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    The Samothrace Temple Complex, known as the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Modern Greek: Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών Ieró ton Megálon Theón), is one of the principal...
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    The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Niké of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean Sea...
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    centered in the north Aegean islands of Lemnos and possibly Samothrace—at the Samothrace temple complex—and at Thebes. In their distant origins the Cabeiri and...
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    Panhellenic sanctuary (category Temples in Greece)
    Maeander: Temple of Artemis Leucophryene, dedicated to Artemis. Nemea: Temple of Zeus, Nemea, dedicated to Zeus. Samothrace: Samothrace temple complex, dedicated...
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    famous artifact from the temple complex is the 2.5-metre marble statue of Nike (now known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace), which dates from about...
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    largest Greek tholos, of uncertain function, was built in the Samothrace temple complex in the 260s BC. It is often called the Arsinoeum, as a dedication...
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    cedar wood, and gold to build the royal palace in Jerusalem, as well as the Temple. Tyre is listed among an alliance of ten nations that would conspire against...
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    Macedon made votive offerings to the internationally esteemed Samothrace temple complex of the Cabeiri mystery cult. This was also the same location where...
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    Macedon made votive offerings to the internationally esteemed Samothrace temple complex of the Cabeiri mystery cult. In the three royal tombs at Vergina...
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    the Castrum (military camp); of a slightly later date is the Capitolium (temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva). The opus quadratum of the walls of the original...
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    cylinders, Gudea mentions that: "I will spread in the world respect for my Temple, under my name the whole universe will gather in it, and Magan and Meluhha...
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    archaeology Naval warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery...
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  • archaeology Naval warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery...
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    sought refuge in the Samothrace temple complex, which she had benefited during her tenure as queen. She eventually left from Samothrace for Alexandria, Egypt...
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    largest Greek tholos, of uncertain function, was built in the Samothrace temple complex in the 260s BC. It is often called the Arsinoeum (or Arsinoëion...
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    mortuary complex, include post and lintel supports in the papyrus and lotus motif.[citation needed] The earliest preserved ancient Egyptian temples, such...
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    "canopy". A temple to Osiris was built by king Ptolemy III Euergetes, but according to Herodotus, very near to Canopus was an older shrine, a temple of Heracles...
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    garlanded, sacrificial oxen, whose heads were displayed on the walls of temples, a practice dating back to the sophisticated Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük...
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    archaeology Naval warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery...
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    archaeology Naval warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery...
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    archaeology Naval warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery...
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    archaeology Naval warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery...
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    of democracy, a general Conon rebuilt the walls in 393 BC, founded the temple of Aphrodite Euploia and the sanctuary of Zeus Sotiros and Athena, and built...
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    excavating the main early Roman period temple dedicated to the Goddess Isis uncovered in the forecourt of the temple a marble statue of a Buddha, the Berenike...
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    exact copy of the rotunda of the ancient Greek Arsinoeon of the Samothrace temple complex. The Regent Theatre is a historic theater in downtown Arlington...
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    archaeology Naval warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery...
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    total. Getting the oarsmen to row as a unit, let alone to execute more complex battle maneuvers, required long and arduous training. At least half of...
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    port Rangpur, Gujarat, a sea port National Maritime Heritage Complex, a tourism complex under construction near Lothal "Archaeological remains of a Harappa...
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    settlement. The Samothrace temple complex is one of the principal Pan-Hellenic religious sanctuaries, located on the island of Samothrace. Crete, the largest...
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    plastercast of the Winged Victory of Samothrace in Louvre and various items from the Samothrace temple complex. List of museums in Greece Media related...
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