PHAROS

fârˈŏs, peninsula, extending into the Mediterranean Sea, N Egypt, NE Africa, forming two harbors at Alexandria. Originally an island, it was joined to the mainland by a mole, constructed by order of Alexander the Great. On Pharos stood the celebrated lighthouse completed (c.280 b.c.) by Ptolemy II, which is usually included among the ancient Seven Wonders of the World. No precise description of it has survived, and modern estimates of its height vary between 200 and 600 ft (60–180 m). It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 14th cent.

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books on: Pharos  - 1073 results

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Cosmology and Eschatology in Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism
Book by Collins Adela Yarbro; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Apocalyptic Literature--History And Criticism, Bible--N.T--Revelation--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Eschatology, Jewish, Eschatology--History Of Doctrines--Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Jewish Cosmology, Son Of Man--History Of Doctrines--Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Symbolism Of Numbers
...the translation. The first took place on the island of the Pharos in the presence of the Jews. 114 The second was a sumptuous...other festival days. Let us assume: (1) the ceremony on the Pharos was held immediately after the completion of the translation...
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Ptolemaic Alexandria
Book by P. M. Fraser; Clarendon Press, 1972
Subjects: Alexandria (Egypt)--Civilization
...protected at just this point by the island of Pharos; the higher ground running roughly parallel...the open sea to the north and west of Pharos island, which evidently formed part of...up land-bridge between the island of Pharos and the mainland, that seems to have been...
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Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece
Book by W. V. Harris, Giovanni Ruffini; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Alexandria (Egypt)--History--Congresses, Egypt--History--Greco-Roman Period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D--Congresses
...Ruffini 241 Chapter Thirteen The Island of Pharos in Myth and History Mostafa el-Abbadi 259...unifying Egypt and Greece via the case of the island of Pharos. It is through Pharos that Homers own characters turned their eyes to...
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Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property
Book by Robert Layton, Peter G. Stone, Julian Thomas; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Antiquities--Collection And Preservation, Architecture--Mutilation, Defacement, Etc, Church Buildings--Vandalism, Cultural Property--Protection, Ethnic Conflict, Historic Sites--Conservation And Restoration, Vandalism
...18.5 Hvar Island, Stari Grad, Hvar Castle and Grapceva Spilja 247 18.6 Pharos and the Stari Grad plain (Landsat) 249 18.7 Brac and Skrip 252...
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The Pharsalia of Lucan: Literally Translated into English Prose with Copious Notes
Book by H. T. Riley; Henry G. Bohn, 1853
Subjects: Pharsalus, Battle Of, 48 B.C, Rome--History--Civil War, 49-48 B.C
...468-484. The valour of Caesar is described. The ships of the enemy being burnt, Caesar takes possession of Pharos, 485-509. Pothinus is put to death, 510-519. Arsinoe, the younger sister of Ptolemy, slays Achillas, 519-529...
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The Fires of Alexandria
Journal article by Victor Walter; New England Review, Vol. 18, 1997
Subjects: Fiction
...north into the sea, a finger pointing to Pharos light. The lighthouse almost scraped...north. The causeway to the island of Pharos divided the seashore into two harbors...explore the library. "Then let us visit the Pharos," the priest said. Al-Hakeem agreed...
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James Joyce: Aristotle's Trickster
Journal article by Alice Hughes-Kersnowski; The American Journal of Semiotics, Vol. 14, 1997
...associative setting of the Proteus Episode is Pharos, the sacred island of Proteus, the shape changer. Over time the island of Pharos became joined to the Egyptian mainland...Proteus took place at the island of Pharos, "in the wash of the waves over Egypt...
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Ecofeminism and Theology
Journal article by Ulrike Wiethaus; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 34, 1997
Subjects: Books--Reviews
...Edited by Mary Grey and Elizabeth Green. Yearbook of the European Society of Women in Theological Research 2. Kampen: Kok Pharos Publishing House; Mainz: Matthias-Grunewald-Verlag, 1994. Pp. 145. DM 42,00, paper. This yearbook on ecofeminism and theology...
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The Triumph of Elohim: from Yahwisms to Judaism
Journal article; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 116, 1997
...The Triumph of Elohim: From Yahwisms to Judaism, ed. Diana V. Edelman. Contributions to Exegesis and Theology 13. Kampen: Kok Pharos; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. Pp. 262. G 69,90/$25.00 (paper). This collection contains seven essays by as many authors that...
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Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Paul
Journal article by Benjamin Fiore; Theological Studies, Vol. 59, 1998
Subjects: Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Paul (Book)--Reviews, Books--Reviews
...ANCIENT RHETORICAL THEORY AND PAUL. By R. Dean Anderson, Jr. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology. Louvain: Kok Pharos, 1996. Pp. 315. Fr.b. 1180. Andersons study challenges those who analyze Pauline, and indeed all New Testament texts with...
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PDAs That Get Around: No Cell Phones, but These Pocket PCs Have What a Traveler Needs
Magazine article by Robert S. Anthony; Black Enterprise, Vol. 37, February 2007
Subjects: Computer industry--Product information, Hewlett-Packard Co.--Product information, Personal digital assistants--Prices and rates, Personal digital assistants--Product information, Pharos Science and Applications Inc.--Product information
...rx5915 Travel Companion from Hewlett-Packard, the Pharos Traveler GPS 525 from Pharos Science Applications Inc., and the Mio P550 from...WorldMate navigation software. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Pharos Traveler GPS 525; $549.95 The Pharos Traveler GPS...
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A Blueprint for Growth: Private Equity Firms
Magazine article; Black Enterprise, Vol. 37, June 2007
Subjects: Private equity, Venture capital companies--Growth
...br/ 2 2 Pharos Capital Dallas, TX...br/ 2 2 Pharos Capital Kneeland Youngblood...br/ 2 2 Pharos Capital 1998 17 500...
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Private Equity Firms
Magazine article; Black Enterprise, Vol. 38, June 2008
Subjects: Investment companies--Rankings
...6 2 Pharos Capital Dallas, TX Kneeland...6 2 Pharos Capital 1998...6 2 Pharos Capital Healthcare...
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75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street: Whether They're in Investment Banking, Sales and Trading, Asset Management, or Private Equity, These Power Players Move the Financial Markets
Magazine article by Carolyn M. Brown; Black Enterprise, Vol. 37, October 2006
Subjects: African American business enterprises--Evaluation, African American business enterprises--Rankings, African American executives--Evaluation, African American executives--Management, African American executives--Rankings, Financial services industry--Officials and employees, Financial services--Officials and employees
...Youngblood Co-Founder Managing Partner Pharos Capital Group Dallas, TX * Age: 50 Calling...France, to meet with an entrepreneur that Pharos is considering doing business with. And...Youngblood has charted the course of Pharos, with $500 million in capital under management...
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Alexander Chaushian and Yevgeny Sudbin at the Wigmore
Magazine article by Robert Matthew-Walker; Musical Opinion, Vol. 131, January 2008
...music for Cello and Piano given by Alexander Chaushian and Yevgeny Sudbin at the Wigmore Hall on 3 December, sponsored by the Pharos Trust, proved to be a partieularly successful occasion from all points of view. Alexander Chaushian is one of the most gifted...
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newspaper articles on: Pharos  - 31 results

