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An ancient Chinese mythological mountain which, according to old texts, lay to the northwest of the Kunlun Mountains, in a location today referred to as the Pamir Mountains. Mount Penglai: A legendary mountain in Chinese mythology, said to be situated on an island in the Bohai sea, home to Taoist immortals. Moving Sands
From at least the 5th century BC, the Altar became the zero point from which distances to Athens were calculated. [11] A milestone, c. 400 BC, found near the gate to the Acropolis reads: "The city set me up, a truthful monument to show all mortals the measure of their journeying: the distance to the altar of the twelve gods from the harbor is forty-five stades". [12]
The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal, [1] also known as the Mount Ebal site, [1] [2] Mount Ebal's Altar, and Joshua's Altar, [3] [4] is an archeological site dated to the Iron Age I, located on Mount Ebal, West Bank. [1] The Mount Ebal site was discovered by Israeli archaeologist Adam Zertal during the Manasseh Hill Country Survey in 1980. [1]
To the left is the Holy Table (altar) with the Gospel Book on the High Place. To the right is the Cathedra (Bishop's Throne). In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches the High Place is the name used for the location of the cathedra (episcopal throne), set in the center of the apse of a church's sanctuary, behind the Holy ...
Estimated floor plan of the original Temple of Ares with adjacent altar. The Temple of Ares was a Doric hexastyle peripteral temple dedicated to Ares, located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens. Fragments from the temple found throughout the Agora enable a full, if tentative, reconstruction of the temple's appearance and ...
The site comprised an altar, an oval peribolos and an apsidal structure over the altar. The loutrophoros was used by suppliants to carry water from the Kallirrhoe spring near the Ilissos river for the prenuptial bath of the bride. This procession was called the loutrophoria. The sanctuary lasted until the 1st century CE when the precinct was ...
The altar was the earliest cult location for Hercules in Rome, predating the circular Temple of Hercules Victor and possibly originally dating as early as the 6th century bce. The altar was destroyed during the Great Fire of Rome in the year 64 [ 3 ] but was rebuilt and stood at least until the fourth century.
The Xiancantan (Altar to the Goddess of Silkworms) was built in 1742 during the Qianlong period (1736-1796) of Qing Dynasty. The Xiancantan was built for Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor, who is credited with the invention of sericulture. Entering through the Gate of Admiration for Silkworms, one could see a 1.3-metre-high altar and a ...