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Originally the body of St. John was in a Church near modern-day Suez, Egypt, but his disciples moved it to the monastery in 515 AD. Monastery of Saint Moses the Strong: Wadi El Natrun: Egypt: 4th century Coptic Orthodox: Built by Saint Moses the Strong, who is called the Apostle of Peace. St. Moses was an Outlaw who repented and became a Monk ...
Ornate details on the entrance tower of Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple, Singapore.. Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of places of worship or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques, stupas, synagogues, and temples.
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1500 (1 C, 6 P) Religious buildings and structures completed in 1501 (1 C, 2 P) Religious buildings and structures completed in 1502 (1 C, 3 P)
2600s – Ancient city of Mohenjo-daro is built in modern day Pakistan. Great Pyramid of Giza and Pyramid of Djoser built in Egypt. 2700s – 2800s – 2900s – (2900 – 1600 BC) the Longshan culture in China. Examples in Shandong, Henan, and southern Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces.
The bulk of the human religious experience pre-dates written history, which is roughly 70,000 years old. [1] A lack of written records results in most of the knowledge of pre-historic religion being derived from archaeological records and other indirect sources, and from suppositions. Much pre-historic religion is subject to continued debate.
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Jesus healing the bleeding woman, Roman catacombs, 300–350. Early Christian art and architecture (or Paleochristian art) is the art produced by Christians, or under Christian patronage, from the earliest period of Christianity to, depending on the definition, sometime between 260 and 525.
The next period, beginning in the second half of the first millennium AD and lasting into the 16th century, includes both structures built of conventional materials, and those hewn from rock. Although most surviving examples of the first are now found in caves, Thomas Pakenham discovered an example in Wollo , protected inside the circular walls ...