In the Hellenistic culture of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in ancient Egypt, the cella referred to that which is hidden and unknown inside the inner sanctum of an Egyptian temple, existing in …

Egyptian temples were built for the official worship of the gods and in commemoration of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and regions under Egyptian control. Temples were seen as houses …

In the cella (now ruined) was a shrine structure with a cult crypt underneath (better preserved in the neighboring so-called Temple of Bacchus) serving local religious ritual. Outside was a tall …

The Pantheon consists of a 34m by 13.6m ‘pronaos’, or portico, and a 43.2m inner diameter circular ‘cella’, or main temple, crowned by a dome. The pronaos has three rows of Corinthian …

A naós or cella, the inner chamber in Greek and Roman temples; An ancient Greek temple, called a naos in Koine Greek; Naos (hieroglyph), an Egyptian hieroglyph; Zeta Puppis, a star

A cella is the inner chamber of a temple, where the cult statue of the deity is housed and where worship takes place. This sacred space is typically surrounded by a colonnade and serves as …

Term for the hall in a temple in which stood the statue of the deity. It was a sacred place where only sanctuary officials who had been ritually purified were allowed to enter. This highly …

In the Hellenistic culture of Ptolemaic Egypt the cella referred to that which is hidden and unknown inside the inner sanctum of a temple, existing in complete darkness, meant to symbolize the …

The foundations of a rectangular structure inside the cella building are interpreted as a cult base. At ca. 620-610 B.C., two additional terraces were built at the south of the temple, to …

In the Hellenistic culture of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in ancient Egypt, the cella referred to that which is hidden and unknown inside the inner sanctum of an Egyptian temple, existing in …