Sentences with phrase «figure stele»
Standing figure stele, 3rd century BC — 1st century AD, South Arabian.
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Figures at top of stele «fingernail» above Hammurabi's code of laws.The Code of Hammurabi is the longest surviving text from the Old Babylonian period.»
How strange that in the space of just one week a book reviewer in the New York Times mentions the «frisson - inducing» discovery only nine years ago of a ninth century B.C. stele referring to the «House of David,» thus issuing «a stony rebuff to those who think that David is a mythical figure,» while another...
Visit Central American craft markets, explore Mayan culture, marvel at Stelae and zoomorphic figures, cruise the blue waters of Lake Atitlan and visit the colonial city of Antigua.
Tikal's sprawling urban site contains some of the most impressive Mayan palace, temple, and altar structures - many housing the ancient tombs of kings and important political figures of the time, as well as elaborately carved wooden door lintels and stelae (carved stone shafts).
Additional Mayan activities include a visit to Quirigua, an ancient Mayan site with stone carved animal figures and the world's largest Stelae.
In China ancient statues and figures, stele and carvings were produced for thousands of years.