Sanctuary

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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,…

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Ziggurat

Ziggurat: a multi-storied temple tower from ancient Mesopotamia. Choga Zanbil Ziggurats are, architecturally, the Mesopotamian equivalent of the Egyptian pyramids: large artificial…

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Zurmala

Zurmala: name of a Buddhist stupa near modern Termez in southern Uzbekistan. Zurmala Stupa Buddhism benefited from the fact that in the…

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