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Ain Dara Temple before the Turkish bombing destroyed it in early 2018. Detail of the outer wall of the Ain Dara temple, showing two lions. The Ain Dara temple, as excavated, has revealed a three-part layout with structural blocks of basalt on limestone foundations. However, it has been conjectured that the temple probably had a mud-brick ...
The “revered” temple was named “Eninnu, the White Thunderbird,” researchers said. The search for this 4,500-year-old sanctuary “obsessed generations of archaeologists.”
The current temple belongs to the Hossō-shū and its honzon is a statue of Jūichimen-Kannon thought to have been made in the late Muromachi period. Many of the foundation stones of the original temple were looted for use in gardens, and one is located at the Fujita Art Museum in Osaka. In 1975, the government purchased the site and developed ...
The Badain Jaran Temple in September alongside its lake. The Badain Jaran Temple (bā dān jí lín miào 巴丹吉林庙) is a well-preserved Tibetan-Buddhist temple located in the middle of the desert. It was built in 1868 at the side of a lake. Its isolation allowed it to survive untouched and safe from the Cultural Revolution. The fine ...
Qalaat Faqra is an archaeological site in Kfardebian, Lebanon, with Roman and Byzantine ruins. Located near the Faqra ski resort on the slopes of Mount Sannine at an altitude of 1500 m (and exactly half-way between Berytus and Heliopolis, the two main Roman cities in Roman Phoenicia), it is one of the most important sites of the UNESCO-listed valley of Nahr al-Kalb (the classical "Lycus river").
The Temple of Seti I is now known as the Great Temple of Abydos. In antiquity, the temple was known as " Menmaatre Happy in Abydos," and is a significant historical site in Abydos . [ 1 ] Abydos is a significant location with its connection to kingship due to being the burial site of the proto-kings from the Pre-Dynastic period , First Dynasty ...
The temple is a tripartite structure: consisting of a porch, hall and adytum; its overall dimensions are 14 by 11 metres (46 ft × 36 ft). The building was divided into four rooms. The first and second rooms were unequal subdivisions of the adytum (debir), the first room is the eastern room which is the smaller of the two measuring at 3 by 4 ...
El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], 'the Castle'), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18.