instruct them in the art of resistance. If the Welsh were more commonly accustomed to the Gallic mode of arming, and depended more on steady fighting than on their agility; if their princes were unanimous and inseparable in their defence; or rather, if they had only one prince, and that ...
the front part of the temple, for it is built in two parts, is an altar of Eileithyia and an entrance for the public; in the inner Part Sosipolis is worshipped, and no one may enter it except the woman who tends the god, and she must wrap her head and face in a white veil....
The Pilgrim Fathers prayed to Behram Yazata to save them from the storm, promising to consecrate a great fire temple in his name. The storm subsided, and the indebted Parsis consecrated the first Atash Behram in India – the Iranshah as a token of their gratitude. Although there are several...
Jesus falls the third time. Jesus is stripped of his garments. Jesus is nailed to the cross. Jesus dies on the cross. Jesus is taken down from the cross. Jesus is placed in the sepulchre. The images are usuallymountedon the inside walls of achurchor chapel but may also be erected in...
Biosphere reserve, in general, a discrete parcel of terrestrial, marine, or coastal ecosystems that is managed according to special regulations for the purpose of conserving habitats and biological communities within the context of highlighting how peopl
The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown. Both sexes exceed any other nation in attention to their teeth, which they render like ivory, by constantly rubbing them with green hazel and wiping with a ...