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The Marby grave brings together cremation, a stone monument, and this ritualistic deposit of bronze objects, which is synonymous with the end of this era when the treatment and use of bronze objects changed—often left in hoards on land or in water, sometimes as offerings to gods or divinities.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
The pawangs—who came from a variety of Malay, Tamil, or Arab Muslim backgrounds—also understood themselves as negotiating for safe passage with non-Muslim divinities, including the Hindu deities Shiva, Indra, Krishna, and Vishnu.
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H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2026
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
The pawangs—who came from a variety of Malay, Tamil, or Arab Muslim backgrounds—also understood themselves as negotiating for safe passage with non-Muslim divinities, including the Hindu deities Shiva, Indra, Krishna, and Vishnu.
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H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divinities
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The animals were also chosen as vehicles for deities during processions because of their height.
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Evidence of this lies in the very names of the planets, which represented ancient deities, and of the five bright planets, the one whose color appeared to come closest to that of blood was called Mars in honor of the god of war.
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Not enough people look back to the ancient world, which is more associated with epic poetry about gods and war than prose compositions.
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Ginori 1735 x The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection The easiest way to spot the Ginori takeover aboard The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Evrima is to look for Luke Edward Hall’s colorful sea gods.
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“Divinities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divinities. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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