Urban plan of Olynthos, Chalkidike, Greece

The urban plan of Olynthos reconstructed by Hoepfner and Schwandner. Note specifically the city blocks, designed according to the Hippodamian system of urban planning.

Architectural representation of Mari, Mesopotamia

An architectural representation of Mari around 2400 BCE following the archaeological data.

Mari was a very important Semitic city-state in ancient Mesopotamia and within the state borders of modern-day Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates river western bank.

Carthage city reconstruction (Architecture and Urban planning)

Α fine reconstruction plan of Carthage, the Phoenician metropolis of West Mediterranean, initially a colony of Tyros. Actually its urban area was much larger, but the unknown creator of this image mostly wanted to depict the city’s architectural and urban features. In the foreground there is

Αγία Σοφία, Κωνσταντινούπολη: Δομικό σύστημα του ναού (διάγραμμα)

Διάγραμμα του δομικού συστήματος του ιερού ναού της Αγίας Σοφίας από το έργο του R. Mainstone: Hagia Sophia (1988) (copyright: R. Mainstone).

Urban plan of Roman Thamugadi (Timgad), modern Algeria

 

An urban plan of Roman Thamugadi in French (the main excavations of the site were made by the French).

Thamugadi (modern Timgad) was a Roman colony on the high plateau north of the Aurès Mountains in northeastern Algeria, founded