Learn facts about the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Read who built the Temple of Artemis, when the temple was built, and where the Temple of...
Today in Puri the Lord of the Universe travels in some style from his temple in Puri to his garden temple, located outside the town center called Gundicha. Thousands of Hindus flock to see and to pull the grand chariots from one temple to the other. The English word "juggernaut" comes ...
Philo argues from this fact towards Heracleitus's theory of opposites, but he must have begun with the fact that the Logos was represented by the central stem of the lamp. Earlier traditions had linked the lamp with the presence of Yahweh in the Temple, and the seven branches of the lamp...
Assus, ancient Greek city of the Troad, located on the coast of what is now northwestern Turkey, with the island of Lesbos lying about 7 miles (11 km) offshore to the south. Founded by Aeolic colonists from Methymna in Lesbos in the 1st millennium bc, th
(hill of Cronus). In it were the temples of Zeus and ofHera, his consort; the principal altars and votive offerings; the small treasuries built by various Dorian states; and the administration buildings for theOlympic Games, which were held nearby. Outside the sacred place were the stadium,...
(Hindu) and the Gadaladeniya Vihare (Buddhist), both of which were built in the 14th century. ThePeradeniya Botanic Gardensand the University of Peradeniya (1942; reorganized 1972) are also situated to the southwest. The city was designated aUNESCOWorld Heritage sitein 1988. TheEsala Perahera...