Sentences with 'altars'
Example sentences and phrases with the word altars and other words derived from it.
• « Excavations in the Jeha area reveal temples and altars, monumental inscriptions, human and animal images moulded in clay, and a large number of stylised works that attest to the high degree of civilisation achieved long before Christianity took root on Egyptian soil. »
• « These headdresses, from which bands hung on each side, also served to adorn altars and were occasionally used to ornament the victims that were brought for sacrifice. The quality and number of ornaments in each case betrayed the rank of the person, so that it was customary to say, depending on the person concerned, that he was the victim of many infulas. »