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Location British Museum , London The Elgin Marbles ( / ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / ELG -in ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens , removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin , and now held in the British Museum in ...
A location in Slavic folk mythology related to witchcraft. Baltia: An island of amber somewhere in northern Europe. Biringan city: A mythical city that is said to invisibly lie between Gandara, Tarangnan, and Pagsanghan in Samar province of the Philippines. Biringan means "the black city" or the city of the Unknown in Waray. Brittia
The Colossus of Rhodes straddling over the harbor, painting by Ferdinand Knab, 1886. The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) [a] was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by ...
Temple of Svarozhich's Fire (Russian: Храм Огня Сварожича) of the Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities, Krasotinka village, Kaluga Oblast [20]House of Purification/Archie Diete (Yakut: Арчы Дьиэтэ, romanized: Archie Diete), Tengrist "Aiyy Faith" temple (2002), Yakutsk, Yakutia, taken away by the local authorities [21] [22]
His statue was made of oak wood, had a head with seven faces, seven swords at his belt and an eighth in his hand. According to Saxo, he was a war deity, also associated with the sexual sphere. [37] The interpretation of his name remains a matter of debate. Porevit: Rani: Porevit is a god mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus and in the Knýtlinga saga.
The Spanish enclave in the extreme north of the African continent, the town of Ceuta is home to a modern-day statue called “The Pillars of Hercules” (Spanish: Columnas de Hércules). The statue of the Pillars of Hercules in Ceuta. The statue consists of two huge bronze pillars, which are held apart by Hercules.
Excavation uncovered various artistic votives dedicated to Apollo. Offerings included buildings, statues, and bronze and marble structures. [58] Most notable amongst the findings was a bronze statue known as the Charioteer of Delphi, a sculpture from a larger bronze structure and the remaining component of the arrangement. According to the ...
Pomona College was founded in the city and retained its name even after relocating to its present-day location in Claremont. [7] [8] The township of Pomona, Illinois, in Jackson County, is named after the goddess. The township is home to mainly agricultural land, and has wineries and orchards in the vicinity.