WebKoneswaram temple of Trincomalee (Tamil: திருக் கோணேச்சரம் கோயில்) or Thirukonamalai Konesar Temple – The Temple of the Thousand Pillars and Dakshina-Then Kailasam (Southern / Ancient Kailash) is a classical-medieval Hindu temple complex in Trincomalee, a Hindu religious pilgrimage centre in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

WebThe following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 12001 through 13000, inclusive.The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPL's "Small-Body Orbital Elements" and "Data Available from the Minor Planet Center". A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources are given on the main page …

WebFunan (1st–7th century) was the first kingdom in Cambodian history and it was also the first Indianized kingdom that prospered in Southeast Asia. Both Hinduism and Buddhism flourished in this kingdom. According to the Chinese records, two Buddhist monks from Funan, named Mandrasena and Sanghapala, took up residency in China in the 5th to 6th …

WebThe British Isles is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe.It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Shetland, Orkney, and thousands of smaller islands.Traditionally the Channel Islands, are included, however these specific islands are geographically part of mainland continental Europe, as they are positioned off …

WebInstructions. The search form recognizes IAU numbers, designations, names, and JPL SPK-ID numbers. When searching for a particular asteroid or comet, it is best to use either the IAU number, as in 433 for asteroid “433 Eros”, or the primary designation as in 1998 SF36 for asteroid “25143 (1998 SF36)”.However, using the asteroid/comet name will also work, …

WebPeople Ancient world. Porcius Festus, Roman governor of Judea from approximately 58 to 62 AD; Sextus Pompeius Festus (later 2nd century), Roman grammarian; Festus (died 305), martyr along with Proculus of Pozzuoli; Festus (historian), Roman historian and secretary of the Emperor Valens Postumius Rufius Festus Avienius, a poet from Etruria; …

WebSea monster accounts are found in virtually all cultures that have contact with the sea. For example, Avienius relates of Carthaginian explorer Himilco's voyage "...there monsters of the deep, and beasts swim amid the slow and sluggishly crawling ships." (lines 117–29 of Ora Maritima).Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed to have encountered a lion-like monster with …

WebSirius B: EGGR 49, WD 0642-166, GCTP 1577.00: Database references; A: B: Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος, or Seirios, meaning lit. 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Alpha CMa or α CMa.With a visual apparent …

WebPassages in a section of the Iliad called the Deception of Zeus, suggest the possibility that Homer knew a tradition in which Oceanus and Tethys (rather than Uranus and Gaia, as in Hesiod) were the primeval parents of the gods. Twice Homer has Hera describe the pair as "Oceanus, from whom the gods are sprung, and mother Tethys". According to M. L. …

WebKarl Müllenhoff, professor of Germanic antiquities at the Universities of Kiel and Berlin, studying the sources of the Ora maritima by Avienius (a Latin poet who lived in the 4th century AD, but who used as a source for his own work a Phoenician Periplum of the 6th century BC), held that the name 'Ligurians' generically referred to various ...

WebJudging from Avienius' Ora Maritima, for which it is considered to have served as a source, the Massaliote Periplus (originally written in the 6th century BC, translated by Avienus at the end of the 4th century AD), does not use the name Britannia; instead it speaks of nēsos Iernōn kai Albiōnōn "the islands of the Iernians and the Albiones". ...

WebBarcelona (/ ˌ b ɑːr s ə ˈ l oʊ n ə / BAR-sə-LOH-nə, Catalan: [bəɾsəˈlonə], Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona]) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain.It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain.With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to …

WebThe Iberians (Latin: Hibērī, from Greek: Ἴβηρες, Iberes) were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC.They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among others, Hecataeus of Miletus, Avienius, Herodotus and Strabo).Roman sources also use the term Hispani to refer to …

WebThule (/ ˈ θ j uː l iː / Greek: Θούλη, translit. Thoúlē; Latin: Thūlē) is the most northerly location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography.Modern interpretations have included Orkney, Shetland, northern Scotland, the island of Saaremaa (Ösel) in Estonia, and the Norwegian island of Smøla.. In classical and medieval …