Sanctuary
There are 664 items in Sanctuary:
![]() Volubilis, Temple |
![]() Wadi Rum village, Nabataean temple |
![]() Wadi Rum village, Nabataean temple, Propylaea (?) |
![]() Yazd, Friday Mosque |
![]() Yazd, Modern Zoroastrian fire sanctuary |
Yazılıkaya
Yazılıkaya: ancient Hittite sanctuary near Hattusa, famous for its rock reliefs.Sanctuary Because Yazılıkaya is close to the Hittite capital Hattusa, it may have been an important state sanctuary. It consists of two galleries of rock reliefs. The "large gallery" (the northern one,…
![]() Yazılıkaya, Chamber A, Central Relief |
![]() Yazılıkaya, Chamber A, general view |
Ziggurat
Ziggurat: a multi-storied temple tower from ancient Mesopotamia. Choga Zanbil Ziggurats are, architecturally, the Mesopotamian equivalent of the Egyptian pyramids: large artificial…
![]() Zone, Temple of Apollo |
Zurmala
Zurmala: name of a Buddhist stupa near modern Termez in southern Uzbekistan. Zurmala Stupa Buddhism benefited from the fact that in the…
![]() Zurmala stupa |