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Temple of the Imperial Cult, Glanum
The faithfully reconstructed corner of the smaller of two twin temples dedicated to the imperial cult at Glanum, southern France. c. 20 BCE.
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Temple Exterior, Khajuraho
From a wall of one of the temples at Khajuraho. The bottom half has gods such as Ganesha and Agni while the top half has snapshots of human life. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE
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The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa
The ziggurat, the "Tongue Tower," today one of the most vividly identifiable surviving ziggurats, is identified in the later Talmudic and Arabic culture with the Tower of Babel. However, modern scholarship...
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Temple Guardian, Bangkok
One of the many mythical creatures and gods that the Thai people believe guard temples in the Grand Place Complex, Bangkok, Thailand. Photo taken 2019 CE.
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Reconstructed Funerary Temple in the Moselle Valley
Along the entire Moselle from Trier to Koblenz in Germany, archaeologists have found remains of Roman estates, temples, mausolea, and various wine presses at the foot of several vineyard slopes. Nehren...
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Temple Relief of Amenhotep IV
On the right, the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV (r. 1353-1336 BCE later known as Akhenaten) raises his right arm and wears the blue crown of Egypt. Beside the right shoulder, his prenomen cartouche of "Neferkheperure"...
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Sath Graha Temple (Side)
One of the temples at the Sath Graha section of Katas Raj, Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan, an ancient Hindu site dedicated to the worship of Shiva and prior to that a Buddhist site as well. This particular building is dated...
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Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina
The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) in Italy was built in the 2nd century BCE to honor the goddess Isis and the goddess Fortuna. The massive site spans a mountainside...
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Commodus
Commodus was Roman emperor from 180 to 192 CE. With the death of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in March of 180 CE, the long reign of the five good emperors came to an end and with it so did the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace). Those emperors...
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Janus
The Roman Republic owed much to the cultural influence of its Greek neighbors. For centuries the Greeks occupied a prominent position to the south on the island of Sicily. A series of wars in the 2nd and 3rd centuries BCE brought to the...
