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Armi e ornamenti nel santuario indigeno di Castiglione nella chora di Camarina
Nell'entroterra di Camarina, in località Castiglione (Ragusa), ricade un anonimo abitato indigeno vissuto anche in età storica. Sul pianoro della collina dove si estende l'abitato è stato messo in luce un sacello caratterizzato da due fasi edilizie e distrutto alla fine del VI sec. a.C. Nell'area circostante l'edificio sono stati rinvenuti vari ex- voto: un bronzetto figurato, armi (cuspide di lance, cuspide di giavellotto, punte di frecce) e anche ornamenti (fibule, bracciali, anelli, vaghi di collane). È probabile che indigeni e greci frequentavano il santuario di Castiglione in coincidenza degli avvenimenti del 553 (sollevazione di Camarina contro Siracusa).
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The earth, the temple, and the gods : Greek sacred architecture
\"This comprehensive study of Greek temples and site planning, first published in 1962, is hailed for its bold historical imagination as a landmark of architectural history, offering Scully's original insights into the nature and function of Greek sacred architecture\"--Provided by publisher.
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Temple Dedication and Construction Texts of the Ancient Near East with Elapsed Years: Implications for Long Duration Chronologies
Ancient texts dedicating or commemorating temples that can be associated with archaeological remains such as architecture and inscriptions, along with identifiable kings who built or commemorated those temples and the specification of the elapsed number of years from a past event, are known from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant over the span of several centuries. Although the texts originate from differing religious, cultural, and geographic contexts and were recorded on various mediums, the similarity in content, style, and objective indicates a shared tradition and allows the grouping of these texts into a distinctive category. These temple construction and dedication texts document a king or kings involved in the construction, reconstruction, or remembrance of a temple, a deity with whom the temple was connected, the location of the temple, and the specific number of years elapsed between construction or dedication and another significant cultural or religious event. Known examples come from Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, Phoenicia, and Israel, spanning the 13th to the 2nd centuries BC, along with a text from ancient Rome that was likely influenced by this practice. Because the kings named are known from various historical documents and inscriptions, archaeological remains related to the temples have often been recovered; since the construction or dedication texts record elapsed years in reference to another event, these texts can be analyzed in regard to their viability as sources for the history and chronology of the ancient Near East in the context of religion and official records of the state. Investigation of these texts alongside king lists and temples reveals that temple construction and dedication texts of the ancient Near East that included mention of elapsed years provide valuable, detailed, and accurate information that can be used to identify the existence of ancient temples in time, corroborate periods of kingship or other important events, and contribute to understanding a method of historical chronology used by the ancients.
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Transforming Spaces for Ritual and Theatrical Performance: A Study of the Northern Peak Temple in Quyang County, Hebei Province
The Beiyue Temple in Quyang County, Hebei Province, served as the host temple for worshipping the Northern Peak Deity (Beiyue shen) from its establishment during the reign of Emperor Xuanwu (483–515) of Northern Wei until the reign of Emperor Shunzhi (1638–1661) of the Qing dynasty. The temple currently houses over 200 inscribed stone steles that predate the founding of the Republic of China in 1912. This study addresses how the sacrificial space inside the Beiyue Temple evolved and transformed. By examining historical and archaeological evidence—including archival documents, epigraphic texts, diagrams, and architectural remnants—and focusing on the ‘front altar, rear garden’, the ‘hall for presenting sacrificial offerings of the common people’, and the ‘overhanging eave’, it demonstrates that the temple’s ritual space developed a dual character shaped by both official and folk practices. This duality reflects the interaction between official and folk practices against the backdrop of ‘the downward diffusion of ritual norms’ (lizhi xiayi) from the Tang and Song dynasties onwards. The findings challenge the conventional view that there was no specific space for folk ritual worship inside state-sanctioned temples during the Northern Song dynasty. It also provides vital evidence for the historical development of the sacrificial hall (xiandian) and the layout of pavilion-style stages (wuting) immediately in front of the main hall in temples built during the Song and Jin dynasties.
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Temple of the world : sanctuaries, cults, and mysteries of ancient Egypt
\"Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare. This new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic, and political aspects of these institutions and the dominant roles they played. Miroslav Verner presents a deeper and more complex study of major ancient Egyptian religious centers, their principal temples, their rise and decline, their religious doctrines, cults, rituals, feasts, and mysteries. Also discussed are the various categories of priests, the organization of the priesthood, and its daily services and customs. Each chapter offers the reader essential and up-to-date information about temple complexes and the history of their archaeological exploration, in the context of the spiritual dimension and cultural legacy of ancient Egypt.\"--Publisher's website.
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The art of loving Krishna : ornamentation and devotion
Since ancient times, Hindus have expressed their love and devotion to
their deities through beautiful ornamentation -- dressing and decorating the deities
with elaborate clothing, jewelry, and flowers. In this pioneering study of temples
in Vrindaban and Jaipur, India, Cynthia Packert takes readers across temple
thresholds and into the god Krishna's sacred domain. She describes what devotees see
when they behold gorgeously attired representations of the god and why these images
look the way they do. She discusses new media as well as global forms of devotion
popular in India and abroad. The Art of Loving Krishna opens a universe of meaning
in which art, religious action, and devotion are dynamically intertwined.
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