Sentences with phrase «ancient greek temples»

This was easier than anticipated due to the abundance of Amazonian and Persian imagery found on almost all ancient Greek temples, including the Parthenon.

From ancient Greek temples to local markets and modern rooftop bars.

From checking out remains of ancient Greek temples to touring museums, your brain will get cultured in a hurry — the perfect accompaniment to a bronzed body.

The cure for overdosing on ancient Greek temples and ruins?

Enjoy warm Mediterranean hospitality, as you journey from picture - perfect fishing villages to ancient Greek temples.

This was known as a «whitening of New England,» as churches, commercial buildings, and dwellings reflected the white marble facades of ancient Greek temples.

Thassos has a striking hilltop Byzantine monastery, an outstanding archaeological museum and an ancient Greek temple at Alyki as well as great beaches.

Like caryatids on an ancient Greek temple, they stand calmly supporting the weight of their professional duties.

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Examples of these human marks include the fact that the Bible was written in Hebrew and Greek, that the Old Testament world was a world of temples, priests and sacrifice, that Israel as well as the surrounding nations has prophets that mediated divine will to them, that Israel was ruled by kings, that Israel's legal system shares striking similarities with those of surrounding nations, that the creation narrative and the story of Noah resemble other ancient stories of the time, that the writers of Scripture operated within the paradigm of ancient cosmology, etc..

There is an introduction to ancient Greek religion; introduction to temples and pediment sculpture; plenty of activities for the group work leading to a project.

How about the history classroom, where instead of listening to a teacher lecture about ancient Athens, students take a virtual tour and then use 3 - D design software like SketchUp to build a simple model of a Greek temple as a way to internalize classical principles such as balance?

This is the largest of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea and when you arrive by boat you will be met with its most famous archaelogical site — the Portara, the doorway to the ancient temple of Apollo built in 522 BC.

Enveloped by The Valley of the Temples archaeological park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Villa Athena is situated only 200 meters from the Concordia Temple, an ancient Doric masterpiece and one of the best preserved Greek temples outside of Temples archaeological park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Villa Athena is situated only 200 meters from the Concordia Temple, an ancient Doric masterpiece and one of the best preserved Greek temples outside of temples outside of Greece.

In Agrigento, originally Greek Akragas and then Roman Agrigentum, the «Valley of the Temples» dramatically reveals the ancient city and the museum displays remarkable Greek vases, the enormous «Telamon» and the young athlete, Ephebus.

At the tip of the Attica Peninsula, lies the Archaeological area of Cape Sounion, featuring the ruins of an ancient temple of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea.

Southern Italy is a fascinating area with its Roman and Greek temples, extensive archaeological remains and ancient cities.

This structure dates back to the 11th century, and it was built over an ancient Greek pagan temple dedicated to either the goddess Demeter or Athena.

Exceptional in scale and scope, the exhibition tells the story of the ancient wreck of a vast ship, the «Unbelievable» (Apistos in the original Koine Greek), and presents what was discovered of its precious cargo: the impressive collection of Aulus Calidius Amotan — a freed slave better known as Cif Amotan II — which was destined for a temple dedicated to the sun.

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When kids open Minecraft, Microsoft doesn't just want them exploring dark caverns, endless plains, and procedurally generated mountains; it wants them exploring places carved out of the real world, like ancient Pompeii, the pyramids of Giza, and Greek temples — places they can learn from.