Greek Project: Poseidon ’s Underwater Temple Explanation I have chosen to build a temple for Poseidon in the city-state of Athens. The reason this temple is in Athens is because according to the Greek myth on the website Mr. Donn‚ the contest of Poseidon and Athena‚ the two gods compete to prove they are worthy of guarding that city-state. Athena gets the honor to guard that city-state because Poseidon thinks her gift is much better than his‚ but still is unhappy. To show his unhappiness‚ he flooded
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milk‚ sugar sometimes onions in a brass or earthen pot‚ adorned with small neem branches and turmeric‚ vermilion (kunkum) or Kadi (white chalk) and a lamp on the top. Women place the pots on their heads and take it to Goddess temple‚ led by drummers and dancing men. Goddess temples have names such as Mysamma‚ Pochamma‚ Yellamma‚ Pedamma‚ Dokkalamma‚ Ankalamma‚ Poleramma‚ Maremma‚ Pochamme‚ Maramma‚ Yellammma‚ Nookalamma etc. and are decorated with special illumination buntings and festoons. | Origin
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The Wat Phra Kaew (Thai: วัดพระแก้ว‚ RTGS: Wat Phra Kaeo‚ IPA: [wát pʰráʔ kɛ̂ːw]‚ Pronunciation‚ English: Temple of the Emerald Buddha; full official name Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram‚ Thai: วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม‚ IPA: [wát pʰráʔ sǐː rát.ta.náʔ sàːt.sa.daː.raːm]) is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand. It is a "potent religio-political symbol and the palladium [safeguard] of Thai society".[1] It is located in the historic centre of Bangkok (district Phra Nakhon)‚ within
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Religion was a very important part of life for the Ancient Egyptians. They worshipped hundreds of different gods and goddesses. They built big temples in their honour. They believed in an afterlife and mummified their dead so they could live forever. The Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses. Each god was responsible for a different aspect of Ancient Egyptian life. For example‚ Seshat was the goddess of writing and Nun was the god of primeval chaos. Some of the earliest gods were
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known as KrunThep‚which is Thai for “City of Angels‚” beckons with its golden roofed temples and spicily curried cuisine. Seven million visitors come to Thailand each year spending an average of six to seven days because there is so much to see and to relish in this “Exotic Orient” as one enamored traveller dubbed the country. Our agenda for the first day of our tour started with a tour of Wat Po. One of the 370 temples in Bangkok alone‚ it is home to the famous Reclining Buddha‚ which is said to be
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SCAFFOLD Matthew 21: 12-17 Jesus Goes to the Temple 12 Jesus went into the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the stools of those who sold pigeons‚ 13 and said to them "It is written in the Scriptures that God said‚ ’My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!" 14 The blind and crippled came to him in the Temple‚ and he healed them. 15 The chief priests and the
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Temple of Jupiter At the northern side of the Forum is the Temple of Jupiter. Built in 150 B.C it was Pompeii’s main temple. A Capitolium in structure and in pure Italic style‚ the temple was constructed on a high base‚ with a double flight of stairs at its front. Inside the temple lay the "cella"‚ accessible only to the priests‚ and which contained three stands at its far end. Theses stands were occupied by statues of Juno‚ Jupiter‚ and Minerva. In 62 C.E.‚ the temple was seriously damaged in an
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were added; simplified‚ Israel made a more PERMANENT place of worship. The Temple remained intact from the Divide Kingdom up until King Nebuchadnezzar burned down the Temple of Solomon. [But did the temple of God remained in ruins? (No)] During the captivity in Babylon‚ the Temple of Zerubbabel was erected to replace the Temple built by Solomon (Haggai 1:1-15 & 2:1-23 NKJV). [Did it last? (No)] When centuries passed‚ this Temple was defiled by Antiochus IV Epiphanes‚ a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire
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inspire us today. The Parthenon is one of the most influential buildings of it’s time and is a symbol of democracy. The Parthenon is a magnificent marble temple built in the fifth century B.C.‚ high up on a fortified acropolis overlooking the city of Athens. Perikles was general of Athens at the time and credited for establishing
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Standing over fifty-eight feet high is the Marble Column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis‚ known as one of the seven wonders of the world. The marble column that stands tall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is different from the rest found at the site of the temple because the capital is slightly smaller than the rest. This indicates that it did not belong to the outer colonnade. The columns at the Temple of Artemis are found to be ionic orders‚ being one of the three different types of orders
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