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  • Tiger Reserve in 1973 and a wildlife sanctuary in the year 1977. On 4 ... Olive Ridley Turtle), and Sajankhali Bird Sanctuary (famous for avian fauna). ...
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  • of Babylonia and Assyria. Sîn's chief sanctuary at Ur was named E-gish-shir-gal ("house of the great light"). In spring, a procession ...
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  • *Anyouin Temple – The main sanctuary houses statues of Senju-kannon ... Engakuji was founded in 1282. The main sanctuary houses a wooden statue ...
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  • Theories of its use vary. Bingham initially claimed it was a sanctuary ... Machu Picchu have been declared a "sanctuary," and are protected ...
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  • centering on "the tower of his sanctuary," while ten other ... the Messiah, who revealed to him that the sanctuary and city which God was ...
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  • priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must be put to death." its utensils and to keep guard about the sanctuary lest any unauthorized person ...
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  • *Book 2 celebrates philosophy as a sanctuary from the turmoil of the ... :But nothing is sweeter than to occupy a lofty sanctuary of the mind, ...
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  • Jules Francis Gomes, The Sanctuary of Bethel and the Configuration ... *Gomes, Jules Francis. The Sanctuary of Bethel and the Configuration ...
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  • the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary includes a 2,800 square ... The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, established in 1990, is ...
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  • noting that in the sixth century, the sanctuary at Zela in Cappadocia was ... of the Sassanid fire temple was its domed sanctuary where the fire-altar stood ...
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  • a gift of a large sabhall (barn) for a church sanctuary. This first sanctuary became, in later years, St. Patrick’s chosen retreat. A monastery and ...
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  • orderly spacing of the figures around the sanctuary. The proportions of the ... rotunda. The centerpiece of the granite sanctuary is a Buddha statue set ...
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  • ;Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas The Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas was built in the eighteenth ...
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  • died on October 1 1708 at his house in Broad Sanctuary, and was buried in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey. ==Works== His strengths are in ...
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  • older than Roro Jonggrang. A main sanctuary surrounded by many smaller ... *Candi Sari. Once a sanctuary for Buddhist priests. Eighth century ...
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  • a wide range of ecosystems. An orangutan sanctuary of Bukit Lawang sits inside ... Indonesia. Starting as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1935, the area became ...
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  • but that their understanding of the sanctuary being cleansed was wrong ... ===Heavenly sanctuary=== Adventists teach that Christ ascended to heaven ...
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  • life in Rome where she died at 70. Her sanctuary lies in the Cathedral of ... Her church and convent at Vadstena became a place of sanctuary for ...
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  • approximately 385 B.C.E. at Akademia as a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess ... freedom of religion), some members found sanctuary in the pagan stronghold ...
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  • Hera was especially worshiped at the sanctuary that stood between ... deity to whom an enclosed, roofed temple sanctuary was dedicated. This groundbreaking ...
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