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  2. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.

  3. Borobudur Temple - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 23 August 2017, at 04:21 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  4. Borobudur - Wikipedia

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    Instead of being built on a flat surface, Borobudur is built on a natural hill. However, construction technique is similar to other temples in Java. Without the inner spaces seen in other temples, and with a general design similar to the shape of pyramid , Borobudur was first thought more likely to have served as a stupa , instead of a temple ...

  5. Borobudur Temple Compounds - Wikipedia

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    Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur , Mendut , and Pawon . The temples were built during the Shailendra dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE and fall on a straight line.

  6. Karmawibhangga Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was built in traditional Javanese architecture; the joglo house with pendopo pavilion. [2] The museum is integrated within Borobudur Archaeological Park inaugurated in 1983. Also located within Borobudur archaeological complex, right on west side of Karmawibhangga Museum is Samudra Raksa Museum displaying Borobudur Ship. The entry to ...

  7. Temples of Mount Hermon - Wikipedia

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    Eusebius recognized the religious importance of Hermon in his work "Onomasticon", saying "Until today, the mount in front of Panias and Lebanon is known as Hermon and it is respected by nations as a sanctuary". It has been related to the Arabic term al-haram, which means "sacred enclosure". [17]

  8. Temple - Wikipedia

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    The 12th-century Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia is the largest [citation needed] religious structure in the world and is dedicated to the Hindu deity Vishnu. Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, located in Central Java, Indonesia.

  9. Ngawen - Wikipedia

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    Ngawen temple compound consists of five temples, however, today only one is successfully reconstructed. Ngawen is thought to be connected with the other three Buddhist temples nearby — Mendut, Pawon, and Borobudur — all of which were built during the Sailendra dynasty (8th–9th centuries).