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Ram Chandra Temple (Katas Raj)
The Ram Chandra temple is a prominent part of Katas Raj complex of early Hinduism, situated in the District of Chakwal in the Punjab, Pakistan. This site is a complex and dates back to the 3rd century BCE. A Buddhist Stupa is the oldest structure...
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Wat Phra Ram
Wat Phra Ram at Ayutthaya in Thailand. This monastery was built in 1369 CE on the cremation site for Ayutthaya’s first king, Ramathibodi I, who reigned 1350-1369 CE. Photo taken in 2019 CE.
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Sukhothai
Sukhothai or Sukhothai Historical Park was the former capital of the Kingdom of Sukhothai (1248-1438 CE), which was founded by King Si Inthrathit (r. 1238-1270 CE) and was the first in a series of independent polities that would eventually...
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Ram of Amun
Granite gneiss of the Ram of Amun. The standing figure is King Taharqa. 25th Dynasty, c. 680 BCE, from Temple T, Kawa, Egypt. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
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Amun
Ram-headed Amun-Ra, Ashmolean, Oxford
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King Horemheb with Amun-Ra
The inscriptions identify the headless king as Horemheb and the larger god as Amnu-Ra, here shown in his fertility aspect. The deity's phallus, now lost, was made separately. The statue was perhaps usurped from Tutankhamun, whose short reign...
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Kriosphinx
Ram, or Kriosphinx, from Karnak.
From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. I by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).
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Arabian Ibex Lamp Handle
Lamp handle made of bronze in the shape of an ibex. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Southern Arabia. Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Golden Fleece
The golden fleece is the fleece of a flying, winged ram named Crius Chrysomallos, or 'Golden-fleeced Ram', in Greek mythology. It is best known from the story of Jason and the Argonauts, who were sent by Pelias, the ruler of Iolcos, to retrieve...
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Ram in a Thicket
From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC This is one of an almost identical pair discovered by Leonard Woolley in the 'Great Death Pit', one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The other is now in the University of Pennsylvania...