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Major Patrick Ferguson
Miniature of Major Patrick Ferguson by an unknown artist, c. 1774-1777.
Private collection.
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Death of Major Ferguson
The death of Major Patrick Ferguson during the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780. Engraving after Alonzo Chappel, 1863.
Anne S. K. Brown Collection at Brown University.
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Petra Garden-Pool Complex
The garden and pool complex in Petra (Jordan) is an ornamental Nabataean garden situated on an artificial terrace west of the Great Temple and overlooking the main colonnaded street. It includes a large swimming pool, an island pavilion...
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Wadi Farasa in Petra
The Garden Triclinium in Wadi Farasa, a narrow gorge in Petra (Jordan) containing rock-cut monuments, including the Lion Fountain, the Garden Triclinium, the Roman Soldier Tomb, and the Renaissance Tomb. The original function of the Garden...
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Colonnaded Street of Petra
The colonnaded street of Petra (Jordan) marked the centre of the ancient city. A double row of columns lined the 6m-wide carriageway, and covered porticoes gave access to commercial shops on its south side. At the end of the colonnaded street...
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Qasr al-Bint, Petra
Qasr al-Bint, one of the main temples in the Nabataean city of Petra (Jordan). It is located to the northwest of the Great Temple and is one of the best-preserved ancient structures surviving in Petra today. It was probably the cult centre...
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Bust of Zeus-Dushara from Petra
Limestone bust of Zeus-Dushara from the courtyard enclosure of the Qasr al-Bint in the Nabataean city of Petra (Jordan). Dushara, the chief deity of Petra and the head of the Nabataean pantheon, was identified with the Greek god Zeus. This...
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Elephant Capital from Petra
One of the capitals of the 120 columns on the Lower Temenos of the Great Temple of Petra (Jordan). They were all decorated with heads of Asian elephants and are dated to the 1st century BCE or early 1st century CE.
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Great Temple, Petra
Frontal view of the Great Temple, a grand monumental complex that lies south of the colonnaded street at Petra (Jordan). The Great Temple is a rectangular complex with a Lower and an Upper Temenos. The Lower Temenos (sacred courtyard) was...
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Temenos Gate in Petra
The Temenos Gate in Petra (Jordan) is a monumental triple-arched gate erected at the western end of the colonnaded street. It marked the access to the sacred open precinct of the Qasr Al Bint. The 17-meter-high Temenos Gate originally had...