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Pharos (other)
The Pharos of Alexandria was an ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Pharos may also refer to: Lighthouses * The Pharos, either of two Roman lighthouses at Dubris (Dover, England) * Pharos Lighthouse (Fleetwood), Fleetwood, England Other uses * Pharos (crater), a crater on Proteus, moon of Neptune * Pharos (horse), a British racehorse * Pharos (polis), the ancient Greek name of the Croatian island Hvar * ''Pharos'' (album), an album by the band SETI * Pharos, a character in ''Persona 3'', a video game * NLV ''Pharos'', a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man See also * Pharo, a programming language * Pharaohs, common title of the monarchs of ancient Egypt * Hvar, Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea whose Greek name is Pharos * Faros Faros is a village at the southeast end of the island of Ikaria, Greece. It is located on a small plain home to many vineyards. Its beach i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharos
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria (; Ancient Greek: ὁ Φάρος τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας, contemporary Koine ), was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (280–247 BC). It has been estimated to have been at least in overall height. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, for many centuries it was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world. The lighthouse was severely damaged by three earthquakes between 956 and 1323 AD and became an abandoned ruin. It was the third-longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the extant Great Pyramid of Giza), surviving in part until 1480, when the last of its remnant stones were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. In 1994, a team of French archaeologists dove into the water of Alexandria's Eastern Harbour and discovered some remains of the lighthouse on the sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubris
Dubris, also known as Portus Dubris and Dubrae, was a port in Roman Britain on the site of present-day Dover, Kent, England. As the closest point to continental Europe and the site of the estuary of the Dour, the site chosen for Dover was ideal for a cross-channel port. The Dour is now covered over for much of its course through the town. In the Roman era, it grew into an important military, mercantile and cross-channel harbour and – with Rutupiae (Richborough Roman fort) – one of the two starting points of the road later known as Watling Street. It was fortified and garrisoned initially by the Classis Britannica, and later by troops based in a Saxon Shore Fort. Julius Caesar At the start of his first attempt to conquer Britain in 55 BC Julius Caesar initially tried to land at Dubris, whose natural harbour had presumably been identified by Volusenus as a suitable landing place. However, when he came in sight of shore, the massed forces of the Britons gathered on the ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharos Lighthouse (Fleetwood)
The Pharos Lighthouse (also known as the Upper Lighthouse) is a tall Runcorn red sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The lighthouse was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M. Denham. Burton has been commissioned three years previously by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood as the architect of the new town of Fleetwood. Construction was completed in 1840. Unusually for a functioning British lighthouse, it stands in the middle of a residential street (Pharos Street). Though officially named the 'Upper Lighthouse', it has been known as the 'Pharos' since its construction, after the celebrated ancient lighthouse Pharos of Alexandria. The lighthouse was designed and constructed in conjunction with the much shorter () Lower Lighthouse (also known as Beach Lighthouse) which stands on Fleetwood sea front. The lighthouses are designed to be used as a pair to guide shipping through the treacherous sandbanks of the Wyre estuary. The light from the Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharos (crater) , due to how unusually close it is to Proteus.
Pharos is a crater on Neptune's moon Proteus. It is named after the Lighthouse of Alexandria, also known as the Pharos of Alexandria. It is currently the only named surface feature on any irregularly shaped moon of Neptune. It measures 10–15 km deep and has a diameter of around in diameter, making it more than half the diameter of Proteus itself. The impact that created Pharos may have also created Hippocamp The hippocampus or hippocamp, also ''hippokampos'' (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; grc, ἱππόκαμπος, from , "horse" and , "sea monster" References Surface features of Neptune's moons[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteus (moon)
Proteus (), also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune's largest inner satellite. Discovered by ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft in 1989, it is named after Proteus, the shape-changing sea god of Greek mythology. Proteus orbits Neptune in a nearly equatorial orbit at a distance of about 4.75 times the radius of Neptune's equator. Despite being a predominantly icy body more than in diameter, Proteus's shape deviates significantly from an ellipsoid. It is shaped more like an irregular polyhedron with several slightly concave facets and relief as high as . Its surface is dark, neutral in color, and heavily cratered. Proteus's largest crater is Pharos, which is more than in diameter. There are also a number of scarps, grooves, and valleys related to large craters. Proteus is probably not an original body that formed with Neptune. It could have accreted later from the debris formed when the largest Neptunian satellite Triton was captured. Discovery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharos (horse)
