The altar is a three-tiered square platform built of white marble, its shape symbolizing the ancient notion that the earth is square. There are four stone staircases, one on each side, leading up ...

TASS/. An ancient Greek altar untypical of Greek colonies on the Black Sea coast has been unearthed at the site of the antique city of Phanagoria on the Taman Peninsula in Russia's southern ...

Reused in the fifth century for Christian burials, twelve bodies were buried alongside the ancient spectacle fighter, Turkiye ...

One of only three altars to survive from Roman Manchester and the first inscription to be found since the 19th century.The Roman altar was set up by a man called Aelius Victor in honour of the ...

Dion, the sacred site of ancient Macedonia, lies at the foot of Mount Olympus, featuring lush vegetation, springs and a ...

Girls sit for hours on flower altars in this ancient tradition. A young girl does her part to celebrate the festival of La Maya, which marks the arrival of spring in Colmenar Viejo, Spain.

As researchers continue to probe the origins and journey of the Altar Stone, this discovery is likely to spur further investigations into the connections between ancient communities across Britain ...

'Altar tent' discovery puts Islamic art at the heart of medieval Christianity. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250131194426.htm ...