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  • Roman statue of a river god, probably personifying the North Tyne, found in the commanding officer's bath house at Chesters Roman Fort or Cilurnum in 1843, at Chesters Roman Fort Museum, managed by English Heritage, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. The Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile coast to coast long distance footpath, runs alongside it at his point. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God separating light and dark, from an illustrated bible, 1763, in the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The engravings are after drawings by Raphael and other masters, with words by Claude Hernissant and printed by Guillaume Deprez. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Unfinished sculpted head of a god, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God speaking to Noah through Christ, telling him to build an ark to save his family and the animals from the flood, from the Life of Noah stained glass window, 13th century, in the nave of Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • River god Ganges (detail), Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers), 1651, Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • River god Ganges (detail), Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers), 1651, Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • River god Ganges (detail), Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers), 1651, Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone or ofa 'i turui, representing the position of a god during ceremonies, by the ahu of Marae Taputapuatea, c. 1000 AD, a large religious and ceremonial temple site with a 60 x 45m stone courtyard and an ahu or altar made from 3m high standing stones cut from coral, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae marks the spot where Ta'aroa, creator and father of all Polynesian gods, first stepped on the earth. In the 17th century, it was rededicated to the god Oro, son of Ta'aroa and god of beauty, fertility and war. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. In the distance is Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of Tamatoa, with the Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large costume of a woman or goddess in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women pulling the Ganesh float with long plant fibre ropes, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying arched wooden frames with peacock feathers, called kavadi, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colourful costumes in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women carrying colourful fabric banners in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men spinning tall headdresses with paper flowers in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men spinning tall headdresses with paper flowers in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women beating drumsticks and men wearing tall headdresses with paper flowers in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women beating drumsticks in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large costume of a woman or goddess in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men pulling a float with a garlanded elephant, and flags of Shiva's bull Nandi, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men pulling a float with a garlanded elephant, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Garlanded model elephant on a float at the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Turbaned man with a blue horse costume in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women carrying clay pots on their heads containing burning camphor oil, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women carrying coconuts on their heads in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. Coconuts are broken open to symbolise giving your heart to Ganesha (the shell is the world, the flesh is karma and the water is human ego). The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women carrying coconuts on their heads in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. Coconuts are broken open to symbolise giving your heart to Ganesha (the shell is the world, the flesh is karma and the water is human ego). The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying arched wooden frames with peacock feathers, called kavadi, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women carrying coconuts on their heads in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. Coconuts are broken open to symbolise giving your heart to Ganesha (the shell is the world, the flesh is karma and the water is human ego). The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women wearing flower garlands in the crowd at the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women carrying clay pots on their heads containing burning camphor oil, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman carrying clay pots on their heads containing burning camphor oil, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dancers, drummers and men wearing tall headdresses with paper flowers, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Turbaned man with a blue horse costume and men wearing tall headdresses with paper flowers, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large costume of a woman or goddess in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men pulling the Ganesh float with long plant fibre ropes, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men pulling the Ganesh float with long plant fibre ropes, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men pulling the Ganesh float with long plant fibre ropes, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women