syene
71PHYLAE seu PHILAE — PHYLAE, seu PHILAE insula Aegypti parva, quam totam urbe ipsâ fere occupari tradit Aristides αὐτόπτης, ex adverso Syenes est, si Plinio fides habenda, cui tamen omnes Geographi contrariantur Strabo enim dicit a Syene curru iter sefecisse, Philas… …
72syenite — [sī′ə nīt΄] n. [Fr syénite < L Syenites (lapis), Syenite (stone) < Syene < Gr Syēnē, Syene] a grayish, intrusive igneous rock usually containing feldspar, hornblende, and some quartz syenitic [sī΄ənit′ik] adj …
73granite — Syenite Sy e*nite, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. ?.] (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called {granite}. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous …
74leucite syenite — Syenite Sy e*nite, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. ?.] (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called {granite}. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous …
75nephelite elaeolite syenite — Syenite Sy e*nite, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. ?.] (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called {granite}. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous …
76Syenite — Sy e*nite, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. ?.] (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called {granite}. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock… …
77syenite — noun Etymology: Latin Syenites (lapis) stone of Syene, from Syene, ancient city in Egyptian Date: circa 1796 an igneous rock composed chiefly of feldspar • syenitic adjective …
78Flat Earth — For other uses, see Flat Earth (disambiguation). The Flammarion engraving (1888) depicts a traveller who arrives at the edge of a flat Earth and sticks his head through the firmament …
79Kom Ombo — كوم أمبو Tour boats at the Temple of Kom Ombo …
80Philae — For the ESA space probe, see Philae lander. Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae * UNESCO World Heritage Site …
