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    A baetyl (/ˈbiːtɪl/; also betyl), literally "house of god" is a sacred stone (sometimes believed to be a meteorite) that was venerated and thought to house...
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    recovered at the site include large models of nuraghe buildings and several baetyl sacred stones of the "oragiana" type, used by Nuragic Sardinians in the...
    165 KB (17,062 words) - 04:54, 28 September 2024
  • as far away as Woerden, in the modern-day Netherlands. The cult stone or baetyl was taken to Rome by the Emperor Elagabalus, who, before his accession,...
    10 KB (1,011 words) - 13:56, 19 July 2024
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    round-topped stela standing on a raised platform. Ancient Egyptian creation myths Baetyl Egyptian sun temple Abzu Lingam List of Egyptian pyramidia Hart, p.16 Corinna...
    5 KB (540 words) - 00:03, 13 May 2024
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    deliveryman. Asherah pole – Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring goddess Baetyl – Type of sacred standing stone Carlin stone – Name of many stones in Scotland...
    12 KB (1,446 words) - 20:41, 20 September 2024
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    to have consisted of a tenemos, often around a sacred grove, cave, rock (baetyl) or spring, and perhaps defined only by marker stones at intervals, with...
    58 KB (7,662 words) - 20:20, 31 August 2024
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    American Meteor Network Orionids Perseids Tollmann's hypothetical bolide Baetyl – Sacred stones possibly originating as meteorites Impact crater Impact...
    56 KB (5,699 words) - 15:26, 19 September 2024
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    is uncertain. Excavated from The Temple of the Winged Lions was the "Eye Baetyl" or "Eye-Idol". Numerous Nabatean bas-relief busts of the Northern Syrian...
    48 KB (5,629 words) - 19:57, 30 September 2024
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    evidence for Marshall's hypothesis to be "terribly robust". Some of the baetyls interpreted by Marshall to be sacred phallic representations are now thought...
    191 KB (21,640 words) - 10:37, 26 September 2024
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    at an early age. Elagabal was represented by a large, dark rock called a baetyl. Elagabalus's grandmother, Julia Maesa, Julia Domna's sister and sister-in-law...
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    Iatromantis Kanephoros Mystagogue Oracle Sibyl Thiasus Religious objects Baetyl Cult image Chryselephantine statue Xoanon Greek terracotta figurines Kernos...
    32 KB (3,717 words) - 20:33, 26 September 2024
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    the divine and the divine themselves in their anthropomorphized forms. Baetyl, type of sacred standing stone High place, raised place of worship Ceremonial...
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    religious traditions. He brought the cult of Elagabal (including the large baetyl stone the god was represented by) to Rome, making a prominent part of religious...
    79 KB (8,379 words) - 04:45, 29 September 2024
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    Iatromantis Kanephoros Mystagogue Oracle Sibyl Thiasus Religious objects Baetyl Cult image Chryselephantine statue Xoanon Greek terracotta figurines Kernos...
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    in which capacity he was identified with the baetyl as 𒁹𒀀𒋻𒋡𒈬 (ʿAttar-qāmu, lit. 'ʿAttar is the baetyl'). Within the ancient Aramaean religion, the...
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    promises Jacob the land of Canaan; when Jacob awakes he anoints the stone (baetyl) with oil and names the place Bethel. Another account, from Genesis 35 repeats...
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    evidence for Marshall's hypothesis to be "terribly robust". Some of the baetyls interpreted by Marshall to be sacred phallic representations are now thought...
    122 KB (13,270 words) - 15:11, 26 September 2024
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    Iatromantis Kanephoros Mystagogue Oracle Sibyl Thiasus Religious objects Baetyl Cult image Chryselephantine statue Xoanon Greek terracotta figurines Kernos...
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  • cavity, intended to receive an object rounded at the bottom: perhaps a round baetyl and its crowns. On the side faces, officiating priests. 1933 Sidon Istanbul...
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    Iatromantis Kanephoros Mystagogue Oracle Sibyl Thiasus Religious objects Baetyl Cult image Chryselephantine statue Xoanon Greek terracotta figurines Kernos...
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