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  2. Actun Tunichil Muknal - Wikipedia

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    Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, ceramics, and stoneware. There are several areas with skeletal remains in the main chamber.

  3. Sacred space - Wikipedia

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    A sacred space, sacred ground, sacred place, sacred temple, holy ground, holy place or holy site is a location which is deemed to be sacred or hallowed. The sacredness of a natural feature may accrue through tradition or be granted through a blessing. One or more religions may consider sacred

  4. Deir es-Sultan - Wikipedia

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    Deir es-Sultan is one of several holy sites in the area which are contested by various Christian denominations. [3] The monastery is located on the roof of the Helena Chapel, an underground chapel that is part of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre complex, and has an entrance leading down to the Parvis (the Church courtyard).

  5. Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Wikipedia

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    To the right of the sepulchre on the northwestern edge of the rotunda is the Chapel of the Apparition, which is reserved for Roman Catholic use. [94] Though not within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre compound, directly adjacent to it is the Church of the Redeemer, marking a Lutheran presence at the site. [8]

  6. Tomb of Absalom - Wikipedia

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    Tomb of Absalom (western facade), with the entrance to the Cave of Jehoshaphat (left) behind it. The Tomb of Absalom (Hebrew: יד אבשלום, romanized: Yad Avshalom, lit.

  7. Tomb of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense. Station 14 of the Calvary of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Villamelendro de Valdavia).. According to the gospel accounts, Jesus was buried in a tomb which originally belonged to Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy man who, believing Jesus was the Messiah, offered his own sepulcher for the burial of Jesus. [1]

  8. Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America - Wikipedia

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    The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America [2] [3] is a Franciscan complex [nb 1] at 14th and Quincy Streets in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. Located on a hill called Mount Saint Sepulcher, [5] and anchored by the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher, [3] it includes gardens, replicas of various shrines throughout Israel, a replica of the catacombs in Rome ...

  9. Earth mysteries - Wikipedia

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    The Earth mysteries movement in Great Britain embraced the term "ritual landscapes" that was used in British archaeology starting in the 1980s, with regards to sacred locations apparently used for mainly ceremonial purposes in the Neolithic and the early Bronze Age; the concept has been both adopted and criticized in the field of academic ...