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Rising High; Engineering Wales Chris Pembridge, Regional Director from Atkins, Looks at How High-Rise Buildings Have Stood the Test of Time as Iconic Structures for Their Surroundings
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 20, 2008
Subjects: High rise buildings, Skyscrapers, Tall buildings
...Have Stood the Test of Time as Iconic Structures for Their Surroundings. EVER since the times of the Great Lighthouse or Pharos of Alexandria (c290BC) which stood an estimated 200m, high-rise and tall buildings have held a fascination for the masses...
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LIUNGERING GHOSTS THAT HAUNT CLEOPATRA'S CITY; TRAVEL MAIL,A CITY AS ELUSIVE AS THE SMOKE WAFTING OUT OF ITS HUBBLE-BUBBLE CAFES,In a Cinema Medusa Lies Glowering
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 14, 1996
...times it was famed for its lighthouse, the Pharos (one of the Seven Wonders of the World...Empereur started bringing up pieces of the Pharos itself. Built in the Third Century BC...firewood up a spiral staircases. The Pharos was destroyed by a series of earthquakes...
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Anne and Her Bid to 'Bag' All the Lighthouses in Scotland; OFF THE LIST: Princess Anne Pladda Light Last Week
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 13, 2008
...lights. On July 22 and 23, she will be back aboard the NLB ship Pharos, to add twolighthouses on Skye to her list. The Princess has...technical term for the study oflighthouses, derived from the Pharos at Alexandria, one of the ancient SevenWonders of the World...
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Four Students Killed in School Bus Crash
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 27, 2008
Subjects: News agencies, The Associated Press
...Thomas Fletcher of the Twin Lakes School Corp. in nearby Monticello. The bus was carrying special-needs students, the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, but Fletcher would not confirm that. The students attended two elementary schools in Logansport, the superintendent...
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101 MAD MOVIE TITLES; So You Thought One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Was a Daft Title for a Film? Well, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Not until You've Taken a Look at GARY LEBOFF's Maddest Movie Titles of All Time
Newspaper article by Gary Leboff; The People (London, England), April 27, 1997
...Betta, Betta In The Wall, Whos The Fattest Fish Of All (US 1969). Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (US 1956). Bloodsucking Pharos In Pittsburgh (US 1990). B-0-I-N-N-G (US 1962). The Boy Who Cried Bitch (US 1991). Breakfast At Manchester Morgue (Italy...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pharos  - 6 results

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Pharos
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PHAROS far os, peninsula, extending into the Mediterranean Sea, N Egypt, NE Africa, forming two harbors at Alexandria. Originally an island, it was joined to the mainland by a mole, constructed by order of Alexander the Great. On Pharos stood the celebrated lighthouse completed (c.280 b.c.) by Ptolemy II, which is usually included among the ancient Seven...
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Hvar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HVAR khvar, Gr. Pharos, Ital. Lesina, island (1991 est. pop. 11,400), 112 sq mi (290 sq km), in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast, Croatia...
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Ptolemy II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...340 281 b.c.). He continued his fathers efforts to make Alexandria the cultural center of the Greek world. He completed the Pharos and encouraged the translation of the Pentateuch into the Greek Septuagint . Finances were reformed, and a canal was built...
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Seven Wonders of the World
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Artemision at Ephesus ; the Colossus of Rhodes ; the Olympian Zeus, statue by Phidias ; and the lighthouse at Pharos , Alexandria, or, instead, the walls of Babylon. See L. Cottrell, Wonders of the World (1959). ____________________ Copyright...
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Alexandria , City, Egypt
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...emporium and the Serapeum and a granite shaft (88 ft/27 m high) called Pompeys Pillar. Nothing remains of the lighthouse on the Pharos (3d cent. b.c.), which was one of the Seven Wonders of the World , and the site of the royal palace lies under the older...
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