Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 08:57, 21 September 2009: 4,062 × 1,391 (3.52 MB): Elias Ziade {{Information |Description = Night view of the Rome's historical forum, in the foreground are the temple of Saturn.
Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December in the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities until 19 December. By the 1st century BC, the celebration had been extended until 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1 ]
Ancient sources state that the altar of Saturn is situated nearby another altar dedicated to god Dīs Pater and goddess Proserpina; that altar is believed to have hosted the Saturnalia festival. [2] The altar of Saturn is rectangular and measures 3.95 by 2.8 metres (13.0 by 9.2 ft). It was constructed from blocks of tuff. [1]
Saturn was especially celebrated during the festival of Saturnalia each December, perhaps the most famous of the Roman festivals, a time of feasting, role reversals, free speech, gift-giving and revelry. The Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum housed the state treasury and archives of the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire.
The Temple of Saturn (Latin: Templum Saturni or Aedes Saturni; Italian: Tempio di Saturno) was an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn, in what is now Rome, Italy. Its ruins stand at the foot of the Capitoline Hill at the western end of the Roman Forum .
Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves. Getty Images (2) Whether you believe in astrology or not, you can’t swing a pair of headphones this year without hearing a pop star talk about their Saturn return.
Saturnalia, a genus of dinosaur; Saturnalia (horse) (foaled 2016), a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse; Saturnalia, a swords-and-sorcery play-by-mail game; Saturnalia Fossae, a network of troughs on the asteroid 4 Vesta; Saturnalia (video game), a survival horror video game
Whitey sacrifices the mission to dive deep into Saturn's atmosphere and rescue the Earth pilot and his vessel. While he is still recovering, SpaceHome's backup mission recovers the artifact. The artifact proves to be a much more complex message—there is a starship at a specified location in the outer solar system.