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Pharos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Bernand

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 06, 2024 01:50 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=0, dare:feature=lighthouse

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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727197

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.214039, 29.885368

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 23425 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Pharos (330 BC - AD 640)

Pharos makes connections with:

Pharos located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)

Pharos receives connections from:

None

Place type:
lighthouse

References:

See Further:

Related:

Wikidata Lighthouse of Alexandria (Q43244)

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 B2 Pharos

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Iskandariya

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Suggested citation:
A. Bernand, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Pharos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727197> [accessed: 23 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727197 |title=Places: 727197 (Pharos) |author=Bernand, A. |accessdate=April 23, 2024 6:54 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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