. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Druidical Cromlech. ical remains in Great Britain It is by manysupposed that it was for this purpose thatthe rude structures known as cromlechs wereemployed, though others regard them as se-pulchral monuments. Egyptian inscriptionsalso contain specimens of the ancient altarsof the East, and, in Persia, stone altars ofgreat antiquity are still found. The first al-tars were probably made of turf, or of stonesrudely pile
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Druidical Cromlech. ical remains in Great Britain It is by manysupposed that it was for this purpose thatthe rude structures known as cromlechs wereemployed, though others regard them as se-pulchral monuments. Egyptian inscriptionsalso contain specimens of the ancient altarsof the East, and, in Persia, stone altars ofgreat antiquity are still found. The first al-tars were probably made of turf, or of stonesrudely piled, and were of various Druidical Altars. Among the Romans, those dedicated to theheavenly gods were raised to a great height;those for the infernal deities were holes dugin the ground; while those of the terrestrialgods were nearly even with its surface. Thegreat temples of Rome generally containedthree altars. Their character is indicatedin some of the ancient coins. The altar atAthens, inscribed to the Unknown God,2 hasoccasioned no little discussion. The designof the inscription is not understood, but oth-er authors than Paul speak of the unknowngod at Athens. Cain and Abel appear to have worshiped1 Luke xxiv., 18.—a Acts xvii., 22, 23.
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