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Gene Alloway reviewed Treasures of the Ancients in White Wolf #37 (July/Aug., 1993), rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "Though originally part of the Gamma World book in 3rd edition, Treasures of the Ancients is reasonably priced and well-done.
The Padmanabhaswamy temple treasure is a collection of valuable objects including gold thrones, crowns, coins, statues and ornaments, diamonds and other precious stones. It was discovered in some of the subterranean vaults of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala, when five of its six (or possibly eight) vaults were opened on 27 June 2011.
A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins , sarcophagi , or religious relics . Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, such as at the Abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre , but were later located ...
The Serapeum of Saqqara was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at Memphis.It was believed that the bulls were incarnations of the god Ptah, which would become immortal after death as Osiris-Apis, a name which evolved to Serapis (Σέραπις) in the Hellenistic period, and Userhapi (ⲟⲩⲥⲉⲣϩⲁⲡⲓ) in Coptic.
It was the facade of the main palace in Ctesiphon, and is the only visible remaining structure of the ancient capital city. The archway is considered a landmark in the history of architecture , [ 1 ] and is the second largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world after Gavmishan Bridge .
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The muqarnas vaults of this monument are exceptional in their detailed inscriptions and arabesque ornaments carved into the cells. [24]: 318–319 The largest examples of muqarnas domes can be found in Iraq and the Jazira region of eastern Syria, with a diverse variety of applications in domes, vaults, mihrabs, and niches. [7]
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