Sentences with phrase «centuries as temples»

The grottoes are a group of 492 caves used by Buddhist monks between the 4th and 14th centuries as temples and meeting places.

The guide explained that Angkor Wat began in the 12th century as a temple to the Indian god Vishnu but over time it was converted to a Buddhist temple with the Hindu imagery remaining.

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In an act that Harrsion described as «spiritual genocide», the group claimed that early church leaders took hold of temple grounds and turned them into churches during the Christiansation of England starting as early as the 7th century.

Indeed, for a first - century audience, more attuned to the «differential charge» locations within Greco - Roman cities could possess, such temples would have appeared all the more impressive, occupying, as they did, crucial sites in their symbolic geography (in Athens, for example, the cult temple was constructed in the Acropolis, near the Parthenon, in the historic and religious heart of the city).

Corinth was not destroyed because Sodom was supposed to serve as the example, it having been destroyed centuries before the Greek temple prost / itution in Corinth.

We are likewise learning more about first century religion in Palestine — as, for example, about the place of synagogue, Torah, temple and sacrifice; the meaning of the terms «Pharisee,» «Essene,» «Sadducee,» «apocalyptist»; the nature of Judaism and of rabbinic teaching.

By the first century, Baal is a distant memory, but Jesus immediately heads to Herod's temple, which he condemns as a den of thieves, repeating the words of Jeremiah against the first temple.

Demetrius the 1st, the nephew of Antiochus the 5th, in 161bce, put on a pig as a sacrifice, after destroying the Solomon temple, worshiping sun - gods, soon after chirstianity began of the 1st, and 2nd centuries.

The Song of Moses or Miriam (15: 1 - 18) has usually been taken as a later expansion of the original, very ancient two lines attributed to Miriam in 15: 21, although some have more conservatively maintained the originality and antiquity of the long poem.11 In any case, we affirm its relative antiquity, subject of course to modification (for example, to accommodate the reference to the tenth - century temple in Jerusalem, vv.

The results are expected to bolster claims by Hindus that a temple occupied the site long before a 16th century mosque, and anger Muslims who see the results as another attack on their faith.

As the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th through the 15th centuries, Cuzco was renowned for its palaces, temples, and other stone 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.

They were used as temples and monastic residences, centers of Buddhist thought for five centuries.

In the Hindu world, the flowers were used to adorn statues of gods in their temples, as well as a colorant in food, fabrics, and cosmetics, and of particular interest, in the 18th and 19th century calendula was used to color cheese.

Photographer Katie Grant recently travelled to Indonesia, where she photographed this modern bridal fashion editorial in the Prambanan Temple, an 9th century Hindu temple, revered as the most beautiful Hindu temple in the world.

It is named after the magnificent Buddhist temple in Java which was built in the 9th century as a

Mark Allen was shot in the temple during a search for Bergdahl, who walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009... «(The woman) advised she met Mr. Schmitt on... The name Afghānistān (Pashto: افغانستان) is believed to be as old as the ethnonym Afghan, which is documented in the 10th - century geography book Read More...

Tanah Lot Temple common called sea temple as it located at sea shore and was built around 16 century by Hindu priest who was coming from Java Island during his holy journey called Thirta Yatra for spreading Hindu teaching.

The 13th century version lies just to the west of this and also contains many old temples, as well as the town's main market.

This temple was built in 16th century by the Javanese priest Danghyang Nirartha who built many temple near the sea around the island such as Rambut Siwi Temple in west of Bali, Pulaki Temple and Ponjok Batu Temple in North of Bali.

This immense complex includes several buildings including temples, shrines, a museum, as well as the former residence of the Siamese royal family (inhabited from the 18th century until 1925).

This temple built in 11 th century by Javanese priest Empu Kuturan or well known as Empu Raja Kerta.

Uluwatu temple is the highlights of the tour, this temple built in 11 th century by Javanese priest Empu Kuturan or well known as Empu Raja Kerta.

Wat Pho or Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklaram, as it's officially known, is an old 17th century Bangkok temple on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

Early 19th century the temple complexes got rediscovered by the British and today you can visit a group of temples and two or three single chapels as that's all that remains.

As a beautiful port city on the north coast of Java, Semarang has historical landmark that features Dutch colonial architecture, including the landmark Lawang Sewu and also a 15th - century temple, Sam Poo Kong.

This water temple has stood as an icon of exoticism and Balinese culture for centuries.

Imagine what life was like in the 15th century as you tour the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu, where you'll see this famous Inca complex of palaces, plazas, temples, and homes set in a majestic setting.

In the Afternoon at 13:45 pm Guided Cusco tour, visit to the City as well as the nearby Inca Ruins of Tambomachay, Puca Pucara, Quenko and Sacsaywaman, the famous temple of the Sun Koricancha «the golden temple» in Inka times and the main Cusco Cathedral to observe his architecture, silver and gold altars, the chapels of different saints venerated by Cusqueños and paintings in canvas that belong to the XVII century famous Painting Cusco School.

There are 25 palaces and temples at Xunantunich, which flourished between the 6th and 9th centuries, as well as a museum, a court for ball games and several houses for the residents.

Set on a wooded hillside and built in the 11th century, this temple is often described as the miniature version of the mother temple Besakih.

Since the Gelgel dynasty of the fifteenth century it has been regarded as a central, holy temple for the entire island.

Wenshu Temple hosts the largest temple in Chengdu, and is home to more than 450 Buddha statues and other precious antiques, as well as 200 wooden buildings that were restored in the late 17th century.

Countless temples as well as royal enclosures survive at Hampi, once the capital of a great Hindu empire, where in the 15th century more than 100,000 buildings were recorded and flowers and jewels were deemed daily essentials more important than food!

Cambodia's most prominent tourist hub, Siem Reap attracts millions of visitors thanks to the iconic Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm Temples, as well as the Angkor Archaeological Park, which houses hundreds of temples dating back to between the 9th and 14th cTemples, as well as the Angkor Archaeological Park, which houses hundreds of temples dating back to between the 9th and 14th ctemples dating back to between the 9th and 14th century.

The façade of this huge mausoleum, which was built using marble and stone, was modelled upon the famous Pantheon in Rome — a temple which was built in the first century AD as a place for worshipping the city's ancient Gods.

Those interested in archaeology will not be disappointed either, as there are Roman ruins, a Spanish castle and a small temple which is dated back to the 1st century AD.

Based on the analysis of the Pura Purana (a holy book made from palm tree leaves as a historical document of the temple), temples in The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary (Monkey Forest Ubud) area are built around the middle of the 14th century.

• Mengwi is a small village that has a glittering history as the capital of a powerful 17th century kingdom and it is the site of an important temple from that era.

Tanah Lot is located in the agricultural regency of Tabanan and is an area surrounded by a rich landscape of rice terraces One of Bali «s most revered Hindu shrines, known as Tanah Lot temple, dominates the coastline here and dates back to the 16th century.

As the name suggests its main attractions are the hundreds of monkeys that inhabit both the trees and the 17th Century temple, Pura Bukit Sari, found in the heart of the forest.

Outstanding as it is as a showcase of European modernism, it is also welcome as an affirmation of the chops of the Guggenheim: a museum that was once the temple of 20th - century abstraction, but that now is facing something of an identity crisis.

Museums play down their grand, century - old entrances, while galleries remake themselves as temples of art.

Most recently he has created 3D images of 7th century BC Egyptian temples in north Sudan as part of a project sponsored by the Qatar Museums Authority.