carrying clay pots on their heads containing burning camphor oil, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statuette of a votive god, limestone, 1st - 2nd century AD, possibly a head-god, trunk-god, worshipped in this area in Roman times, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men spinning tall headdresses with paper flowers in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crowd, with woman with a coconut offering, at the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God of Coligny, possibly the god Mars, representing life overcoming death, bronze statue, originally part of a bronze Gallic calendar found in fragments, late 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God of Coligny, possibly the god Mars, representing life overcoming death, bronze statue, originally part of a bronze Gallic calendar found in fragments, late 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Anini, a stone courtyard with 2 platforms and standing stones, used as a ceremonial and religious site, built for Ta'aroari'i, son of Mahine, king of Huahine, at the end of the 18th century, at Parea, on land belonging to the royal family, on Huahine-Iti, on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The gods Oro (god of war) and Hiro (deceitful god), were worshipped here, and many human sacrifices were carried out. The ahu or altar consists of small flat stones or ro'i as beds for the gods Oro and Hiro, and upright stones or ofa 'i turui for priests and headmen to lean back on or as memorials for deceased chiefs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Anini, a stone courtyard with 2 platforms and standing stones, used as a ceremonial and religious site, built for Ta'aroari'i, son of Mahine, king of Huahine, at the end of the 18th century, at Parea, on land belonging to the royal family, on Huahine-Iti, on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The gods Oro (god of war) and Hiro (deceitful god), were worshipped here, and many human sacrifices were carried out. The ahu or altar consists of small flat stones or ro'i as beds for the gods Oro and Hiro, and upright stones or ofa 'i turui for priests and headmen to lean back on or as memorials for deceased chiefs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Anini, a stone courtyard with 2 platforms and standing stones, used as a ceremonial and religious site, built for Ta'aroari'i, son of Mahine, king of Huahine, at the end of the 18th century, at Parea, on land belonging to the royal family, on Huahine-Iti, on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The gods Oro (god of war) and Hiro (deceitful god), were worshipped here, and many human sacrifices were carried out. The ahu or altar consists of small flat stones or ro'i as beds for the gods Oro and Hiro, and upright stones or ofa 'i turui for priests and headmen to lean back on or as memorials for deceased chiefs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge sculpture of Proteus Glaucus, representing both the head of the Greek sea god Proteus with a globe and castle, symbols of the Orsini family, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a sea god after eating a magical herb, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge sculpture of Proteus Glaucus, representing both the head of the Greek sea god Proteus with a globe and castle, symbols of the Orsini family, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a sea god after eating a magical herb, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist holds a phylactery saying 'Ecce Agnus Dei' or behold the lamb of God. He is gesturing to 2 of his followers, possibly Andrew and John, to indicate Jesus, who is in the panel to the left of this section. Section of behold the lamb of God, from the Apostles window, 1212-25, in the axial chapel in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window represents the birth of the Church, as the apostles are the first pillar of the church and therefore has the site with the most sunlight to illuminate the colours. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God of Coligny, possibly the god Mars, representing life overcoming death, bronze statue, originally part of a bronze Gallic calendar found in fragments, late 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God of Coligny, possibly the god Mars, representing life overcoming death, bronze statue, originally part of a bronze Gallic calendar found in fragments, late 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God of Coligny, possibly the god Mars, representing life overcoming death, bronze statue, originally part of a bronze Gallic calendar found in fragments, late 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God of Coligny, possibly the god Mars, representing life overcoming death, bronze statue, originally part of a bronze Gallic calendar found in fragments, late 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God of Coligny, possibly the god Mars, representing life overcoming death, bronze statue, originally part of a bronze Gallic calendar found in fragments, late 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God in Majesty, with God in a mandorla with hanging oil lamps, holding a bible, with the evangelist symbols of St Mathew and St John, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • River flowing from the Throne of God, with St John following the river to reach paradise, and God in a rainbow mandorla, detail of the sixth piece depicting the New Jerusalem, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The helmet (centre) is known as a chapel de fer. