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Chess pieces

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Rosewood Chess Pieces

In chess, each player has one of two equivalent sets of pieces (each a different color) at the beginning of the game. Each set has six types of pieces, each with its own pattern of movement:

  • King

  • Queen

  • Rook (2)

Matthew 02

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Adoration of the Magi by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

2:1 Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2:2 Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

Matthew 14

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Breaking bread

14:1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

14:2 And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

14:3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Hades jewelry

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Hades is the lord of the dead and ruler of the nether world. The King of the underworld.

Film made by Dan Alexoae

Decebalus Rex

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Decebalus (Decebal in Romanian) or "The Brave One" was a king of Dacia (originally named Diurpaneus—ruled the Dacians 87 – 106)[2] and is famous for fighting three wars and negotiating two interregnums of peace without being eliminated against the Roman Empire under two emperors.

The Statue of Dacian king Decebalus is a 40-meter high statue that is the tallest rock sculpture in Europe. It is located on the Danube's rocky bank, near the city of Orşova, Romania.

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