It was hit by a shell fired by the bombarding Venetian army and the great central portion of the temple was blown to smithereens.

Standing before the tomb of Raphael, the great genius of the Renaissance, when shafts of sunlight are penetrating this great Roman temple, you are once again reminded of the varied civilizations so characteristic of Rome.

One such site featured in her books is the temple site of Abu Simbel in her book Death on the Nile, as well as the great detail in which she describes life at the dig site in her book Murder in Mesopotamia.

He called himself " The anointed priest of Anu " and " the great ensi of Enlil " and his daughter, Enheduanna, was installed as priestess to Nanna at the temple in Ur.

great ) was subordinate to the priestly ensi, and was appointed at times of troubles, but by later dynastic times, it was the lugal who had emerged as the preeminent role, having his own " é " (= house ) or " palace ", independent from the temple establishment.

After the city secretary ( γραμματεύς ) quieted the crowd, he said, “ Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper ( guardian ) of the temple of the great Diana and of her image that fell from heaven?

Compared to this mighty goddess, who also possessed the earliest temple at Olympia and two of the great fifth and sixth century temples of Paestum, the termagant of Homer and the myths is an " almost ... comic figure " according to Burkert.

Diogenes also tells us that Heraclitus deposited his book as a dedication in the great temple of Artemis, the Artemisium, one of the largest temples of the 6th century BCE and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

in the course of the Nika Riot, “ The temple of Sophia, the baths of Zeuxippus, and the imperial courtyard from the Propylaia all the way to the so-called House of Ares were burned up and destroyed, as were both of the great porticos that lead to the forum that is named after Constantine, houses of prosperous people, and a great deal of other properties .” The warring factions of Byzantine society, the Blues and the Greens, opposed each other in the chariot races at the Hippodrome and often resorted to violence.

On the DVD commentary, Gilliam expresses great pride in one set in particular, the main hall of Pilate's fortress, which had been designed so that it accurately looked like an old Judean temple that the Romans had converted by dumping their structural artifacts ( such as marble floors and columns ) on top.

As his last great act he began the construction of a temple in honour of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill, partially funded by plunder seized from the Sabines.

that shook down the great temple of Karnak.

In the treatise Politics, Aristotle cited the temple as an example of how tyrannies engaged the populace in great works for the state and left them no time, energy or means to rebel.

Pergamon's other notable structure is the great temple of the Egyptian gods Isis and / or Serapis, known today as the " Red Basilica " ( or Kızıl Avlu in Turkish ), about one kilometer south of the Acropolis.

The team discovers the small Tyrathca settlement, a race of ( socially ) insect-like Aliens who have suffered great losses to attacks by possessed humans, passing by a small temple being constructed even though the Tyrathca race do not have religion.

After the completion of the temple, Solomon is described as erecting many other buildings of importance in Jerusalem ; for the long period of 13 years he was engaged in the building of a royal palace on Ophel ( a hilly promontory in central Jerusalem ); Solomon also constructed great works for the purpose of securing a plentiful supply of water for the city, and the Millo ( Septuagint, Acra ) for the defense of the city.

The great temple was destroyed by the Spanish during the construction of a cathedral.

The Greek form of the name Babylon is from the native Akkadian Bāb-ilim, which means " Gate of the god ", which summarizes the religious purpose of the great temple towers ( the ziggurats ) of ancient Sumer ( Biblical Shinar ).

* Pericles commissions the architects Kallikrates and Iktinos to design a larger temple for the Parthenon and the construction begins on rebuilding the great temple of Athena ( the Parthenon ) on the Acropolis at Athens soon afterwards.

* King Raja Raja Chola I, of the Chola Empire of southern India and great temple builder of the Chola dynasty

" An early form of the temple is the hearth house ; the early temples at Dreros and Prinias on Crete are of this type as indeed is the temple of Apollo at Delphi which always had its inner hestia " The Mycenaean great hall, such as the hall of Odysseus at Ithaca was a megaron, with a central hearth fire.

He is normally referred to as Bel " Lord ", also bel rabim " great lord ", bêl bêlim " lord of lords ", ab-kal ilâni bêl terêti " leader of the gods ", aklu bêl terieti " the wise, lord of oracles ", muballit mîte " reviver of the dead ", etc.

His knowledge of herbs makes him a great healer, and he is credited with at least three children: Florence, Lovell, and Gingalain, the last of which is also called Libeaus Desconus or Le Bel Inconnu, the Fair Unknown.

