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  2. Descriptions in antiquity of the execution cross - Wikipedia

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    Whether the two pieces of timber of the normal execution cross were permanently conjoined or were merely put together for the purpose of the execution is not stated. Atypical executions on cross-like structures also took place, "especially when the executioners decide[d] to engage in cruel creativity", as indicated by Seneca the Younger. [1] [2 ...

  3. Crucifixion - Wikipedia

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    Frequently, however, there was a cross-piece attached either at the top to give the shape of a T (crux commissa) or just below the top, as in the form most familiar in Christian symbolism (crux immissa). [16] The most ancient image of a Roman crucifixion depicts an individual on a T-shaped cross.

  4. Hopi Kachina figure - Wikipedia

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    Katsina tihu (Kokopol), probably late 19th century, Brooklyn Museum Hopi katsina figures or Hopi kachina dolls (also spelled Hopi katsina figures or Hopi katsina dolls; Hopi: tithu or katsintithu) are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about kachinas or katsinam, the immortal aliens that bring rain, control other aspects of the ...

  5. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    It was called "tears of Isis" in ancient Egypt, and later called "Hera's tears". In ancient Greece it was dedicated to Eos Erigineia. In the early Christian era, folk legend stated that V. officinalis was used to staunch Jesus' wounds after his removal from the cross. It was consequently called "holy herb" or (e.g. in Wales) "Devil's bane".

  6. Xiezhi - Wikipedia

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    It resembles an ox or goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes, and a single long horn on its forehead. It has great intellect and understands human speech. The xiezhi possesses the innate ability to distinguish right from wrong, and when it finds corrupt officials, it will ram them with its horn and devour them. It is known as ...

  7. Regalia of the Pharaoh - Wikipedia

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    Psamtik I crowned with the pschent - 16th Dynasty - Theban necropolis.. The Pharaoh shared with the major deities the privilege of wearing crowns. These sacred headdresses were many and varied, and some were complex compositions combining horns, high feathers and uraeus (hemhem, atef, wereret, henu crowns, etc.). [4]

  8. The story behind the 'evil' and 'dangerous' Annabelle doll

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    By NANCY LYNCH Annabelle, the spooky doll from the films 'The Conjuring' and 'Annabelle,' 'lives' in Monroe, Conn. at the Occult Museum, which is curated by the Warren family. Lorraine Warren and ...

  9. Crepereia Tryphaena - Wikipedia

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    Excavation photograph of the doll's kit in Crepereia Tryphaena's sarcophagus, described by goldsmith and antiquarian Augusto Castellani [1] [2]. During the excavation, several archaeological finds came to light, including a group of five sarcophagi buried between the middle of the 2nd and the 3rd centuries AD; of these, two still sealed were named after members from the same family: Crepereia ...