Of the materials used by the Egyptian sculptor -- clay, wood, metal, ivory, and stone -- stone was the best. ... The sculpture nearly always copies the shape of the stone cube or block from which it was made, mostly, because it was an image made from four viewpoints. ... A statue of Hatshepsut represents her in clothing and with the sacred pose of pharaoh. ... In the Late Period images of gods and sacred animals were produced by the hundreds of thousands. ...

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The Great Ages consists of four distinct ages: The Old Stone Age, The New Stone Age, The Bronze Age, and The Iron Age. ... Stone was used in the Old and New Stone age, bronze in the Bronze Age, and iron in ! ... They believed all life was sacred and all beings were divine, including animals. ... It shows how sacred these animals were to the people. ... The once Great Goddess was no longer sacred. ...

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In the mid fifteenth century AD Machu Picchu was carefully placed among sacred mountain peaks, in a unique and spectacular setting, with views of mountains in all directions. ... Sacred precincts, specialized constructions and fine architectural details are found at Machu Picchu, not storage silos or administrative buildings. ... Squier never saw the Intihuatana stone at Machu Picchu(Morris, Von Hagen 93). ... Intihuatana stones were very important and sacred to the Inca people and were searched for and destroyed by the Spanish. ... The Intihuatana stone remains in its original place. ...

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So by being on this spot and over the foundation stone, their center of the world, the Temple would already be acknowledged as sacred by Eliade. ... Following Eliade's rules for sacred time. ... Therefore according to Eliade's it is sacred. ... This is just one example of the myriad of ways the Christian church is connected o sacred through sacred time. ... Not only are these places sacred because of connections with the divine but also their connection to sacred time. ...

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The Qur'an, which is the sacred text of the Islamic religion, avoids projecting an image of God by addressing him in different pronouns avoiding believers to create any physical image of him. ... For Muslims, water is sacred because it is considered one of the immense mercies that God has put upon them, given the use of cleansing and purifying upon God. ... Mecca is considered the most sacred place for Muslims. The Ka'ba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is a mosque, that according to Muslim beliefs was built by Abraham- built around a black stone that is considered to be a stone that was sent ...

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It consists of a circular group of large upright stones surrounded by a circular earthwork. ... By this time, though, the stones had been standing for 2,000 years before the Celts had even arrived and was disproved by archaeologists. ... Merlin placed the stone circle of the very place that the men were murdered. ... It is also felt that the Alter Stone was placed during this time ("Stonehenge period 3" 1). ... Some people see it as a place steeped in magic and mystery, some as a place where their imaginations of the past can be fired and others hold it to be a sacred place. ...

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The dome is approximately 20 meters in diameter and rises to a height of 30 meters above the surrounding stone. ... While The Dome of the Rock is a sacred place to both Islamic faith and Judaism, Muslims believe that the Dome of the Rock is built on Mount Moriah. ... "The Dome of the Rock encircles the holy rock, according to tradition beneath the ancient stone, there is Bir el-arneh, (the well of souls). ... Judaism also believes that the Dome of The Rock is built upon a sacred site. ... This is a place where ancestral Jews have proved their trust in God and is an example of the willingn...

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"Cloned humans are manufactured in the image of existing people instead of created by a 'unique creative of God' " (Emig, Lau and Stone). ... Their view on human cloning is based upon historical and sacred writings that focus on human destiny. "Jewish scholars do not believe that potential violations of human dignity are reason enough to prohibit human cloning" (Emig, Lau and Stone). ... Its applications must benefit the common good" (Emig, Lau and Stone). And others believe cloning should not be allowed because the creation of a child should only be reproduce with a sexual partner. ...

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The Golden Age Of Islam Islam is one of the major religions of the world, believers consist of about one fourth of the Earths population. It is told that a man named Muhammad was asked by an angel to spread the word of the one true God. He obeyed what the angel told him...

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One of the many types of Greek building structures was Sacred Architecture. ... In the archaic temples, stone gradually started to replace wood, and some of the structural details of the early buildings appear to have been copied in stone. ... The temple of Hera at Olympia, built about 600 BCE, had wooden columns that were gradually replaced by stone ones, probably as votive gifts. ...

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Many of these animal sculptures were cats, which Egyptians believed were sacred. ... Because they were sacred, cats were depicted similar to a pharoah, stiff and rigid with their head slightly tilted. ... In one stone carving, Akenaten was shown with his stomach hanging over his clothes. ...

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Two of the most elaborate and well known of the Buddhist art are the "North Torana of the Great Stupa", and the "Lion Capital". The "North torana" is an entrance for the "Great stupa". Created during the early Andhra period this art work is of pure stone. The "Lion Capital" is from an Ashokan pill...

