The document discusses several ancient religious structures and artifacts found in Jordan and Arabia. It mentions a large Kalash atop a shrine in Jordan, statues of the goddess Allat in Amman and Palmyra, and describes the broken Kaa!a sculpture held together by silver. It also notes a pedestal of Brahma with numeric figures, tantric patterns defining Kaa!a sculptures, and pre-Islamic god sculptures. Additionally, it discusses a Jewish settlement besieged by Muhammad, Allat as a grain and fish goddess, a remaining Vedic temple in Petra built by Nabataeans with conical roofs, and temple remains in Madain Saleh from Arabia's Vedic past with sculptures
The document discusses several ancient religious structures and artifacts found in Jordan and Arabia. It mentions a large Kalash atop a shrine in Jordan, statues of the goddess Allat in Amman and Palmyra, and describes the broken Kaa!a sculpture held together by silver. It also notes a pedestal of Brahma with numeric figures, tantric patterns defining Kaa!a sculptures, and pre-Islamic god sculptures. Additionally, it discusses a Jewish settlement besieged by Muhammad, Allat as a grain and fish goddess, a remaining Vedic temple in Petra built by Nabataeans with conical roofs, and temple remains in Madain Saleh from Arabia's Vedic past with sculptures
The document discusses several ancient religious structures and artifacts found in Jordan and Arabia. It mentions a large Kalash atop a shrine in Jordan, statues of the goddess Allat in Amman and Palmyra, and describes the broken Kaa!a sculpture held together by silver. It also notes a pedestal of Brahma with numeric figures, tantric patterns defining Kaa!a sculptures, and pre-Islamic god sculptures. Additionally, it discusses a Jewish settlement besieged by Muhammad, Allat as a grain and fish goddess, a remaining Vedic temple in Petra built by Nabataeans with conical roofs, and temple remains in Madain Saleh from Arabia's Vedic past with sculptures
The document discusses several ancient religious structures and artifacts found in Jordan and Arabia. It mentions a large Kalash atop a shrine in Jordan, statues of the goddess Allat in Amman and Palmyra, and describes the broken Kaa!a sculpture held together by silver. It also notes a pedestal of Brahma with numeric figures, tantric patterns defining Kaa!a sculptures, and pre-Islamic god sculptures. Additionally, it discusses a Jewish settlement besieged by Muhammad, Allat as a grain and fish goddess, a remaining Vedic temple in Petra built by Nabataeans with conical roofs, and temple remains in Madain Saleh from Arabia's Vedic past with sculptures
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The huge Kalash atop Ad-Deir,
an ancient Vedic shrine in Jordan
Source: The Art of Jordan Al-lat (Durga) of Amman Source: The Art of Jordan Allat of Palmyra Source: Palmyra & its Empire Cit-Kunda-antra the Tantric pattern that the Kaa!a is !ased upon" Du-#hara, the, $a!ataean %ersion of &ord #hi%a" Source: Deities and Dolphins The #hi% &ing at The Ka!a" 't (as !ro)en in se%en places and no( is held together !y a sil%er !and" *a+am-,-'!rahim or more appropriately the pedestal of -rahma" .ead from right to left this figure of /* represents the num!ers 012 A tantric pattern (hich defines the structure of Kaa!a #culptures of Pre-'slamic gods Al-344a as the 5ish 6oddess Khay!er - The Je(ish #ettlement (hich (as !esieged !y *uhammad and his follo(ers Al-344a as the 6rain 6oddess /ne of the fe( remaining Vedic temples in Petra" 't (as !uilt !y the $a!ataeans" $ote the conical shape of the rooftops (hich is so typical of 7indu temple architecture Source: "Art of Jordan" by Piotr Bienkoski *adain #aleh, one of the fe( temple remains of Ara!ia8s Vedic past Ara!ic sculptures of &ord #hi%a (ho (as called 9#u(a9 : 9.uda9 and Al-344a (6oddess Durga) temple structure at the backdrop an ancient tomb in Arabia