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God in Majesty, with God in a mandorla with hanging oil lamps, the 4 evangelist symbols, and the 24 Elders, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Anini, a stone courtyard with 2 platforms and standing stones, used as a ceremonial and religious site, built for Ta'aroari'i, son of Mahine, king of Huahine, at the end of the 18th century, at Parea, on land belonging to the royal family, on Huahine-Iti, on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The gods Oro (god of war) and Hiro (deceitful god), were worshipped here, and many human sacrifices were carried out. The ahu or altar consists of small flat stones or ro'i as beds for the gods Oro and Hiro, and upright stones or ofa 'i turui for priests and headmen to lean back on or as memorials for deceased chiefs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Anini, a stone courtyard with 2 platforms and standing stones, used as a ceremonial and religious site, built for Ta'aroari'i, son of Mahine, king of Huahine, at the end of the 18th century, at Parea, on land belonging to the royal family, on Huahine-Iti, on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The gods Oro (god of war) and Hiro (deceitful god), were worshipped here, and many human sacrifices were carried out. The ahu or altar consists of small flat stones or ro'i as beds for the gods Oro and Hiro, and upright stones or ofa 'i turui for priests and headmen to lean back on or as memorials for deceased chiefs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Anini, a stone courtyard with 2 platforms  and standing stones, used as a ceremonial and religious site, built for Ta'aroari'i, son of Mahine, king of Huahine, at the end of the 18th century, at Parea, on land belonging to the royal family, on Huahine-Iti, on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The gods Oro (god of war) and Hiro (deceitful god), were worshipped here, and many human sacrifices were carried out. The ahu or altar consists of small flat stones or ro'i as beds for the gods Oro and Hiro, and upright stones or ofa 'i turui for priests and headmen to lean back on or as memorials for deceased chiefs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Anini, a stone courtyard with 2 platforms and standing stones, used as a ceremonial and religious site, built for Ta'aroari'i, son of Mahine, king of Huahine, at the end of the 18th century, at Parea, on land belonging to the royal family, on Huahine-Iti, on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The gods Oro (god of war) and Hiro (deceitful god), were worshipped here, and many human sacrifices were carried out.  The ahu or altar consists of small flat stones or ro'i as beds for the gods Oro and Hiro, and upright stones or ofa 'i turui for priests and headmen to lean back on or as memorials for deceased chiefs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge sculpture of Proteus Glaucus, representing both the head of the Greek sea god Proteus with a globe and castle, symbols of the Orsini family, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a sea god after eating a magical herb, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge sculpture of Proteus Glaucus, representing both the head of the Greek sea god Proteus with a globe and castle, symbols of the Orsini family, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a sea god after eating a magical herb, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The apostle tells the wife of the proconsul to resurrect a child who has been killed by a snake, in the name of God. The parents are full of thanks. God sends beams of light from heaven on to the child. Section of the resurrection of a child, from the Life of St Andrew stained glass window, 1210-25, in the Apostles chapel in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window has been altered many times, significantly in 1872 but also previously. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Song of the new song, or Ascension of the Lamb of God, with 24 Elders of the church, St John, evangelist symbols, angel and lamb, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Harpocrates, with curly hair and with his right hand on his mouth, Roman, 2nd century AD, marble, from El Mehamara, Sidi Bishr, in the Antiquities Museum, established 2001, in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. Harpocrates as a god was worshipped in Ptolemaic Alexandria and depicted in this gesture of the hieroglyph 'child', but later became the Hellenistic god of silence and secrets. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar of Cernunnos, a Gallic god of regeneration, Gallo-Roman sculpted relief used by a fertility cult, 1st century AD, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, France. The seated god holds his attributes, torque, deer horns, bag of seeds, flanked by Apollo and Mercury. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amun-Min, or Amun merged with the fertility god Minin profile wearing double crown, collar and false beard, god of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, painted limestone relief, 1479-25 BC, New Kingdom, from the Temple of Thutmosis III, 18th dynasty, at Deir el Bahri, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This relief was later destroyed and restored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amun-Min, or Amun merged with the fertility god Minin profile wearing double crown, collar and false beard, god of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, detail, painted limestone relief, 1479-25 BC, New Kingdom, from the Temple of Thutmosis III, 18th dynasty, at Deir el Bahri, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This relief was later destroyed and restored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God enthroned, on the monumental catalan Romanesque portal, 12th century, at Santa Maria de Ripoll, or Ripoll monastery, a Benedictine monastery built in Romanesque style, founded by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, in 888, and built 9th - 12th century mainly under the abbots Arnulfo and Oliva, in Ripoll, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The frontal relief, 13th century, with 7 horizontal bands, depicts God enthroned with Evangelists, angels and Elders; David and Solomon and Moses, and mythical animals from the visions of Daniel. It is flanked by 2 statues of St Peter and St Paul. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Creation of Adam, Romanesque capital, 13th century, in the west gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Adam is depicted with his lower legs still encased in the earth from which God made him. <br />
