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Lost Temples: Lost City of Angkor Wat
Journey to the ancient religious complex of Angkor Wat in the jungles of Cambodia. A "city of temples" that reveals itself through a vast labyrinth of carved facades, galleries, and stairways.
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Length: 173
Rating: 4.90 (161 ratings)
Tags: lost cities angkor wat temples Cambodia asia labyrinth gallery facade carved
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Temples of Baalbek and Anjar
Visit of / Visite de / Besuch von / Visita de / Chiamata di de Baalbek & Anjar
زياره بعلبك / Baalbekの訪問 / Baalbek의 방문 / 访问巴勒贝克
Baalbek (Arabic: بعلبك) is a town in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, altitude 3,850 ft (1,170 m), situated east of the Litani River. It is famous for its exquisitely detailed but monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman period, when Baalbek, known as Heliopolis was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire. It is located at 34°00′22″N, 36°12′31″E about 200 km east of Beirut.
At present, Baalbek serves as the primary center of the Shia population of the Bekaa Valley and one of the main training camps for the Hizbullah forces.
Heliopolis (there was another Heliopolis in Egypt) was made a colonia by the Roman Empire in 15 BC and a legion was stationed there. Work on the religious complex there lasted over a century and a half and was never completed. The dedication of the present temple ruins, the largest religious building in the entire Roman empire, dates from the reign of Septimus Severus, whose coins first show the two temples. The great courts of approach were not finished before the reigns of Caracalla and Philip. In commemoration, no doubt, of the dedication of the new sanctuaries, Severus conferred the rights of the jus italicum on the city. Today, only six Corinthian columns remain standing. Eight more were disassembled and shipped to Constantinople under Justinian's orders, for his basilica of Hagia Sophia.
The greatest of the three temples was sacred to Jupiter Baal, ("Heliopolitan Zeus"), identified here with the sun, with whom were associated a temple to Venus and a lesser temple in honor of Bacchus (though it was traditionally referred to by Neoclassical visitors as "Temple of the Sun"). Thus three Eastern deities were worshipped in Roman guise: thundering Jove, the god of storms, stood in for Baal-Hadad, Venus for 'Ashtart (known in English as Astarte) and Bacchus for Anatolian Dionysus.
Jupiter-Baal was represented locally (on coinage) as a beardless god in long scaly drapery, holding a whip in his right hand and thunderbolts and ears of wheat in his left. Two bulls supported him. In this guise he passed into European worship in the 3rd century and 4th century AD. The icon of Helipolitan Zeus (in A.B. Cook, Zeus, i:570-576) bore busts of the seven planetary powers on the front of the pillarlike term in which he was encased. A bronze statuette of this Heliopolitan Zeus was discovered at Tortosa, Spain; another was found at Byblos in Phoenicia. A comparable iconic image is the Lady of Ephesus (see illustration) (Robert Graves, The Greek Myths I.4).
The extreme licence of the Heliopolitan worship of Aphrodite was often commented upon by early Christian writers, and Constantine, making an effort to curb the Venus cult, built a basilica. Theodosius I erected another, with a western apse, occupying the main court of the Jupiter temple, as was Christian practice everywhere. The vast stone blocks of its walls were taken from the temple itself. Today nothing of the Theodosian basilica remains.
