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In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Temples are considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth.
Maimonides called it "the temple that will be built" and qualified these chapters of Ezekiel as complex for the common reader and even for the seasoned scholar. Bible commentators who have ventured into explaining the design detail directly from the Hebrew Bible text include Rashi, David Kimhi, Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, and Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michal, who all produced slightly varying ...
The term First Temple is customarily used to describe the Temple of the pre-exilic period, which is thought to have been destroyed by the Babylonian conquest. It is described in the Bible as having been built by King Solomon and is understood to have been constructed with its Holy of Holies centered on a stone hilltop now known as the Foundation Stone which had been a traditional focus of ...
The Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb (Arabic: معبد الخرايب الفينيقي) is a historic temple in the hinterland of Tyre, Southern Lebanon, that was excavated in three stages. In 1946, Maurice Chehab , head of Lebanon's Directorate General of Antiquities , led the first mission that revealed a Hellenistic period temple and ...
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The most impressive and largest of the buildings at Nakbe is a pyramid called Structure 1. Flanked by two large stucco masks and topped with three triadic style roofed structures, Structure 1 is both grand and beautiful. Causeways were also built to connect all these buildings. Maya causeways were paved with crushed white stone, which inspired ...
The city of Akron is the location of 63 of these properties and districts, including 2 of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the 124 sites and 1 National Historic Landmark located elsewhere in Summit County are listed separately. One district, the Valley Railway Historic District, is split between Akron and other parts ...
Buddhist complex with images of Buddha and stupas c. 4th or 5th century AD Shin Nala (42 km from Chilas) [2] Diamier: Buddhist complex with images of Buddha and stupas c. 4th or 5th century AD More images