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The Parthenon (/ ˈ p ɑːr θ ə ˌ n ɒ n,-n ən /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanized: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanized: Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple [6] [7] on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Lokakṣema; Kumārajīva; Sengzhao; Jizang; Dharmakṣema; Paramartha; Xuanzang; Kuiji; Woncheuk; Daoxuan; Huiyuan; Tanluan; Daochuo; Shandao; Zhiyi; Zhanran; Fazang ...
Sold by the Masons in 1940 and converted to use as a Jewish synagogue, Temple B'Nai Israel. [47] 5: Masonic Temple of New Haven 1926 built 1989 NRHP CP-listed 285 Whitney Avenue New Haven, Connecticut Built in 1926, this temple is owned by 11 different lodges. Hiram #1, the first lodge chartered in 1750 in CT, meets here.
Jain Śvetāmbara Dada Wadi (Mini Temple), Guru Mangat in Lahore Cantt., footprints in stone. Jain Digambar Temple with Shikhar, Old Anarkali Jain Mandir Chawk: [1] This temple was destroyed in the riots of 1992. [2] Now an Islamic school is run in the former temple. [3] Digmabar Jain temple Thar, Pakistan. Jain Digambar Temple Bohar Gate Multan
The Great Pyramid of Giza [a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid.It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.Built c. 2600 BC, [3] over a period of about 26 years, [4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.
Herod the Great medallion from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum, 16th century. Herod was born around 72 BCE [11] [12] in Idumea, south of Judea.He was the second son of Antipater the Idumaean, a high-ranking official under ethnarch Hyrcanus II, and Cypros, a Nabatean Arab princess from Petra, in present-day Jordan.
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation at the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia , then called Baptist Temple . [ 5 ]