Sentences with phrase «most of the temples»

When she was succeeded, most of the temples and monuments carved by artisans and sculptors to recognize her achievements were rubbed out by the new pharoah — a man, of course!

Most of the temples greatly suffered from earthquakes and treasure hunters during the past few centuries and some of them are wrapped in scaffolding.

Most of the temples will hire out these items of clothing which can be worn during your time at the sacred sites.

Most of the temples at Tikal can be climbed, some with rather rickety and steep ladders (it would seem that safety regulations are pretty much non-existent in Guatemala).

You can go for easy rides along paved roads throughout the town centre with its interconnecting side streets and where most of the temples, palaces and galleries are located.

Not exact matches

Between peaceful Hindu temples, iconic views of sprawling rice terraces, and vibrant coral reefs along its sandy beaches, it's no surprise why Bali is one of the most beloved tourist destinations in the world.

The news has reached China: Most of the tourists in the courtyard and at dozens of other ancient temples in the Cambodian jungle were Chinese.

Most of the 102 people died when the building where the fireworks were stored collapsed, Chandy told reporters at the temple complex.

And it was very easy for them to do that without opposition, because in the beginning most of the debts that were owed to the palace itself — both in fees for services the palace provided, or the temple provided (the temple was part of the palace economy), or for land rent by sharecroppers, or for the provision of water and agricultural services to the land.

Marky, since you're all knowledgeable on the bible and stuff, I have a question: most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27.

The entire economy of the city of Jerusalem was built on temple activities, bathing before the offerings for a fee, dressing for going to the temple, for a fee, buying the offerings, for a fee, paying the priests, temple entrance fees, food prep fees, growing and feeding the animals for the sacrifices, being paid for them, in the thousands and thousands at festival times, ALL in Jewish currency only, which was required for their rituals, and most people used Roman currency for their civil affairs.

Its temples were, for example, prominently displayed in most sizeable settlements (and a number of smaller, rural ones) and dominated the public space of the towns and cities in which they were found.

When you're reading about the building of the temple and spans and cubits — at 13 that was not the most compelling stuff.

Thus, verse 22 and 23 are parts of Molek Worship: a heterosexual man having sex with a male temple prostitute; and a heterosexual woman engaging in sexual acts with an animal (most likely the stallions dedicated to an area's version of the sun god).

On Easter, rather than getting drunk and visiting a temple prostitute, most people celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Basing Christian «ministry» on some form of a «temple theology» will most likely become a more expensive proposition in the not too distant future.

The church obtains the names primarily from family members, but the bulk of most actual temple service is done by people who have no idea who they are doing the services for.

Thus, in the very things most characteristic of the religion of ancient man, namely altars, sacrifices and temples, the prophets of Israel took the first steps in the direction of their abolition, for YHWH, being wholly different from the ancient gods, neither required the old cultic offerings, nor did He dwell in a house made by hands.

orthodox jews spend most of the day on saturdays in temple praying.

17 ff., clearly had pointed significance in Israel after the establishment of Jerusalem as the capital by David and the building of Solomon's temple (Salem, v. 18, = Jerusalem; Melchizedek is not only king, but «priest of the God most high» to whom Abraham gives «a tenth of everything») The later Temple tax (tithe = tenth) is here given ultimate precedent and example in Abraham.

One of the most influential additions to Christianity was the mass inclusion of thousands of temples across the entire Roman Empire.

We inherited not only the concepts of a paid priesthood and buildings (temples) from Rome, but also a lot more, most of it something other than the teachings of the man from Galilee.

When one looks at the most beautiful or historically important buildings in the World, they tend to be religious monuments — the pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica, the great cathedrals of Europe, Spilt Blood and St. Isaacs in Saint Petersburg, the Greek and Roman temples, the Taj Mahal, the Wots of Asia, even the modern Mormon temples in Salt Lake City and the like.

Magnificent Buddhist temples in California and Maryland, ornate Hindu manders in the outskirts of Los Angeles, Nashville and Pittsburg, and grand, austere Islamic centers in uptown Manhattan, outside the Washington beltway and in the suburbs ringing Chicago — all these offer visible support for the argument of Harvard professor Diana Eck that the U.S. has become «the world's most religiously diverse nation.»

Christ humbeled himself, he criticized the arch priests of the temples, the Catholic priests and bishops of today most of them act like the arch priests and hypocrites that crucified Jesus.

Yes, for the same reason that a temple - robber is the most contemptible of criminals, so it is with this highly painted clever one who cunningly wills the highest thing of all without willing it in truth.

