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Batujaya is an archeological site located in the village of Batujaya, Karawang in West Java, Indonesia.Archaeologists suggest that the Batujaya temples might be the oldest surviving temple structures in Java and estimated that it was built during the time of the Tarumanegara kingdom circa 5th to 6th century CE.
Location City, State Description; 1: Pythian Temple (Birmingham, Alabama) 1913 built 1980 NRHP-listed 310 18th St. N: Birmingham, Alabama: Also known as Alabama Penny Savings Bank, which was a major bank serving the black community. 2
Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount, Jerusalem, 1119–1187 Tour du Détroit [ fr ] , built around 1110 by Hugues de Payens Castle of Merle [ fr ] ( Khirbet el-Burj ) near Tantura , 12th century to 1291 with interruption in the late 1180s
Tell al-'Ubaid (Arabic: العبيد) also (Tall al-'Ubaid) is a low, relatively small ancient Near Eastern archaeological site about six kilometers west of the site of ancient Ur and about 6 kilometers north of ancient Eridu in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate.
The reconstructed temple of Zeus, seen from the southwest. The structure was built as a Doric octastyle peripteral temple. It faced east and stood atop a three-stepped crepidoma, with a length of 68.3 metres (224 ft) and a width of 30.4 metres (100 ft), [2] making it roughly the same size as the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and the Parthenon at Athens. [1]
Phraya Phetpichai was a devout Buddhist with determination to build the temple as a memorial. Therefore, he asked for permission to build another temple opposite Wat Phichayon Phonlasep, which was given the name Wat Prod Ket Chettaram (วัดโปรดเกศเชษฐาราม). Both of them were royal temples.
The Southern Wall of the Temple Mount showing damaged area and criticized repair job as a bright white patch to right. [ 12 ] The Waqf began digging a huge hole in the southeastern area of the Temple Mount, without a permit from the Jerusalem municipality or archaeological supervision using tractors and heavy vehicles. [ 8 ]
The Dome of the Spirits (Arabic: قبة الأرواح, romanized: Ḳubbat al-Arwāḥ) is a small dome resting on an octagonal base, located on the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Several theories exist concerning the name of this building; it could be associated with the proximity of the cave of the spirits or according to a ...