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Mithra is the Persian god of the rising sun, contracts, covenants, and friendship. He also oversaw the orderly change of the seasons, maintained cosmic order, and was responsible for bestowing divine grace on kings, legitimizing their...

Yahweh is the name of the state god of the ancient Kingdom of Israel and, later, the Kingdom of Judah. His name is composed of four Hebrew consonants (YHWH, known as the Tetragrammaton) which the prophet Moses is said to have revealed...

The Chavin civilization flourished between 900 and 200 BCE in the northern and central Andes and was one of the earliest pre-Inca cultures. The Chavin religious centre Chavin de Huantar became an important Andean pilgrimage...

The Maya sites of San Gervasio (on the island of Cozumel) and Tulum (on the mainland of Mexico in Quintana Roo) are often overlooked for the better-known Chichen Itza or other spectacular ruins further inland...

Egyptian religion was a combination of beliefs and practices which, in the modern day, would include Egyptian mythology, science, medicine, psychiatry, magic, spiritualism, herbology, as well as the modern understanding...

Huitzilopochtli (pron. Huit-zi-lo-pocht-li) or 'Hummingbird of the South' or 'Blue Hummingbird on the Left' was one of the most important deities in the Aztec pantheon and for the Méxica he was the supreme god. He was the god...

The Kiyomizu-dera Temple ("Kiyomizudera" in Japanese) is known throughout Japan for its lovely panorama of the city of Kyoto. Founded in 778 CE and rebuilt in 1633 CE, the temple is situated on Mt. Otowa in Kyoto...

The Toji temple was first built between 794-796 CE by decree of Emperor Kammu (r. 781-806 CE) in Kyoto, Japan. The temple complex contains a five-story pagoda, which stands 54.8 m (180 ft) high. It is the tallest wooden...

The Byodoin Temple in Uji, Japan dates from the late-Heian period. The most famous portion of the temple is the "Phoenix Hall," which is a National Treasure and appears on the Japanese 10 yen coin.

This is one of two pieces of identical stones, which survived from the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple by the Roman Emperor Titus in 70 CE. It was set at the gate leading to the inner court, and the...