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Recording the audio discussion in the OU Digilab

Divine Saving

Divine Saving

Recording the audio discussion in the OU Digilab

Recording the audio discussion in the OU Digilab

Picture from right to left: Theodora Jim, Emma-Jayne Graham, John Maiden.

Example of a 'dissected torso' votive offering

Example of a 'dissected torso' votive offering

Etrusco-Italic votive offering of a male torso, with intestines showing. From central Italy, 4th-2nd centuries BCE. Wellcome Collection. Credit: Science Museum, London

Personification of Soteria ('Divine Saving')

Personification of Soteria ('Divine Saving')

Late-Roman mosaic from Daphne near Antioch, now in the Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya.

Salvation Mountain in California, seen from the air.

Salvation Mountain in California, seen from the air.

Follow the links at the bottom of this page to hear Sara Patterson talk about the creation of Salvation Mountain by Leonard Knight (1931-2005).

Inside Salvation Mountain

Inside Salvation Mountain

A photograph of the ‘museum’ that Leonard Knight built at Salvation Mountain.

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