12 Historic Buildings And Artifacts That Still Thrill Even Centuries Later (13 Photos)

Ancient creations, from the beauty of which even today it takes your breath away.





People throughout the history of their existence have created insane number of truly beautiful things and structures. Many of them several millennia, but they continue to inspire architects, sculptors, painters.

One thing is for sure: the school curriculum is not enough, to contain all the richness of human history. So for that platforms such as TravelAsk have been created: we not only tell in detail about ancient sculptures and buildings, but also love to show artifacts of the past.

Bodiam Castle in England, 14th century



Female sculptures serving as columns in the Erechtheion Temple, Athens





The Library of Celsus at Ephesus, 2nd century AD, which once held some 12,000 scrolls



Details of Surya Temple in Konark, India, 13th century.



Al-Kutoubia Mosque - one of the symbols of Marrakesh, XII century.



The largest intact mosaic in Antakya, Türkiye



Longmen cave temples in China, carved into the rocks in the 5th-9th centuries



One of the most beautiful opera houses in the world is the Margravial Theater in the German city of Bayreuth, 1740.



Inside the Spanish Synagogue, built in a unique neo-Moorish style, Prague, 19th century



Abandoned military barracks in the town of Haymashker, Hungary



Rock paintings on the Tassilin-Adjer plateau in Algeria



Fayum portrait of a child in the museum of Cairo, 1st century AD.