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This thesis examines concepts of sacred space in ancient Near Eastern temples and how they were expressed architecturally. It analyzes how temples functioned as sacred mountains at the center of the world, represented creation and the heavenly temple, and were sites for rituals relating to kingship, coronation, hieros gamos (sacred marriage), and the Tree of Life. Temples in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hittite lands, Canaan, and Israel are described and their architectural features analyzed in relation to embodying

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Juan Miguel ll

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