Besides the statue of them, the monastery also houses ancient images of Gods and Goddesses. (indianholiday.com)
At the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East here last week, for example, one scholar even reinterpreted well - studied ancient images as representing drug - taking rituals and drug - induced distortions. (sciencemag.org)
The ancients imaged the universe in terms of four directions or quarters horizontally, laid out relative to the society doing the mapping, with the center of the world located in the holy city and / or capital of each nation in turn. (religion-online.org)