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The famous Roman mammisi – the less ancient one associated with the Dendera Temple complex – was built by Augustus immediately after his conquest of Egypt (31 BC). The murals show Augustus' far successor Trajan at the sacrificial ceremony for Hathor and are among the most beautiful in Egypt. The mammisi was dedicated to Hathor and her child ...
The Roman mammisi. The Roman mammisi is a subsidiary building dating to the reigns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. Numerous reliefs of Trajan making offerings to Egyptian deities can be seen. [7] The presence of the Roman mammisi at the Dendera Temple Complex is indicative of the long and complicated history of the Romans in Egypt.
English: Emperor Trajan, Dendera. Reference: (in English) (2015) SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Profile, p. 424 ISBN: 978-1-84765-441-0. Relief panel from the impressive mammisi at Dendera dating mainly to the Roman period, these scenes depicting Emperor Trajan in Egyptian guise making offerings to Hathor.
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Behind two of the temples is a foundation and part of a wall that archaeologists believe were part of Pompey's Curia, a large rectangular-shaped hall that temporarily hosted the Roman Senate when ...
Holy Corners Historic District, so named because of its concentration of early 20th-century churches, temples and other large buildings of public assembly, is located on both sides of North Kingshighway Boulevard between and including Westminster Place and Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.
The St. Louis Missouri Temple is the 50th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. The intent to build the temple was announced on December 18, 1990, by the church's First Presidency. It is the first in the city and county of St. Louis, and in the state of ...
A team of researchers from Saint Louis University unearthed “three walls of a monumental structure that evidence suggests belonged to a Roman temple that dates to Constantine’s period ...