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  • :Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near; :And yonder all before us lie :Deserts of vast eternity. :Thy beauty shall no more be found, ...
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  • (Naples) in October, sending a state chariot to carry the visitor over ... the sun. Nero, clad in green and wearing a chariot driver's headdress ...
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  • Tel Megiddo ( מגידו ) is a hill in modern Israel near the Kibbutz of Megiddo, the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, and famous for several ...
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  • destroyed by the surprise initial Hittite chariot attack and Ramesses II had ... most famous relief shows the king on his chariot shooting arrows against ...
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  • and Surya, the Hindu sun god, riding a chariot drawn by four horses. The newer railings have figures of stupas (reliquary shrines) and garudas ...
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  • ===Odometer and South Pointing Chariot=== [[Image:Han dynasty odometer ... The South Pointing Chariot was another mechanical device credited ...
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  • a youth playing his flute, and with Arjuna in his chariot. He is generally characterized as having blue skin (a common characteristic of avatars of Vishnu ...
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  • rumor that he had gone to heaven in a heavenly chariot. Chester G. Starr, A History of the Ancient World (Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0 ...
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  • Zerubbabel ( זְרֻבָּבֶל , Zərubbāvel; Greek: ζοροβαβελ, Zŏrobabel) was the leader of the first group of Jews, numbering ...
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  • `Rath ka Mela'. The pulling of the rath (the chariot car) by the devotees from the temple to the adjoining gardens highlight the ten day celebration ...
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  • Ay (other candidates included his wife and chariot-driver). Interestingly, ... likely reason could be the injuries from a chariot accident. ...
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  • Thomas travels with Siphor in his chariot or coach, but the animals pulling the vehicle soon tire. At Thomas' suggestion, the captain goes ...
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  • this through magical aids such as a flying chariot. ===Types of Buddhist Deva=== The term deva is defined anthropocentrically to include all those ...
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  • The most famous relief shows the king on his chariot shooting arrows against his fleeing enemies, who are being taken prisoner. Other scenes show ...
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  • location on the plain of Esdraelon was ideal for chariot operations, so that Jabin controlled not only the main trade routes but held onto the richest ...
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  • tasks. Socrates uses the parable of the chariot to illustrate his point: a chariot works as a whole because the two horses’ power is directed ...
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  • mover , wild tiger, flying dragon, free chariot and go between. The names ... 35px|Rook]] || 飛車 || hisha || flying chariot || R || 飛 || hi ...
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  • battle, Ravana was severely injured, and his chariot and weapons were destroyed. Due to this injury, Rama allowed Ravana to live and return to fight ...
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  • on his elephant, and Sūrya, the sun god, in his chariot. Later in the first through fourth century India C.E., individually carved figures-either in ...
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  • dates back to Roman times, when supporters of chariot racing teams were frequently involved in major sports riots. A notable example of this is the ...
    15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022

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