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The Temple of Cybele is a Hellenistic temple in Balchik, Bulgaria, which was discovered in 2007, during construction work on a new hotel. [1] The building has an area of 93.5 m 2 (1,006 sq ft) and dates back to the period 280-260 BC. It was burnt down by the Goths during an invasion of the region in 378 AD and never restored.
Temple of Cybele (Palatine) Temple of Cybele, Balchik; Temples of Cybele in Rome This page was last edited on 18 October 2018, at 13:17 (UTC). ...
The image of Cybele was moved to the Temple of the Magna Mater in 191 BC when the temple was dedicated by Marcus Junius Brutus in the consulship of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica. [11] A fragment of Valerius Antias from Livy 's Ab Urbe Condita 36.36.4 records that Megalesia were again held in 191 BC and that "[they] were the first to be held ...
the needle of the Mother of the Gods (Acus Matris Deum), kept in the Temple of Cybele on the Palatine Hill.; [5] the terracotta four-horse chariot brought from Veii ( Quadriga Fictilis Veientanorum ), supposed to have been commissioned by the last king of Rome Tarqinius Superbus , which was displayed on the roof of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus ...
The Temple of Cybele or Temple of Magna Mater was Rome's first and most important temple to the Magna Mater ("Great Mother"), who was known to the Greeks as Cybele. It was built to house a particular image or form of the goddess, a meteoric stone brought from Greek Asia Minor to Rome in 204 BC at the behest of an oracle and temporarily housed ...
Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. [1] Louis Farrakhan's headquarters are not on the premises.
Pluto's Gate, the ploutonion at Phrygian Hierapolis (modern Pamukkale in Turkey), was connected to the local cult of Cybele. Inhaling its vapors was said to be lethal to all living things except the Galli, the goddess's eunuch priests. [5] During the Roman Imperial era, the cult of Apollo subsumed existing religious sites there, including the ...
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