Numerous religious traditions Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism, Shinto, and various Pagan traditions each have a history of altar-use as part of their liturgical practice.
Researchers at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem moved a graffiti-covered stone slab and found it was an elegant, luxurious spiral-covered medieval altar.
as one of the oldest gothic cathedrals in the world is rebuilt after a devastatnig fire, visitors can now view notre dame virtually. it s a welcome distraction to a simmering row amongst many public figures in france who accuse designers of planning to turn the cathedral s insides into a woke disneyland, as mark lobel reports. after the fire, where great coronations and weddings occurred, the reconstruction. this tree felled for the spire to be restored faithfully within an inch of its former life. but look inside notre dame, as president macron did on the fire s second anniversary, and that s where things are beginning to heat up again. the archbishop of paris has plans for at installations to replace altars, classical sculptures to replace conventional boxes, and a biblical themed discovery trail to bring the cathedral into the 21st century, are being cast by some critics as a politically correct disneyland.