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Left: Block god found in a temple at Petra. Notice
how a face was added to the block god. Check out the images at
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Left: A single block god in a niche, found in
the siq of Petra. |
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Left: Another single Block God found in
a niche a Petra. |
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Above: Block God representation near the Soldier's Tomb, Petra
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A block god with a crescent top, located
in the small siq, near many other block gods.This crescent symbol
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- Above: A triangular shaped block god. Was this Al Quam?
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Many tombs and monuments in Petra are decorated
with circles. Did the circles also represent a deity?
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- Above: Three block gods side by side in little Petra.
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- Above: A block god in a niche in Petra. Same right:
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- Above and Right: Many niches were quite large, with facades
and steps to them.
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Above and right: Were the obelisks in Petra actually
God Blocks? Did these shapes represent a deity?
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Left: From a distance it is possible
to see the obelisks and how they were cut from the mountain.
Some have suggested that these were used to tell time, using
their shadows. However as they are located close to the edge
of a cliff, this is hard to understand. |
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Left and right: God blocks from
Meda'in Saleh. Notice the three gods together in the middle photo.
Also notice the added decorations to the niche. |
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Right and left and below:
God Blocks from the small siq.
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- This cavern is filled with God Blocks. Some have one, some
two and some three together.
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Left and right: These niches are different, in that
they are not blocks. To date I have not heard what these might
represent.
Below left: Do these three illustrate the three daughters
of God? Al-'Uzza, (goddess of Power) Manawat (Wat) (goddess of
fate) and Allat (Lat) (goddess of fertility)
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Left: An Block God below the highplace, (near the Lion
Monument) in Petra)
Right: Two block gods in the large siq to Petra.
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Compare the above block gods
with those below (found in other places)
As time progressed, faces were slowly added. Below
on the stele on the left, two block gods are shown side by side.
On the right it is possible to observe that eventually two circles
or 'eyes' were added. These eventually gave way to a face. Below
these, notice the two bock gods represented in a slight V shape.
Again. below that, notice the block god with the features of
a face being added. Bottom Right: The 'eye-idol' found in Petra.
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