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Example sentences for "great temple"

  • That of the temple of Hathor, generally called the Smaller Temple, is on a smaller scale than the Great Temple, but perhaps its design is the happier and more skilful of the two.

  • The highest and largest of them all, that which is called the Great Temple, is dedicated to Amen-Ra.

  • It is a second Ramesseum, and to avoid confusion it is generally known as the Great Temple of Medinet-Abou.

  • The Avenue of Sphinxes between Karnak and Luxor; temple of Mentu at Karnak; great temple of Luxor; the famous colossi of the Nile; tomb of Amenhotep the architect and administrator, etc.

  • He had a great temple of Amen, whose ruins still exist, built in the oasis of Thebes.

  • Their chief god is Sutekh, “the Great Set,” to whom they build a great temple at Tanis.

  • They built him a great temple in Tanis, and his cult was followed in the eastern Delta until later times.

  • The remnant which was left behind continued to worship Merodach and other gods after the walls had crumbled and the great temple began to tumble down.

  • There Ishtar had a great temple, but her worldly wealth had decreased.

  • Being filled with deep religious feeling, he openly confessed his faith in a God far greater than the idols of wood and stone worshiped by his subjects, and built a great temple which he dedicated to the Unknown God.

  • Roger was taken out, and led through a shouting crowd to a great temple, where he was thrust into a prison room, already occupied by several Spaniards.

  • He built a great temple which he dedicated to the Unknown God.

  • Apepi built a great temple to Sutekh at Zoan, or Tanis, his principal capital, composed of blocks of red granite, and adorned it with obelisks and sphinxes.

  • Their habitations are fixed near the great temple; they are all well-disposed and civil in their manners, and their young women are remarkable above all the other tribes for their beauty.

  • This is the front of a great temple, nearly sixty-five feet in height, excavated from the solid rock, and embellished with the richest architectural decorations, all in the finest state of preservation.

  • It is many centuries older than Hadrian's great temple.

  • If we except the Acropolis, there are only two striking buildings of classical antiquity within the modern town of Athens--the Temple of Theseus and the few standing columns of Hadrian's great temple to Zeus.

  • That night, when all were asleep, Saronia stood looking again towards the great Temple of Artemis.

  • Then, taking from her neck a little silver shrine, in form like unto the Temple, she laid it on his bosom, fled noiselessly as she came, and passed up the road which led towards the great Temple.

  • Great Temple, which had four doorways, facing the cardinal points and opening out on to the four principal high roads leading to the capital.

  • Marduk's great temple at Babylon, E-sagila, and offers prayers and sacrifices to Bel and Belit, i.

  • A great temple dedicated to the god Bel was discovered, and work has hitherto been confined chiefly to laying bare the various parts of the edifice.

  • Among the teocallis of the Aztec capital the “great temple” stood foremost.


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