Since many people think that the temple stood where the Dome of the Rock — one of the most holy places of Islam — is located, or at a place near it, Jewish terrorists several times have stormed the mosque to destroy it.

The silversmiths had a vested interest in Diana, for most of their trade came from the purchase of her statue and other works of art that they made and sold in connection with her temple.

I'm in my temple, I know, and every thought, every bit of this noticing, this discipline of being here, right now, living my life while it's happening, feels like the most pure - hearted prayer I've ever spoken out loud.

Jesus had no weak - kneed beliefs, and Rand most certainly would have had Roark kick the moneychangers out of the temple.

Vicarious baptisms are usually performed by LDS youth, often brought to a temple in groups and then repeatedly baptised as proxies for a list of deceased persons; most of the time, the proxy has never heard of the person they are representing.

More immediately, morality was mediated through the extended family (with all its connections to caste), which remains very powerful in India; sometimes in those temples where pundits gave discourses about the perennial struggles of good and evil; and most frequently by the practical decisions of the panchiat, the intercaste village council of the five leading elders.

a) Verses I - 13 is a narrative account of the actual liturgy of dedication and the movement of the ark, Israel's most sacred symbol, into the temple.

(Job 23:8 f.) The problem also arises in the life of the nation, most acutely in the sixth century ac when all the characteristic marks of God's presence and favor have been removed; king, temple and land have all been taken away.

While it may be too early to tell, the shooting deaths of seven people at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday will most likely add further fuel to the debate.

as long as you do nt turn your kids into super religious zealot nazi's «cough» most of the homeschooled chirstians «cough» no real problem with religion aside from that tiny part in the old testimant about shunning and killing those who are differnt from ya i belive it was somewhere round the part in solomans temple having just been built and the whole buring of a offering at the temple and taking parts from it or something or other that was stolen from pagen's after the one of the so called holy crusades aka the earliest recorded holocausts of sentiant man

This identification of the Ark with the special presence of Yahweh is repeatedly shown in the narratives, until, as the most sacred palladium of the nation, it was placed in the Holy of Holies of Solomon's temple.

And yet, instead of making a fine rejoinder, or addressing a fiery appeal to his people, or making haste to strengthen the weak points in the defenses, or considering the possibilities of getting fresh supplies, or making a supreme military effort, or perhaps engaging in the most skillful possible negotiations, Hezekiah takes refuge in the temple and sends messengers to Isaiah.

The issue is, theologically it would go against the prophecies and so would be destroyed most likely and not be rebuilt to its former glory until the messiah comes, there's also the issue that to rebuild the third temple they would need to knock down the Dome of the Rock (among other things) because the temple is pretty massive, and something tells me that muslims wouldn't exactly welcome the idea.

In the temple were conducted the daily sacrifices of animals and produce; the most important of these sacrifices were the people's burnt offering, immolated twice a day.

70 the event which most impressed the Jewish people was not the sack of the city but the destruction of the temple by fire.

This mercy - seat is the footstool of Yahweh, the most sacred symbol within the holy - of - holies, behind the veil of the tabernacle - temple.

Only in India will you find 1000 year old temples on the same block as avant - garde nightclubs, and it is polarities such as these that make India one of the most intriguing places on Earth to visit.

In 2010, Bill Gette led 16 Mass Audubon travelers to beautiful Bhutan and described this trip as an «amazing experience» noting some of his most memorable moments included a visit to the oldest temple in Bhutan, seeing the Black - necked Cranes, and walking through the villages, absorbing the sights and sounds.

Peaceful temples, lavish gardens, and majestic palaces combine to create a slice of Japan at its purest and most distilled.

This latest and greatest phase is the most poorly preserved: Only fragments of the floor remain because the Spanish razed the temple for materials to build their colonial city.

But this time he guessed right — as the summer progressed, his team systematically located most of the foundations of the temple, which they figure was about 100 feet high, 100 feet wide, and 180 feet long.

The number of them is staggering: some 20 groups of temples dot the islands, most containing two or three individual massive structures.

In the field season 2014, the 60 - strong excavation team uncovered finds from all periods of the 2,000 - year history of the cult site, such as the thick enclosing wall of the first Iron Age sanctuary or the foundations of the main Roman temple of the god Jupiter Dolichenus, who became one of the most important deities of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century A.D.. His sanctuary is situated close to the town of Gaziantep on the 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) high mountain of Dülük Baba Tepesi.

Most importantly, the hieroglyphs above the head — part of a formulaic text attested elsewhere at the temple — use a feminine pronoun, a clear indication that the figure is female.