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The Dendera light is a motif in the Hathor temple at Dendera in Egypt. According to the hieroglyphic text surrounding the pieces, it depicts statues referencing part of the Egyptian creation myth . The temple, especially its crypts, contain several reliefs depicting statues of Harsomtus , sometimes syncretized with Ra , in the form of an ...
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Devils Island Light ; Location: Devils Island, Wisconsin: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Foundation: Concrete: Construction: Cast iron: Automated: 1978; 46 years ago (): Height: 71 feet (22 m) [2]: Shape: Cylindrical Free Standing [1] [4]: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places contributing property : Light; First lit: 1901; 123 years ago (): Focal height: 100 feet (30 m) [3]: Lens: 3rd order ...
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This is a list of lighthouses in Egypt, which are located along both the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastlines of this North African country. The list includes active maritime lighthouses that are named landfall lights, or that have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles.
Outer Island Lighthouse 1874 [7] Sand Island Light 1881 [8] Devils Island Lighthouse 1891 [9] Other lighthouses are in the area, but are not included in the Apostle Islands Lighthouses listing: La Pointe Lighthouse and Chequamegon Point Lighthouse (listed together as the La Pointe Light Station, #83003366) Ashland Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse ...
The Serapeum of Saqqara was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at Memphis.It was believed that the bulls were incarnations of the god Ptah, which would become immortal after death as Osiris-Apis, a name which evolved to Serapis (Σέραπις) in the Hellenistic period, and Userhapi (ⲟⲩⲥⲉⲣϩⲁⲡⲓ) in Coptic.
In 2009, a group of private citizens formed the Devils Island Light Society to express concern for the present condition and also the future of the lighthouse. It was the intention of the society to apply to have the Devils Island lighthouse included under Bill S-215 (the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act ) when the Bill came into force in May ...