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Overview
Explore the nature of political power and cultural tradition around the world through history’s most opulent, breathtaking palaces, accompanied by an expert guide.
Topics Covered:
Topics Covered:
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- 01: Palaces Past and Present
- 02: Malkata Palace: Pharaoh, Foreigners, and Gods
- 03: Amarna: Palace of the First Sun King
- 04: Phaistos: Palaces between Asia and Europe
- 05: Palace of Nestor at Pylos and Bronze Age Greece
- 06: The Assyrian Palace at Nimrud: Empire in Stone
- 07: Nineveh: The Architecture of Assyrian Power
- 08: Persepolis: Palace of the Persians
- 09: Greek Palaces in Conquered Lands I
- 10: Greek Palaces in Conquered Lands II
- 11: Greek Palaces Come to Roman Italy
- 12: Masada: Herod the Great between East and West
- 13: Herod the Great’s Summer and Winter Palaces
- 14: Caligula’s Floating Palaces
- 15: Nero’s Domus Transitoria at Rome
- 16: Nero’s Golden House: A Roman Palace Theater
- 17: Rome’s Great Imperial Palace of Domitian
- 18: Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli
- 19: Diocletian’s Retirement Palace, Split
- 20: Constantine’s Palace, Constantinople
- 21: China’s Endless Palace: Weiyang Palace
- 22: The Palace of Montezuma II at Tenochtitlán
- 23: Renaissance Palaces and the Classical Revival
Taught by
Steven L. Tuck, Ph.D.
