| 1. | Omphalos stones were believed to allow direct communication with the gods.
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| 2. | The omphalos is a " warped dimension of fluid space ".
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| 3. | The apex of the omphalos is above the ground.
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| 4. | The omphalos has a collection box chained next to it . ( See picture)
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| 5. | Coin of Antiochus IV . Reverse shows the Greek god Apollo on an omphalos.
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| 6. | But the road to " Omphalos " isn't quite as it seems.
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| 7. | The removal of Omphalos was itself controversial.
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| 8. | This has been interpreted by some to perhaps indicate an omphalos / penile reference symbolically.
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| 9. | See also Omphalos ( theology ).
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| 10. | One such dilemma is whether they should be depicted with navels ( the Omphalos theory ).
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