Other Emperors enriched the sanctuary of Heliopolitan Jupiter each in turn. Nero (54-68 BC) built the tower-altar opposite the Temple of Jupiter, Trajan added the forecourt to the Temple of Jupiter, with porticos of pink granite brought from Aswan in Egypt. Antoninus Pius built the Temple of Bacchus, the best preserved of the sanctuary's structures, for it was protected by the very rubble of the site's ruins. It is enriched with refined reliefs and sculpture. Septimus Severus added a pentagonal Temple of Venus, who as Aphrodite had enjoyed an early Syrian role with her consort Adonis ("Lord," the Aramaic translation of "Baal."). Christian writers competed with one another to execrate her worship. Eusebius of Caesarea, down the coast, averred that 'men and women vie with one another to honour their shameless goddess; husbands and fathers let their wives and daughters publicly prostitute themselves to please Astarte'. Emperor Philip the Arab (244-249) was the last to add a monument at Heliopolis— the hexagonal forecourt. When he was finished Heliopolis and Praeneste in Italy were the two largest sanctuaries in the Western world. (wikipedia)
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Length: 234
Rating: 4.80 (57 ratings)
Tags: Baalbek baalbeck بعلبك Bekaa Liban Lebanon Libanon Líbano レバノン لبنان 레바논 黎巴嫩
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Secrets of the Maya Chakra Temples
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An Art, Archaeological and Shamanic tour of nine Maya Chakra Temples sites
produced by LionFire Studios and Tuva R. Soma
companion video for LionFire's book "Secrets of the Maya Chakra Temples"
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The ancient Maya knew yogic practices and used them for envisioning, gaining esoteric wisdom and working with natural forces. Called Yok'hah in Yucatec Maya, this word derives from yok' (above or on top of) and hah (truth)—essentially the meaning of the Sanskrit word yoga (yoked to God/higher truth, divine union). Yok'hah Maya includes philosophy, cosmovision and techniques based in ancient Maya knowledge and traditions, with practices including breath control, hand signs, postures, sacred sounds and meditations. These bring control of body processes and refine spiritual capacities, guiding us to live in greater harmony with cycles of our Mother Earth, Father Sun and the cosmos. They connect us with the beauty, powers and rhythms of the natural world. Continued practice expands our ability to envision in other dimensions, and reconnects us with cosmic source.from http://www.mayafifthsun.com
Root-Uxmal
Sacral-Labna
Solar Plex-Kabah
Heart-Chicchen Itza
Throat-Tulum
Third Eye-Palenque
Crown-Tikal
Blessings
Feel Free to Explore.
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Length: 434
Rating: 3.80 (32 ratings)
Tags: Maya Chakras ancient wisdoms Anthropology animation MesoAmerica Spirituality Fun Initiation
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Mormons Belief: LDS (Mormon) Temples Will Dot the Earth
For the millions of people who lived before the Restoration of Christ's Church, temple ordinances were not available during their lifetime. Even today, millions live and die without ever hearing the name of Jesus Christ or without accepting the gospel he taught. Provision must be made, then, for those who have died without that opportunity.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormon Church") teaches that all saving ordinances are to be performed on earth on behalf of the dead. Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormons, stand as proxies for their own ancestors in these ceremonies, including baptisms and sealings for husbands and wives and for parents and children. All temple work is valid only if it is willingly accepted by each individual prior to the Resurrection. Performing temple ordinances receives strong emphasis in the LDS (Mormon) Church. Members of the Church, Mormons, are taught that they have a religious obligation to trace their own genealogies and perform temple ordinances for their ancestors.
For more information about the LDS (Mormon) Church or Mormon beliefs, visit http://www.mormon.org.
Length: 269
Rating: 4.50 (198 ratings)
Tags: LDS Temples Mormon Church Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints Mormons Temple Truth Mormonism Missionaries God Heaven Eternal
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LDS MOST BEAUTIFULL TEMPLES 2006 ENGLISH VERSION
A movie with the most beautifull or recent temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints.
Length: 558
Rating: 4.70 (93 ratings)
Tags: lds temple mormon jesus madrid den haag haye
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Living Wonders of India - Temples of Tamil Nadu
Happened to see the campaign for new seven wonders. Finally, some New7Wonders got selected which are:
1) not democratically elected (one person can vote for any candidate million times)
2) not elected by every single citizen of this WORLD
3) got elected by particular countries by means of extensive use of campaigns, kiosks, SMS, internet, etc.
4) got voted for sentimental reasons
There are so many other monuments got omitted simply because lack of knowledge and research work. Tomorrow some other COMMERCIAL organizations come and do the same thing. Every seven months New7Wonders! Again SMS, mails, kiosks, etc.
In this video, you can see some real living architectural wonders of Tamil Nadu, South India. They are not only places of architectural beauty, but also home for millennia old wonderful art, music, dance, painting and literature forms ever known to human kind.
Length: 615
Rating: 5.00 (32 ratings)
Tags: Incredible India Temples Tamil Nadu Kanchi Madurai Chidambaram Poombukar Thiruvannamalai Chennai Kanyakumari Tanjavur
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