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Castle of Merle (Khirbet el-Burj) near Tantura, 12th century to 1291 with interruption in the late 1180s Gaza Fortress [ fr ] , 1149–1187 Chastel Hernault [ fr ] , 1150–1179
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Temples are considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth.
In 1978, roof tiles excavated from the remains of the Iwaya tile kiln, located on a hillside bordering the right bank of the Nabari River, 2.7 kilometers northeast of the temple ruins, were found to be identical to those found at the temple ruins, indicating that this was the kiln associated with that temple. The kiln is a flat kiln, with a 1.5 ...
The other entrance is located to the southeast, near the mihrab, and is sealed by a large stone, and usually covered by prayer mats; this is very close to the location of the seventh step on the outside of the enclosure, beyond which the Mamelukes forbade Jews from approaching.
Josephus' statement that all the porticos surrounding the Temple complex measured six stadia "including the Antonia" (JW 5:192) is off by a large margin (six stadia represent about 1.11 km, whereas the sides of the Haram esplanade today measure together about 1.55 km), but it clearly suggests that the fortress was contiguous with the Temple ...
Model of the pools during the Second Temple Period (Israel Museum). The Pool of Bethesda is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in Jerusalem, described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes.
The Ploutonion at Hierapolis (Ancient Greek: Πλουτώνειον Ploutōneion, [2] lit "Place of Pluto"; Latin: Plutonium) or Pluto's Gate [3] was a ploutonion (a religious site dedicated to the god Pluto) in the ancient city of Hierapolis near Pamukkale in modern Turkey's Denizli Province. The site was discovered in 1965 by Italian ...
The site is located on a rocky plateau, overlooking land and sea. [1] By all detailed accounts, the Serapeum was the largest and most magnificent of all temples in the Greek quarter of Alexandria. Besides the image of the god, the temple precinct housed an offshoot collection of the Library of Alexandria. [2]