November 26, 2008 – 11:17 am
I came across a new word today in my inbox – hypaethral (\hye-PEETH-rul\). Webster defines this adjective as: 1 : having a roofless central space 2 : open to the sky What caught my interest was that this word is applied mostly to ancient temples. The example sentence that was given was: During our tour [...]
November 11, 2008 – 11:20 pm
Last Friday I was able to attend the symposium entitled “Temples and Ritual in Antiquity,” sponsored by The Students of the Ancient Near East (SANE) and the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University. It was an excellent symposium about the temple, with a wide range of topics related to the temple presented by students [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged apostasy, asian, BYU, early christian, egyptian, imagery, incense, lecture, liturgy, matthew brown, near east, online, prayer circle, priesthood, rituals, SANE, scholar, symposium, tabernacle, video
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September 11, 2008 – 6:59 pm
(Continued from Part 3) To continue my research I wanted to know as accurately as possible the story about this symbol, the “seal of Melchizedek,” as it was used in the San Diego Temple. I couldn’t find a good account online, so I decided to go to the source. Who better would know than the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, General Authorities, Scholarship, Temples Today
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Also tagged apostles, BYU, celestial, construction, conversation, design, gordon b. hinckley, hugh nibley, melchizedek, nauvoo temple, pattern, photos, salt lake temple, san diego temple, seal, symbols
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A group of researchers has just begun a two-week excavation at the well-known Stonehenge site in England in an attempt to discover, once and for all, the meaning behind the mysterious ruins. According to current scientific dating, Stonehenge dates back to about 3000 B.C., but it has perplexed archaeologists for years as to the purpose [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged ancestors, atonement, early christian, hugh nibley, megalith, model, prayer, prayer circle, rites, rituals, sacred, stone circles, stonehenge, vicarious, visit
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February 8, 2008 – 8:01 am
An exhibition back in 2000 at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, which was curated by Yael Israeli and David Mevorah, shows artifacts from the early years of the Christian church. The exhibition was entitled “The Cradle of Christianity“: The exhibition attempts to synthesize the literary sources with finds that have been excavated in this country, particularly [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts
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Also tagged altar, anointing, Artifacts, baptism, early christian, eucharist, garments, liturgy, penalty, prayer, tithing, uplifted hands, vestments
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