On the day before sacrifices were to be conducted, the emperor came to the temple to perform preliminary ... the tablet was moved to the Altar of Heaven, located directly to the south of the ...

On the day before sacrifices were to be conducted, the emperor came to the temple to perform preliminary ... the tablet was moved to the Altar of Heaven, located directly to the south of the ...

They slaughtered animals, they took the animal carcasses on the altar, roasted the animals ... if you brought your sacrifice to the Temple because say, your wife had a baby, say a child recovered ...

Each god needed an image – usually a statue or relief in stone or bronze – and an altar or temple at which to offer prayers and sacrifices. Requests and prayers were presented to gods as a ...

The men processed around the burnt offering altar while the priest poured the water through a silver funnel ... and constitute an acceptable sacrifice to the Lord. These activities replace the Temple ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...