Altar (Disambiguation)

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Ceremonial Twelve-Stepped Altar at Vani in Colchis

Ceremonial twelve-stepped altar from the last phase of activity at the Colchian settlement of Vani (250-50 BCE). The altar is composed of a platform and an adjoining staircase made of six rectangular and six semicircular steps. Such altars...

Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Roman Altar to Jupiter, Newstead

In ancient Scotland, the Romans put up altars inscribed with the names of their gods. An alter was a public sign of a worshiper's beliefs. On each altar, the names of the god and the donor were recorded. Offerings were made on the hollow...

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The Annaberg Mountain Altar

The Annaberg Mountain Altar, painted by Hans Hesse (1470 - 1539 CE), was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the Ore Mountain Mining Region 2019 CE. The altar painting depicts the different types of work done in, or in connection...

Image by Liana Miate

Marble Altar Sacred to Dushares Puteoli

Marble altar sacred to Dushares Puteoli. 1st century CE. Museo dei Campo Flegrei, (National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia). A beautiful piece of Italian Carrrara marble fashioned into an altar to Dushares, a god of the Nabateans from...

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Dacian Altar Piece

This is an ancient Roman altar piece — in votive style — to Publius Aelius Marcianus, who was of the decurial order and a holder of higher local offices in Napoca (a city in Roman Dacia). Today, Napoca is Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This lovely...

Image by Mark Cartwright

Roman Sacrificial Altar

A marble sacrificial altar dedicated to the Roman gods Mars and Venus, c. 124 CE. Later used as a pedestal for a statue of the god Silvanus. The carvings tell of the founding of Rome with the figures of Romulus and Remus, their adoptive shepherd...

Image by Raimond Spekking

Reconstruction of the Pergamon Altar

Reconstruction of the Pergamon Altar displayed at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Image by James Blake Wiener

High Altar at Sensoji Temple

This is a picture of the high altar at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan, which is protected by a screen. In 645 CE, the renowned Buddhist priest Shokai visited Tokyo and built a hall for the worship of the Bodhisattva Kannon. (Many thus attribute...

Image by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Israelite Incense Altar

This object is a limestone incense altar. It was excavated from Megiddo and dates to the Iron Age II (9th Century BCE). It has a height of 54.5 cm (21.4 in), a width of 27 cm (10.6 in), and a length of 28.5 cm (11.2 in). (The Israel Museum...