Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Site of Palmyra' has mentioned 'Temple' in the following places:
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[23][16] Most of the city's monumental projects were built on the wadi's northern bank,[24] among them is the Temple of Bel, on a tell which was the site of an earlier temple (known as the Hellenistic temple). | WIKI |
[25] However, excavation supports the theory that the tell was originally located on the southern bank, and the wadi was diverted south of the tell to incorporate the temple into Palmyra's late first and early second century urban organization on the north bank. | WIKI |
Also north of the wadi was the Great Colonnade, Palmyra's 1.1-kilometre-long (0.68xc2xa0mi) main street,[27] which extended from the Temple of Bel in the east,[28] to the Funerary Temple no.86 in the city's western part. | WIKI |
Valley of Tombs in 2010The senateBaths of DiocletianThe statue of Al-lxc4x81t (equated with Athena) found in its temple (destroyed in 2015)The Funerary Temple no.86Diocletian's walls | WIKI |
[138] The building was probably used by the rulers of the city;[136] the French general director of antiquities in Syria, Henri Seyrig, proposed that it was a small temple before being turned into a triclinium or banqueting hall. | WIKI |
[147] The temple was Eastern in its plan; the outer enclosure's propylaea led to a 20-by-9-metre (66 by 30xc2xa0ft) podium through a portico of which the bases of the columns survives. | WIKI |
[40] Inside the compound, a giant lion relief (Lion of Al-lxc4x81t) was excavated and in its original form, was a relief protruding from the temple compound's wall. | WIKI |
[149] The temple had a defensive tower attached to it;[150] a mosaic depicting the sanctuary was excavated and it revealed that both the cella and the vestibule were decorated with merlons. | WIKI |
[27] The Funerary Temple no. | WIKI |
Bel's temple entrance arch remains after the destruction of the cella | WIKI |
[157] On 31 August 2015, the United Nations confirmed the temple was destroyed;[158] the temple's exterior walls and entrance arch remain. | WIKI |
[26] By the late second centuryxc2xa0BC, the tower tombs in the Palmyrene Valley of Tombs and the city temples (most notably, the temples of Baalshamin, Al-lxc4x81t and the Hellenistic temple) began to be built. | WIKI |
[424] The high priest of Bel's temple was the highest religious authority and headed the clergy of priests who were organized into collegia each headed by a higher priest. | WIKI |
[429] The Palmyrene deity was commonly identified with the Roman god Sol and he had a temple dedicated for him on the right bank of the Tiber since the second century. | WIKI |
[431] Some scholars criticize the notion of Malakbel's identification with Sol Invictus; according to Gaston Halsberghe, the cult of Malakbel was too local for it to become an imperial Roman god and Aurelian's restoration of Bel's temple and sacrifices dedicated to Malakbel were a sign of his attachment to the sun god in general and his respect to the many ways in which the deity was worshiped. | WIKI |
The carved sculptural treatment of the monumental archway through which the city is approached from the great temple is an outstanding example of Palmyrene art. | UNESCO |