Their faces are almost identical, as Adam was made in God's image. 2 large birds fame the scene. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Word of God charges the Beasts, with the word of God personified wearing a blue cloak, sword raised, charging at the beasts and their armies, and St John, detail of the sixth piece depicting the New Jerusalem, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • River flowing from the Throne of God, with St John following the river to reach paradise, and God in a rainbow mandorla, detail of the sixth piece depicting the New Jerusalem, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The helmet (centre) is known as a chapel de fer. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God in Majesty, with God in a mandorla with hanging oil lamps, holding a bible, with the evangelist symbols of St Mathew and St John, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Song of the new song, or Ascension of the Lamb of God, with 24 Elders of the church, St John, evangelist symbols, angel and lamb, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God in Majesty, with God in a mandorla with hanging oil lamps, the 4 evangelist symbols, and the 24 Elders, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone column and capital from the monument to Ucuetis, a Celtic god, excavated in 1908 by Victor Pernet, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. This large building is mainly ruined although there is a well preserved underground chamber. Ucuetis is thought to be the god of craftsmen and the large size of the monument reflects the importance of metalwork and other crafts at Alesia. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Ucuetis, a Celtic god, excavated in 1908 by Victor Pernet, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. This large building is mainly ruined although there is a well preserved underground chamber. Ucuetis is thought to be the god of craftsmen and the large size of the monument reflects the importance of metalwork and other crafts at Alesia. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Ucuetis, a Celtic god, excavated in 1908 by Victor Pernet, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. This large building is mainly ruined although there is a well preserved underground chamber. Ucuetis is thought to be the god of craftsmen and the large size of the monument reflects the importance of metalwork and other crafts at Alesia. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God Almighty above; left, Noah's Ark, and right, Adam and Eve holding an apple branch, turning their backs on God and leaving Paradise, charcoal drawings, made 1882-91, drawn by 2 unknown men, possibly bell ringers, around the clock in the bell room of the Eglise Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Menilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Menilmontant is a Roman catholic church built 1863-80. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miniature boat, gold, with mast, rowing benches and oars, 1st century BC, Iron Age, from the Broighter Hoard found at Broighter, County Derry, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. The boat was found in Lough Foyle, which is associated with the sea god Manannan mac Lir, and this model boat was probably an offering to that god. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tubular gold collar, Iron Age, from the Broighter Hoard found at Broighter, County Derry, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. The collar was found in Lough Foyle, which is associated with the sea god Manannan mac Lir. Its decoration includes a highly stylised horse, which is associated this god. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone relief carving of Maponos, the Celtic god of eternal youth, with a short beard and small pointed cap, with the Roman god Apollo and goddess Diana in niches either side of his head, in the Vindolanda Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Maponos was worshipped in the North of Britan, with a possible cult centre near Gretna Green. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Vindolanda Museum is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Creation, with God creating the globe with compasses, and the Creation of Man, with God creating Adam in Paradise, from the Retaule de l'Esperit Sant (Retablo del Espiritu Santo), or Altarpiece of the Holy Spirit, 1394, by Pere Serra, a Catalan artist, with 22 scenes and 36 figures of saints, in the Colegiata Basilica de Santa Maria, or Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria, also known as La Seu, built in Gothic style by Berenguer de Montagut, from 1328 until 1486, around an existing 11th century Romanesque church, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. Saints are painted in Gothic niches around the panels. The altarpiece was commissioned by the Guild of Tanners and contains scenes of the Holy Spirit and Life of Christ, with a predella originally from a different altarpiece (dedicate to St Anthony and disappeared), with the Lamentation, 1410, by Lluis Borrassa. