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ID: 7024281
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7024281
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Pharos (island)  Pharos (island)

Note: Connected to the mainland by a land bridge; described by Homer in the Odyssey; was site of famous Lighthouse of Alexandria (built by Sostratus of Cnidus for Ptolemy II of Egypt, ca. 280 BCE), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; lighthouse was replaced by a small mosque in the Middle Ages, & a fort in 1477.

Names:
Pharos (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Egypt (nation)  ........  Egypt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al IskandarÄ«yah (governorate)  ............  Al IskandarÄ«yah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Alexandria (inhabited place)  ................  Alexandria (inhabited place) (P)
Hierarchy of Pharos (island)  ....................  Pharos (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pharos..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 04/21/99
.................  Pharos Sculpture, Archaeology (1996) accessed 04/21/99
.................  Schuster, Alexandria, Archaeology (1999)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 04/21/99
..................  Pharos Sculpture, Archaeology (1996) accessed 04/21/99
..................  Schuster, Alexandria, Archaeology (1999)
 
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English .......... [VP]

 

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