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Siwa Oasis is an official map for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory which belongs to North Africa Campaign. [68] The fifth mission from the game Sniper Elite III takes place on the Siwa Oasis. [69] Siwa is prominently featured in the videogame Assassin's Creed: Origins and is the birthplace and home of the protagonist Bayek of Siwa. [70]
The Temple of the Sun is an example of the Palencan architectural style, the structure is a stepped pyramidal base with a three-entrance temple at the top. The temple's interior is made up of three rooms divided by walls with a main chamber with a large stone panel known as the Tablet of the Sun with iconography related to the sun god. [4]
The Delectable Mountains: illustrated by 43 of the author's own photographs and with maps by the author; the sketches by Bridget Busk. Hodder & Stoughton. Busk, Douglas (1957). The Fountain of the Sun. Unfinished journeys in Ethiopia and the Ruwenzoi. Max Parrish. Busk, Douglas (1965). The curse of tongues. Pall Mall Press. Busk, Douglas (1967).
The main structure of the whole sector is the Sun Temple, an uncompleted building which features the Wall of the Six Monoliths. [23] The Middle and Funerary sectors have several rectangular buildings, some of them with two floors; also, several fountains are in the Middle sector. [24] "The bath of the princess", a fountain at the base of the ruins
Heliopolis is the Latinised form of the Greek name Hēlioúpolis (Ἡλιούπολις), meaning "City of the Sun". Helios, the personified and deified form of the sun, was identified by the Greeks with the native Egyptian gods Ra and Atum, whose principal cult was located in the city.
The Latona Fountain in the Gardens of Versailles lies in the Latona Basin between the Palace of Versailles and the Grand Canal. On the top tier, there is a statue of the goddess Latona, mother of the sun and moon gods. [1] The fountain operates three times a week during the high season. [2]
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The Puerta del Sol originated as one of the gates in the city wall that surrounded Madrid in the 15th century. Outside the wall, medieval suburbs began to grow around the Christian Wall of the 12th century. The name of the gate came from the rising sun which decorated the entry, since the gate was oriented to the east.