• Elagabalus (deity) (redirect from El-Gabal)
    Stone Homs Hubal Royal family of Emesa Lipiński, Edward (2011). "Elaha Gabal d'Émèse dans son contexte historique". Latomus. 70 (4): 1081–1101. ISSN 0023-8856...
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    Mount Uwaynat or Gabal El Uweinat (Arabic: جبل العوينات Gabal El ʿUwaināt or Jabal al-ʿUwaināt, Arabic for 'Mountain of the springs') is a mountain range...
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  • El-Gabal el-Ahmar (Arabic: الجبل الأحمر) is located today within the boundaries of modern-day Cairo, in the area of Nasr City. The name means "The Red...
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    composed of four mountains: Gabal Abu Dukhan (1,705 m.), Gabal Qattar (or Gattar, 1,963 m.), Gabal Shayeb El-Banat (2,187 m.), Gabal Umm Anab (1,782 m.). Seasonal...
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    throughout the Empire. Elagabalus saw this as an opportunity to set up his god, El-Gabal, as the chief deity of the Roman pantheon. Elagabal, was placed over even...
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    dynasty who gave the city its name. Originally a center of worship for El-Gabal, a pagan idol linked to the sun, it later gained importance in Christianity...
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    of the religious process of worshiping the Syrian Sun God El-Gabal and integrating El-Gabal into Roman religion. After the divorce, Elagabalus removed...
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    aged 14, was the chief priest of the Phoenician sun-deity Elagabalus (or El-Gabal) in Emesa. Soldiers from Legio III Gallica (Gallic Third Legion), that...
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    for marrying Severa – he himself was a follower of the eastern sun god El-Gabal, and when marrying himself to Severa, he also conducted a symbolic marriage...
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    Zeaab El Gabal Al Mal wal Banoun Al Leqaa Al Thani Yaseen we Baheyya Abul El Ela Elbeshry Al Baqy men Al zaman sa3a Al wakf Resala khatera Bawabat El Halawani...
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    painting of him made as a priest making offerings to the Emesene deity El-Gabal. The painting was hung right above the statue of Victoria in the senate...
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  • Gabal El Haridi is an archaeological site in Egypt approximately 350 kilometers south of Cairo within Sakulta, in Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. The...
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    coin, with Greek inscriptions and dated according to the Seleucid Empire. On the reverse, the Emesa temple to the sun god El Gabal, with the holy stone....
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    Homs), whose family held hereditary rights to the priesthood of the god El-Gabal. Her great nephews, also Arabs from Syria, would also become Roman emperors...
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  • Gabal Hagar El Zarqa (Arabic: جَـبَـل حَـجَـر الـزَّرْقَـاء, romanized: Jabal Ḥajar az-Zarqā’) is the highest point in Bir Tawil, an unclaimed area in...
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    Elagabalus, the original name of which is posited to have been El-Gabal, Elah Gabal or Ilah Gabal (Modern Arabic "إله جبل"), meaning "God of the Mountain"....
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    222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus (/ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/ EL-ə-GAB-ə-ləs) and Heliogabalus (/ˌhiːliə-, -lioʊ-/ HEE-lee-ə-, -⁠lee-oh-), was...
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    statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which was quarried at el-Gabal el-Ahmar (near modern-day Cairo) and transported 675 km (420 mi) overland...
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    2022. "OFFICIAL: Mohamed Abou-Gabal joins Bank Al Ahly on free transfer". KingFut. 4 September 2022. "Mohamed Abou-Gabal set for Al Ahly move hours before...
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  • Har-El gave nine main reasons why he believed the traditional location of Gabal Horeb (Gabal Musa) in southern Sinai was not Mount Sinai: Har-El believes...
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    Bacchus in present-day Latakia Korsei el-Debb Roman temple Temple of Rabbos, Al Quanawat Temple to the sun god El Gabal, with the holy stone. Temple of Zeus...
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    Great Mosque was the site of the city's pagan temple for the sun god ("El-Gabal"). The temple gained Emesa (Homs) prominence in the region as an important...
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    Gabès (/ˈɡɑːbɛs/, UK also /ˈɡɑːbɪs/; Arabic: قابس, romanized: Gābis), also spelled Cabès, Cabes, and Kabes, is the capital of the Gabès Governorate in...
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    nowadays, known as the Colossi of Memnon, and the creation of the quarry of El-Gabal el-Ahmar, nearby Heliopolis, from which the blocks used to create the Colossi...
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    dunes. Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls are considered to be the largest waterfalls in Egypt. At the south and southeast of the springs is Gabal Manqueer Al Rayan...
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    Jebel Aqra (redirect from Gabal al-Aqra')
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    Statues Thebes, Egypt Ancient Egypt Transported 420 miles (680 km) from el-Gabal el-Ahmar (near modern-day Cairo) over land without using the Nile. 520 tons...
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    site is located a short distance from El Amarna. Typical materials known from this site are: Alabaster The Gabal Abu Dukhan site, near modern Hurghada...
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    Mosque of al-Nuri in Homs; initially a pagan temple for the sun god ("El-Gabal"), then converted into a church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist [citation...
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    Cairo El Qattah El-Amrah, Egypt El-Detti Elephantine Eles, Tunisia El-Gabal el-Ahmar El-Haria El-Hobagi El-Kurru El-Tod Enera Enfidha Esna Essaouira...
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