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Massive First-Century Capitolium Temple Identified in Northern Italy
... podium upon which the temple was raised, a portico with columns and a cella or inner sanctuary where statues or ...
Sahir - 24/08/2023 - 14:46
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Puzzling Prehistoric Posts: The Enigmatic Spirit Poles of Eurasia
... the term totem is misapplied to them, they are essentially columns which represent ancestral or supernatural beings with ...
Alistair - 16/01/2019 - 23:00
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Two Aksumite Churches Reveal Complex Religious History of East Africa
... as a unique addition to the city landscape. A series of columns found at the excavation site revealed it would have ...
Nathan Falde - 08/12/2022 - 21:55
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Do Your Eyes Fool You? Ancient Vision and a New Reality — How to See and Draw Like the Ancients
... notice the Greeks used curves to construct temples whose columns curve outward towards their midpoint or zenith and ...
Chris Morgan - 27/06/2017 - 22:53
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El Tajín, The Lost City of a Mysterious People
... Tuggle, H. D. (1968). The Columns of El Tajín, Veracruz, Mexico . Ethnos, 33(1-4), ...
Ed Whelan - 23/06/2019 - 22:55
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Mosaics Provide Clues on Life in an Ancient Galilean Jewish Village
... to expose a rare discovery in ancient synagogues: columns covered in colorful, painted plaster still intact ...
ancient-origins - 10/07/2018 - 14:05
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Numerous Statues of Sekhmet, The Lioness Goddess of War, Unearthed in Egypt
... temple's hypostyle hall—a roofed structure supported by columns. One of the recently discovered busts of Sekhmet ( ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 12/12/2016 - 21:49
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Unexpected Iron Age Settlement and Roman Villa Found in Oxfordshire
... Included with the houses were postholes where support columns would have been installed, and gullies around their ...
Nathan Falde - 23/02/2021 - 13:42
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Reading the So-Called Sumerian Seals Relating to Gods from Outer Space
... forth (his/ the) touch”. Below this hand we see two columns of signs. There are three signs to the right Su a-i u ...
Clyde Winters - 13/03/2018 - 01:04
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1,300-Year-Old Fortress Ruins on Siberian Lake Mystifies Experts
... which once had a tiled roof and was supported by 36 wooden columns resting on stone bases. Laser mapping of the site ...
Joanna Gillan - 25/10/2023 - 14:59
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The Triumphal Arch of Orange in France - Symbol of the Roman Empire
... of three rounded archways framed by four Corinthian columns . The central arch is larger than the ones on either ...
Ed Whelan - 25/09/2020 - 00:51
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Remnants of ancient necropolis excavated in Black Sea city in Turkey
... Greece and Rome inscribed stones in walls and isolated columns Greek coins like this one of Pontus have been found ...
Mark Miller - 13/05/2015 - 17:22
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Revealing the Ramesseum Medical Papyri and Other Remarkable Finds from the Temple of Ramesses II
... in parts from III to V. The text was written in vertical columns in hieratic script, which is typical for this kind of ...
Natalia Klimczak - 02/12/2016 - 14:50
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The Gravity-Defying Bara Imambara was Built to Create Jobs During a Famine
... without the support of beams or pillars. The absence of columns is a marvel of architectural engineering , defying ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 23/02/2024 - 16:53
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The Best Preserved Roman Temple? From Emperors to Founding Fathers, Elite Connections Maintained the Maison Carrée
... of the structure. The structure is supported by Corinthian columns, on top of which is an architrave with reliefs of ...
dhwty - 23/03/2017 - 18:04
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The Enigma of the Winchester Mystery House
... House became known for its numerous strange features. Columns were installed upside down, doors opened onto walls ...
Joanna Gillan - 23/10/2020 - 19:44
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How the Roman Theater of Bosra Became a Muslim Citadel
... the stage, which was three stories high, is supported by columns and was once was adorned with marble friezes and ...
Ed Whelan - 08/09/2019 - 01:40
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A Rediscovered Unit of Length and Implications for the Neolithic
... ft.), 62 true rings; diameter and perimeter. (The columns for each site name and details for been omitted.) As ... 18.61, 27.55 & 29.53, but into 346.62 & 365.25. The five columns of figures are automatically revised for each of the ...
ancient-origins - 27/02/2022 - 14:00
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Nowruz - The Persian New Year and The Spring Equinox
... builders of the royal court constructed twelve mud-brick columns and various seeds were sown on top of each column. ...
Mahbod Khanbolouki - 22/03/2015 - 23:51
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Is There a Natural Explanation For The Unnatural Ages in Genesis?
... an astronomical interpretation. Arranging these numbers in columns and adding them together confirmed the astronomical ...
Nils Ekblad - 12/08/2017 - 19:03