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On media and television you always see Indians wearing leather clothes and with either feather head piece, silver jewelry with Jade stone in it, sometime they show their tribes and how they stick to their tribes. ... They struggle to keep this land sacred as possible. ...

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These projections, carved of stone in the forms of people and animals, mark rooflines and buttresses, and enhance the pictorial quality of a building's silhouette. ... The architectural function of the gargoyle may originally have been served by wood or ceramic waterspouts, and with the introduction of stone, the possibility of carving these protrusions into attractive forms became more appealing. The Ancient Egyptians used animal-shaped stone waterspouts, as did the Greeks, who favored the lion head (pictured). ... The visible figure of the gargoyle is only part of a large block (...

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More than six hundred people gathered in the largest temple, naked only covered with rich stones, to celebrate. They preformed sacred dances and sang sacred songs, to praise the god honored by the festival. ... When the people outside the sacred patio learned of the events that were happening inside they began to yell for their captains to come quickly and come armed. ...

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This sacred text teaches about God as well as how to lead a good, faithful life. ... The pilgrimage takes place during the sacred month of Dhu al-Hijah, in which Muslims from all over the world arrive at Mecca. ... Once in Mecca, Muslims make seven trips around the Ka"ba and kiss the sacred black stone. ...

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Thusly, a significant research issue is that of the stone monoliths in Ireland. ... There is a lively debate about whether these megalithic monuments were built primarily as burial tombs, sacred temples or astrological observatories. ... The stone circle was built about 1000 years later than the original structure. ... Ogham was carved on stone and wood and read from the bottom to the top. Current understanding is that the names of the main twenty letters are also the names of 20 trees sacred to the druids. ...

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They built causeways of stone across the Lake to other islands to travel upon. ... A Spaniard, Bernal Diaz, wrote in 1519, " Let us begin with the dealers in gold, silver, and precious stones, cloaks, and embroidered goods, and male and female slaves were also sold there . ... They built a sacred monument for one of their gods. ...

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Chivalry was an ancient, sacred code upheld by the knights of that time. ... Legends like The Sword in the Stone revealed a sense of fantasy as no one could pull the sword out of the stone except for the little boy, Arthur. ...

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It came up from the heart of the earth and pored from the mouth of a sacred cliff. ... The two pillars on the outer most reaches of the cliff looked like bards with lutes in their hands and songs on their lips, but frozen in stone so the song could never be finished. The next two were heavily armed warriors: a shield, a sword, and plate mail armor adorned their stone bodies. ... It had no life, for the lake was to sacred for slimy fish or weeds. ... He could see the lake and the vast mountains with such clarity that his eyes could make out the smallest stone and crystals in the water, eac...

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This represents a classic architectual device used to make people feel as if they are going through a confined space to get to a bigger, more sacred place. ... The stones were brought from the area they inhabited. ... The holes were then filled with stones. ... He put up the stones just as they had stood in Ireland. ... Not much of the original stones remains today. ...

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It is thought that King Djoser's stone tomb started out having the standard shape of a mastaba. ... Most of these stones came from nearby quarries. ... Human strength was used to drag the stones from the quarries or from the boats (Casson 76). ... The outer coating of white casing stone were laid so perfectly that from a distance the pyramid appeared to have been made from a single white stone. ... Tomb robbers have plundered the pyramids for centuries stealing gold, gems, beautiful furniture, clothing, musical instruments, even sacred vases containing a pharaoh's vital organs. ...

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It is thought that King Djoser's stone tomb started out having the standard shape of a mastaba. ... Most of these stones came from nearby quarries. ... Human strength was used to drag the stones from the quarries or from the boats (Casson 76). ... The outer coating of white casing stone were laid so perfectly that from a distance the pyramid appeared to have been made from a single white stone. ... Tomb robbers have plundered the pyramids for centuries stealing gold, gems, beautiful furniture, clothing, musical instruments, even sacred vases containing a pharaoh's vital organs. ...

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There on the gray stone in the grass was an enormous thrush, nearly coal black, its pale yellow breast freckled with dark spots. ... It had caught a snail and knocking it on the stone. ... The dwarves never suspected him of him taking the sacred stone and he was praised by the dwarves for finding the mithril coat, which suited him well. ...

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Many people wonder why the federal government can't just pass a law to either prohibit or allow gay marriage, but states have the main authority on marriage laws (Stone). ... Many supporters of gay marriage believe that a person's choice in partner is the same as the pursuit of happiness that is guaranteed in the Declaration of Independence (Stone). They believe that this promise will overrule religious and other objections and a constitutional amendment will be passed in favor of gay marriage (Stone). ... The Supreme Court has recognized that the government can't favor one gro...

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