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  2. Mammisi - Wikipedia

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    A mammisi (mamisi) is an ancient Egyptian small chapel attached to a larger temple (usually in front of the pylons [1]), built from the Late Period, [2] [3] and associated with the nativity of a god. [1] The word is derived from Coptic – the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language – meaning "birth place".

  3. Dendera Temple complex - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Los Angeles California Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Temple was announced on March 23, 1937, by church president Heber J. Grant, when the church purchased 24.23 acres (98,000 m 2) from the Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Company. Construction was to begin soon thereafter, but financial difficulties relating to the Great Depression and World War II delayed its construction.

  5. Obon, a Japanese Buddhist festival, is this weekend in ... - AOL

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    The Bon Odori dance will take place in the evening at 7:30 p.m. at the temple. ... Obon is a time when the souls of deceased ancestors are believed to return home for three days, and many visit ...

  6. Category : Religious buildings and structures in Los Angeles

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  7. List of Buddhist temples in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fresno Buddhist Temple (Mrauk Oo Dhamma) Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach; Hartford Street Zen Center, San Francisco; Hazy Moon Zen Center, Los Angeles; Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights; Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles; Metta Forest Monastery, Valley Center; Mount Baldy Zen Center, Mount San Antonio; Pao Fa Temple, Irvine

  8. Did archaeologists unearth the oldest known Roman temple?

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    The dig has been challenging for the team as the temple is located more than 7 feet below the water line. They dug a hole about 15 feet deep and stabilized the walls of the hole with metal sheeting.

  9. File:Emperor Trajan, Dendera.jpg - Wikipedia

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    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.