Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.
CASSONE TOMBS — A chest shaped tomb that can take various forms. These include a form of rectangular tomb lined with stone slabs, exemplified by the recent discoveries at Casa Nocera, near Casale Marittimo; a sunken rectangular anteroom open to the sky,… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
Etruscan architecture — was the form of architecture produced by the Etruscan civilization in Italy between the 9th and 2nd centuries BC.The Etruscan cityThe first Etruscan villages were built from four sided huts, either rectangular or round, with a very sloping roof… … Wikipedia
Saint Peter's tomb — St. Peter s baldachin, by Bernini, in the modern St. Peter s Basilica. St. Peter s tomb lies directly below this structure. Saint Peter s tomb is a site under St. Peter s Basilica that includes several graves and a structure said by Vatican… … Wikipedia
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Christianised sites — The Temple of Augustus and Livia at Vienne, Isère, like the better known Maison Carrée at Nîmes, owes its survival to its conversion to a church One aspect of Christianisation was the Christianisation of sites that had been pagan.[1] In the 1st… … Wikipedia
St. Peter's Basilica — Papal Basilica of Saint Peter Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano (Italian) Basilica Sancti Petri (Latin) … Wikipedia
Rome — /rohm/, n. 1. Harold (Jacob), born 1908, U.S. lyricist and composer. 2. Italian, Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the… … Universalium
Ciborium (architecture) — Ciborium of Sant Ambrogio, Milan; note the rods for curtains. The columns are probably 4th century, the canopy 9th, 10th or 12th century.[1] In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium ( ciborion : κιβωρι … Wikipedia
Monza ampullae — The Monza ampullae form the largest collection of a specific type of Early Medieval pilgrimage ampullae or small flasks designed to hold holy oil from pilgrimage sites in the Holy Land related to the life of Jesus, that were made in Palestine,… … Wikipedia