Pharos (4 April 1920 – 30 April 1937) was a British bred thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland. Pedigree Bred and raced by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, he was a brother to the stakeswinners, Fair Isle (1927) and Fairway (1925) who won 31 races and £71,635 between them. They were by the successful sire, Phalaris, their dam the staying mare, Scapa Flow by Chaucer. Pharos's maximum distance was approximately 1¼ miles and Fairway could stay much further and was altogether a better racehorse. Both Pharos and Fairway were outstanding successes at stud where they both sired classic winners of a high standard. However, Pharos has proved the more influential in the long run and now stands four-square on the pre-eminent sire line in world racing.. Racing record Pharos won six of his nine starts at age two and three of his nine starts at age three when he also ran second to Papyrus in the 1923 Epsom Derby. Racing at age four, Pharos won four of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharos (polis)
Stari Grad ("Old Town") (Italian: ''Cittavecchia'' or ''Cittavecchia di Lesina'') is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia. One of the oldest towns in Europe, its position at the end of a long, protected bay and next to prime agricultural land has long made it attractive for human settlement. Stari Grad is also a municipality within the Split-Dalmatia County. The most ancient part of Stari Grad falls within the UNESCO Protected World Heritage Site of the Stari Grad Plain, while the entire municipality lies within the surrounding buffer zone. Name Stari Grad was originally named Faros ( el, Φάρος) by the Greek settlers from the island of Paros, who arrived in 384 BC. While the name Faros is strikingly similar to the name of the Greek island the settlers arrived from, there is an alternate theory that it came from the previous inhabitants of the area. A great naval battle was recorded a year after the establishment of Pharos colony by a Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharos (album)
''Pharos'' is the second studio album by the experimental ambient group Seti, which was released in 1995. Track listing Disc 1: "Arecibo" # ".beacon01" – 18:53 # ".beacon02" – 6:17 # ".beacon03" – 6:20 # ".beacon04" – 4:34 # ".beacon05" – 6:07 # ".beacon06" – 6:54 # ".beacon07" – 4:47 Disc 2: "Phoenix" # ".beacon08" – 11:31 # ".beacon09" – 4:04 # ".beacon10" – 7:15 # ".beacon11" – 2:11 # ".beacon12" – 5:39 # ".beacon13" – 9:25 # ".beacon14" – 14:06 Notes The liner notes contain a short introduction to SETI written by Frank Drake, an essay by Madison Blue, and descriptions of the Arecibo message, the Drake equation, Project Phoenix, and a history of SETI in NASA. The recorded 1974 Arecibo message is also found in the music itself, as are recordings of radio telescopes receiving various types of pulsar A pulsar (from ''pulsating radio source'') is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Of Persona 3
Atlus's 2006 role-playing video game ''Persona 3'' focuses on the exploits of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), a group of high-schoolers defending their home city from monsters known as Shadows. ''Persona 3'' is set in a fictional Japanese city in the year 2009. Due to past events, there is a hidden period between one day and the next, known as the "Dark Hour", during which most people become unconscious (a state the game calls "Transmogrification", symbolized by normal people turning into floating coffins), and Shadows feed on the minds of those still aware of their surroundings. In addition, a large tower called Tartarus, filled with Shadows, rises out of the ground during the Dark Hour. SEES is composed of students attending Gekkoukan High School. The player names and controls the game's protagonist, who leads SEES in its exploration of Tartarus. ''Persona 3'' mixes elements of role-playing and Simulation video game, simulation games: during the day, the pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NLV Pharos
NLV ''Pharos'' is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man. History ''Pharos'' and her sister ship, (2006) were built by Stocznia Remontowa, Gdańsk, Poland as part of a £38 million contract. ''Galatea'' serves the same role for Trinity House on the coast of England, Wales and the Channel Islands. ''Pharos'' is the tenth NLB vessel to carry the name, replacing the ninth ''Pharos'' in March 2007. The first ''Pharos'', which operated as a lighthouse vessel from 1799 to 1810, was a simple wooden sloop 49 feet long (approx 15 metres) and 18 feet wide (approx 5½ metres). Pharos was the great lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Service NLV ''Pharos'' is based in Oban and works mainly in Scottish and Manx waters, servicing over 200 automatic lighthouses, buoys and beacons. She is also ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharo
Pharo is an open source, cross-platform implementation of the classic Smalltalk-80 programming language and runtime. It's based on the OpenSmalltalk virtual machine called Cog (VM), which evaluates a dynamic, Reflective programming, reflective, and Object-oriented programming, object-oriented programming language with a syntax closely resembling Smalltalk#Syntax, Smalltalk-80. Pharo is shipped with a source code compiled into a ''system image'' that contains all software necessary to run Pharo system. Like the original Smalltalk-80, Pharo provides several live programming features such as immediate object manipulation, Reflective programming, live updates, and just-in-time compilation. The image includes an IDE-like software to modify its components. Pharo was forked from Squeak v3.9 in March of 2008. Overview Pharo is a pure object-oriented dynamically typed and reflective language. The stated goal of Pharo is to revisit Smalltalk design and enhance it. The name Phar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: ''pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Empire in 30 BC. However, regardless of gender, "king" was the term used most frequently by the ancient Egyptians for their monarchs through the middle of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom. The term "pharaoh" was not used contemporaneously for a ruler until a possible reference to Merneptah, c. 1210 BC during the Nineteenth Dynasty, nor consistently used until the decline and instability that began with the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty. In the early dynasties, ancient Egyptian kings had as many as three titles: the Horus, the Sedge and Bee ( ''nswt-bjtj''), and the Two Ladies or Nebty ( ''nbtj'') name. The Golden Horus and the nomen and prenomen titles were added later. In Egyptian society, religio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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