Jim Jones was a founder who founded The People’s Temple. The People’s Temple is best known for the November 18‚ 1978 death of over 900 Temple members in Jonestown‚ Guyana‚ along with nine others at a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown. Jim Jones was born in a rural community in Indiana close to the border of Ohio. His parents were James Thurman Jones who was a World War I veteran and Lynetta Putnam. In 1934‚ during the Great Depression Jones’ parents‚ due to economic struggle‚ were forced to move
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On November 18‚ 1978‚ in Jonestown‚ Guyana‚ over nine hundred members of a religious sect called the Peoples Temple died along with their leader Jim Jones. In a related incident‚ a California congressman and some news reporters died after visiting the religious compound. Jim Jones created and governed The Peoples Temple in Jonestown. Jones was a preacher who started his church group in Indiana‚ moved to California‚ and then moved to Jonestown‚ Guyana. Jones had a “vision of a Communist community”
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The Art & Architecture of Shree Jagannath Temple Mrs. Rashmi Mishra Shree Sadashiva Campus‚ Puri. Architecture in Odisha found its supreme expression in the form of temples‚ some of which are among‚ finest in the country. Of these‚ three are most famous the Lingaraja temple at Bhubaneswar (11th century)‚ the Jagannath Temple at Puri (12th century) and the great Sun Temple at Konark (13th century). These mark the culmination of a distinct style of architecture called
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As royal princess: shown with mum Ahmose‚ dad T1. find few statues of her as royal princess ➢ GRW: wears vulture cap‚ wears high feather crown. Producer of future heir‚ mother of future king. Feminine depiction Archaeological evid: Karnak temple (1st 7 yrs as regent‚ stressed she was GRW and GWA. The noblemen and 2nd stewards Ramose and Hatmofer‚ in their tomb’s seals‚ they saw Hat was GRW‚ GWA). Only the queen could appoint 2nd stewards ➢ Then abandoned this. At the beginning‚ still
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Building design Plans and models 1 Arnold 1991: 7-10 Construction Methods and Building Materials A scene from the Hypostyle Hall showing the “stretching of the cord” ceremony for Karnak. Proportions The Akhmenu festival hall. 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sullivan 2008‚ Construction methods. Digital Karnak. 2 Arnold 1991: 7-10‚ 251 Robins 1997: 107-109‚ 141-142 Arnold 1991: 252-253; Clarke and Engelbach 1990: 64-65 Golvin and Goyon 1987: 37-38 Golvin and Goyon 1987: 38 Carlotti 1995
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re-established as centre of the state cult of Amun· Extensive building work carried out at the temples at Karnak and Luxor AyKheperkheperure 1324-21 · A brief reign that continues the re-establishment of traditional religious and secular practises HoremhebDjeserkheperureSetepenre 1321-1295 · Consolidation of prior moves to re-establish traditional practises.· Dismantling of Aten temples at East Karnak; desecration of the Amarna Royal Tomb and Ay’s tomb possibly carried out at this time· Reorganisation
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very early in his reign. The Temple of Amen at Luxor; The colonnade and forecourt of this temple has been acclaimed by art historians as being the most impressive achievement of Egyptians temple architecture. The third Pylons at Karnak He demolished the shrines and monuments of earlier pharaohs‚ including some of his father’s‚ and used the rubble to fill his new pylon. This carried a lengthy inscription praising himself and Amen. On the southern side of the temple he built a smaller pylon and set
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Ptah’s Great Temple of Memphis. He built many buildings and monuments over Egypt and Nubia‚ and his designs have been well displayed and are predominant in structure and buildings‚ even those he did not construct. Many historians and scholars consider his construction
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Valley and the Delta. Artistically‚ a confident style of elegant beauty emerged in paintings‚ reliefs‚ sculpture and architects. Over all this‚ Amenhotep III ruled from a court renowned for its splendour and opulence. The magnificence of the temples he built for his gods and the monuments he erected for himself suggest that he was indeed a great pharaoh. Chief sources for the period There is a wealth of archaeological and written sources from the reign of Amenhotep III‚ including the remains
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The Temple of Amun-re at Karnak and the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens have distinctive architectural enhancements and refinements that were put together to create‚ not just a building‚ but a significant piece of aesthetically pleasing architecture made for worship. One of the most mysterious places in ancient Egypt was the inside of a temple. They were the homes of the gods and goddesses and very few people were allowed to see the inside. Karnak temple was a solar temple based on the principles
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