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Heliopolis (ancient site) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 30 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.1500 decimal degrees |
Long: 031 19 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.3160 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city of Lower Egypt, 6 miles NE of Cairo, dedicated to worship of Ra, the sun god; seat of viceroy of N Lower Egypt under New Empire (ca. 1570-ca. 1085 BCE); "Cleopatra's needles" (obelisks), now in London and New York, originally stood here. |
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Heliopolis (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Masr El Gedida (C,V)
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Bethshemesh (H,V)
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Heliopolis Aegyptus (H,O)
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Hilwan (H,V)
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On (H,V)
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Tell Hisn (H,V)
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Miṣr (nation) (P) |
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ancient site (preferred, C) |
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deserted settlement (C) |
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ancient holy city |
archaeological site (C) |
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obelisks removed to London in 1878 & to Central Park in New York in 1880 |
inhabited place (H) |
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