Pharos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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Last modified
May 22, 2024 10:57 PM
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History
The Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was built under the Ptolemies between 280 and 247 BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727197
31.214039, 29.885368
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 23425 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Pharos (330 BC - AD 640)
- Pharos located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
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lighthouse
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 B2 Pharos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Iskandariya
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Pharos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727197> [accessed: 22 November 2024]
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