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Asclepian Treasury, built to hold offerings made to the god Asclepius, at the Shrine of Asclepius, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. The earliest Sanctuary comprised a temple to the God, a stoa (covered walkway) and a treasury. By the 3rd century BC the Sanctuary had been modified to include a theatre and a perisytyle building, probably a pilgrim's hostel. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Asclepian Treasury, built to hold offerings made to the god Asclepius, at the Shrine of Asclepius, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. The earliest Sanctuary comprised a temple to the God, a stoa (covered walkway) and a treasury. By the 3rd century BC the Sanctuary had been modified to include a theatre and a perisytyle building, probably a pilgrim's hostel. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with relief of god Bes, Roman Egyptian stele of the god Bes, 1st - 2nd century AD, polychrome limestone, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Ucuetis, a Celtic god, excavated in 1908 by Victor Pernet, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. This large building is mainly ruined although there is a well preserved underground chamber. Ucuetis is thought to be the god of craftsmen and the large size of the monument reflects the importance of metalwork and other crafts at Alesia. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God's covenant with Noah, with God pointing to a rainbow which ends in an altar with a sacrificial lamb, mosaic from the Genesis cycle in the nave of Monreale Cathedral or the Duomo di Monreale, built 1172-89 under King William II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The cathedral interior is covered in Byzantine style glass mosaics made 12th and 13th centuries depicting biblical stories. The church is a national monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone with carving of Mars, god of war and the legions, dressed as a soldier wearing body armour, pleated skirt and greaves or leg protection and a crested helmet, holding a spear and shield with a goose in the foreground, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. An inscription reads, 'To the God Mars, Victory and the Deities of the Emperors'. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue de Bacchus, street sign named after the Roman god of wine, with crossed keys, the heraldic symbol of the village, Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sucellus Silvanus, god of peasants and slaves, holding a mallet and Pan pipes, high relief in decorative niche, Antonine period, 2nd century AD, Gallo-Roman, from Seguret, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The New Covenant, Jonah is spat out by the whale towards the gates of Nineveh, accepting orders from God to prophesy in the city (an Old Testament antetype to the Resurrection), from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated statue of Neptune, Roman god of the sea, with dolphins in his hands, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • On his way to be executed, St James heals a crippled man by asking him to rise up and praise the Lord. He offers James his crutch. The Pharisee Josiah, leading him by a noose around his neck, is touched by grace. God's hand appears from a cloud to indicate the source of the miraculous healing powers. Section of the healing of the paralysed man, 1210-25, from the Life of St James window in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window tells the story of the life of St James the Greater, apostle of Jesus and son of Zebedee. It is situated next to the apostles chapel. Chartres is a stop on the pilgrimage route to Compostela, where James' relics lie. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sun god relief on rear of stone chapel, which originally housed a statue in a niche, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of queen Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II, holding his leg in sign of support, beside the colossal seated Ka statue of the king as the royal Ka, at the Pylon of Ramesses II, entrance to the temple, built c. 1260 BC, 19th dynasty, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. To her left is a relief of a god of the river Nile, in a scene of sema-tawy, the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. The pylon was originally covered with plaster and precious metals, carved and painted with scenes of the Battle of Kadesh. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of queen Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II, holding his leg in sign of support, beside the colossal seated Ka statue of the king as the royal Ka, at the Pylon of Ramesses II, entrance to the temple, built c. 1260 BC, 19th dynasty, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. To her left is a relief of a god of the river Nile, in a scene of sema-tawy. The pylon was originally covered with plaster and precious metals, carved and painted with scenes of the Battle of Kadesh. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maritime scene with dolphin and sea god, bas-relief from a sculpted limestone Gallo-Roman column fragment, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pediment of a funerary monument, with the deceased, the goddess Diana and the god Apollo, erected by P Sacrovirus and dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased and to Pubilicus Sarasuset and his children, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 at the citadel of Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar dedicated to Mars and Bellona, god and goddess of war, erected by Augustalis, late 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1834 at the Croix d'Arles, Saint-Geosmes, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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