Barid Bel turned out to be a great general for the Light.

Asimov loosely based Bel Riose on Flavius Belisarius, a great general of the Roman Empire during the 6th century AD.

The priests then challenge the king to set the offerings as usual ( which were " twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six vessels of wine ") and then seal the entrance to the temple with his ring: if Bel does not consume the offerings, the priests are to be sentenced to death ; otherwise, Daniel is to be killed.

In a temple dedicated to Bel ( Nebuchadnezzar's god ), priests had a " great dragon or serpent, which they of Babylon worshiped.

He is the last strong monarch of the Galactic Empire, and reigned during the time when Bel Riose, the last great Imperial general, was engaging in a successful campaign against the early Foundation.

Bel canto-era teachers were great believers in the benefits of vocalise and solfeggio.

A list of his titles is given ( in a Mesopotamian rather than Persian style ): " I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, powerful king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters the earth, son of Cambyses, great king, king of Anshan, descendent of Teispes, great king, king of Anshan, the perpetual seed of kingship, whose reign Bel and Nebo love, and with whose kingship, to their joy, they concern themselves.

It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a shield, for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of the few great lyricists over the years, but also one who can function remarkably under pressure.

At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages and sliding panels and, unbeknownst to anyone, is still occupied by an eccentric maniac.

The savings are not as great, however, as is sometime supposed.

The ordinary man and woman, however, saw little of the great professional games of those Golden Days, or of any other sporting event for that matter.

Primary industries are also of great importance, however.

He began, however, to complete the group for his patron, and the Orpheus which followed, evinced the great advance he had made.

Brainpower and Extince however both enjoy a great respect for bringing up hip hop in their native Dutch.

One of his men, however, Wiglaf, who finds great distress in seeing Beowulf's plight, comes to Beowulf's aid.

His first real efforts, however, did not come until 1832, during the great crisis over the Reform Bill, when he contributed to an anti-Whig pamphlet edited by John Wilson Croker and published by Murray entitled England and France: or a cure for Ministerial Gallomania.

Steinbachek and Bronski toured extensively with the new material and got great reviews, however the project was abandoned as the group were dropped by London Records.

" Needless to say, he mentioned Leonidovich's, " mistakes and failings ," but hastened to add that, " they do not, however, prevent us from recognizing the fact that he was a great poet.

In Shakespeare's day, however, they were considered historical figures of great repute, and the king, James I, based his claim to the throne in part on a descent from Banquo.

The whole, however, may be judged from this fragment: " We Irish, though dwelling at the far ends of the earth, are all disciples of St. Peter and St. Paul ... we are bound to the Chair of Peter, and although Rome is great and renowned, through that Chair alone is she looked on as great and illustrious among us ... On account of the two Apostles of Christ, you pope are almost celestial, and Rome is the head of the whole world, and of the Churches ".

As Solomon Schechter noted, " however great the literary value of a code may be, it does not invest it with infallibility, nor does it exempt it from the student or the Rabbi who makes use of it from the duty of examining each paragraph on its own merits, and subjecting it to the same rules of interpretation that were always applied to Tradition ".

Often however Beavers with testicles intact, after escaping as far away as possible, have drawn in the coveted part, and with great skill and ingenuity tricked their pursuers, pretending that they no longer possessed what they were keeping in concealment.

As class lines harden, the upper class becomes more jealous of its status and resists or retards the admission of commoners, however great their merit or wealth.

Archimedes used to demand just one firm and immovable point in order to shift the entire earth ; so I too can hope for great things if I manage to find just one thing, however slight, that is certain and unshakable.

A great variety of synthetic dyes have been developed since the synthesis of indigo dye in the mid-19th century ; however, natural dyes are also possible, although they are generally less brilliant.

When applied to Sanskrit, however, it added a great deal of complexity to the script, due to the large variety of clusters in this language ( up to five consonants, e. g. rtsny ).

Because of the preponderance of evidence in favor of the wave theory, however, Einstein's ideas were met initially with great skepticism among established physicists.

Perennialists freely acknowledge that any particular selection of great books will disagree on many topics ; however, they see this as an advantage, rather than a detriment.

The city's great financiers, however, were less important in decision making than policy makers in Washington, and very high wartime taxes were not offset by heavy war spending.

The Romans, however, made great progress in the north.

Carrying 60 guns, these vessels were as big and capable as ' great ships ' of the time ; however, most other frigates at the time were used as ' cruisers ': independent fast ships.