 4.8 km² (1,200 acres), which is 6.7 times the size of the current Forbidden City, or 11 times the size of the Vatican City.
Southern Palace (南宮) and Northern Palace (北宮), in Luoyang (洛陽), Henan province: imperial palaces of the Eastern Han Dynasty for two centuries, the Southern Palace being used for court hearings and audiences, the Northern Palace being the private residence of the emperor and his concubines
Taiji Palace (太極宮 - "The Palace of the Supreme Ultimate"), also known as the Western Apartments (西内, in (Tang) Chang'an (長安), now downtown Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province: imperial palace during the Sui Dynasty (who called it Daxing Palace - 大興宮) and in the beginning of the Tang Dynasty (until A.D. 663). Area: 4.2 km² (1,040 acres), imperial section proper: 1.92 km² (474 acres).
Daming Palace (大明宮 - "The Palace of the Great Brightness"), also known as the Eastern Apartments (東内, in (Tang) Chang'an (長安), now downtown Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province: imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty after A.D. 663 (it was briefly named Penglai Palace (蓬萊宮) between 663 and 705), but the prestigious Taiji Palace remained used for major state ceremonies such as coronations. Area: 3.11 km² (768 acres)
Kaifeng Imperial Palace (東京大内皇宮), in Dongjing (東京), now called Kaifeng (開封), Henan province: imperial palace of the Northern Song Dynasty
Hangzhou Imperial Palace (臨安大内禁宮), in Lin'an (臨安), now called Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang province: imperial palace of the Southern Song Dynasty
Ming Imperial Palace (明故宮), in Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu province: imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty until 1421
The Purple Forbidden City (紫禁城), now known in China as Beijing's Old Palace (北京故宫, in Jingshi (京師), now called Beijing (北京): imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty from 1421 until 1924. Area: 720,000 m² (178 acres). "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace#China
Please note that Chinese's Ancient Tang Dynasty's Daming Palace is as large as 3.11 km² (768 acres). The Forbidden City we see in Beijing today is only 720,000 m² (178 acres).
Daming Palace:
The Han Dynasty's Weiyang Palace (未央宮 - "The Endless Palace, 7km/4 miles northeast of downtown Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province, China, imperial palace of the prestigious Western Han Dynasty for two centuries. This is the largest palace ever built on Earth, covering 4.8 km² (1,200 acres), which is 6.7 times the size of the current Forbidden City, or 11 times the size of the Vatican City.
I don't think it's accurate to say those pyramids are the largest ancient buildings. they can't compare to the ancient Chinese palaces in size. Maybe they are the largest pyramids. The Chinese's Ancient Imperial tombs were not pyramids but tombs.
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Posted: 31-Jan-2005 at 11:36 |
Well? Can't anyone make a good comparison between Chinese pyramids and other buildings? They're also pretty large, right?
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Posted: 27-Jan-2005 at 10:57 |
Originally posted by Berosus
How about the Great Wall of China? |
And how about the pyramids of China?
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Posted: 02-Jan-2005 at 22:19 |
Wow, Iran has lots of stuff
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Posted: 02-Jan-2005 at 18:23 |
I am getting interested in Jiroft.
I remember my US history teacher may have told me that the Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest ancient building.
I'll ask him again just to see if I can prove him wrong.
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Posted: 27-Dec-2004 at 14:28 |
Stumbled across your site browsing around. Nice work - tons and tons of info.
Just on the topic of ancient buildings and by extension, I think its fascinating that you have these immense structures across the middle east 4 to 5 millenia ago (the Ziggaruts and Egyptian Pyramids are astounding technological marvels) and much later in Central / South America. Then a millenia later there's that huge earth mound at Cahokia in the US (16 acres) where allegedly at the time there was no advanced civilisation.
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Posted: 13-Sep-2004 at 06:39 |
How about the Great Wall of China? It may not count because the
original structure was made from layers of earth and reed mats, and the
towers were behind it instead of part of it (the masonry and towers we
are familiar with were added when the Wall was rebuilt under the Ming
dynasty). Still, you can think of it as a tomb of sorts, because
the bodies of the workers who died on the project were simply thrown
into the foundation for the part of the Wall that was going to be built
next, giving it the nickname of the longest cemetery in the world.
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Posted: 10-Sep-2004 at 15:21 |
Volume is a far greater measurement IMHO.
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Posted: 07-Sep-2004 at 03:59 |
1. The Great Ziggurat of Jiroft: 2300-2350 BC
2. The Great Pyramid of Cholula: 2nd century BC!!
3. The Great Pyramid of Giza: 2500-2570 BC
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Crazy stuff, Cyrus. Do you happen to have the approximate dates of construction for those buildings?
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Posted: 07-Sep-2004 at 02:05 |
1. The Great Ziggurat of Jiroft, Iran Area covered: 40 acres (164,000 square meters)
2. The Great Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico Area covered: 25 acres (101,000 square meters)
3.The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt Area covered: 13.6 acres (53,000 square meters)
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