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	Heliopolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heliopolis (Greek Ἡλίου πόλις) was one of the most ancient cities of Egypt, and capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome.
		The Ptolemies probably took little interest in their "father" Ra, and Alexandria had eclipsed the learning of Heliopolis; thus with the withdrawal of royal favour Heliopolis quickly dwindled, and the students of native lore deserted it for other temples supported by a wealthy population of pious citizens.
		The city of Miṣr al-ǧidīdah, modern Heliopolis, was established by the Heliopolis Oasis Company, headed by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Louis Joseph, baron Empain, beginning in 1905.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heliopolis (800 words)

	Heliopolis
		Heliopolis was a city of hoary antiquity, its foundation buried in the dust of prehistory.
		Dynasty; the priests of Heliopolis, whose influence is also evident in the names of the kings following Khufu, had succeeded in organizing their political influence, becoming a clique of sufficient power to overthrow the old line.
		Heliopolis was anciently famous for its learning and Eudoxus and Plato studied under its priests.
	www.ancientroute.com /cities/heliopolis.htm (1100 words)

	Baalbek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is famous for its exquisitely detailed but monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman period, when Baalbek, known as Heliopolis was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire.
		Heliopolis (there was another Heliopolis in Egypt) was made a colonia by the Roman Empire in 15 BC and a legion was stationed there.
		When he was finished Heliopolis and Praeneste in Italy were the two largest sanctuaries in the Western world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baalbek (1421 words)

	Heliopolis/On
		Heliopolis is the Greek name of the city, but several other names were used in different texts: Egyptian theology called it Per-Re ("City of Re", which is the name that was model for the Greek name which can be translated with "City of the Sun"), and in the Bible it is called On.
		Heliopolis was the centre of sun worship in Egypt.
		The temple of Heliopolis was for centuries during the New Kingdom (1570-1085 BCE) among the most important cult centres of Egypt.
	www.i-cias.com /e.o/heliopolis.htm (347 words)

	HELIOPOLIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Heliopolis is de Griekse naam voor een stad uit het oude Egypte.
		Van oudsher was Heliopolis één van de belangrijkste religieuze centra van het land en zoals de Griekse naam aanduidt het centrum van de zonnecultus.
		Heliopolis was de stad waar de farao's ingehuldigd werden, ook al is in de loop van de geschiedenis de hoofdstad vele malen van plaats veranderd.
	www.thumpershollow.com /encyclopedia/H/Heliopolis (533 words)

	e-dar.com \| Egypt's Real Estate Directory \| Heliopolis
		Heliopolis was built by the Belgian Baron Empain who also built the Basilique church and "Hindu folly" referring to the beautiful palace on the airport road also referred to as "Kasr El Baron" or the haunted "Kasr El Baron".
		Heliopolis is located on the northeast tip of the great city of Cairo, or better said Heliopolis occupies the north east of Cairo.
		Heliopolis is like a small city it even has ring roads and bridges...
	www.e-dar.com /html/helion.html (212 words)

	Encyclopedia: Heliopolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Biblical Hebrew or Classical Hebrew is the ancient form of the Hebrew languages as spoken by the Israelites, in which the Hebrew Bible (Torah and Tanakh) was originally written.
		The chief diety of Heliopolis was the god Atum, who was worshipped in the primary temple, which was known by the names Per-Aat (pr-Ë3t; "Great House") and Per-Atum (pr-á»tmw; "Temple [lit.
		In Egyptian mythology, Mnewer was a fl bull in Heliopolis, worshipped as a symbol of fertility and as an oracle.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Heliopolis (2080 words)

	Heliopolis / Iunu - Ancient Near East .Net
		Heliopolis, known to the ancient Egyptians as Iunu, was one of three great cities and religious centres in ancient Egyptian culture - it is also the least known of these by a considerable degree.
		1999 "Joseph Hekekyan at Heliopolis", in Leahy, A. and Tait, J. (eds), Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H.S. Smith, London, 1999, pp.157-168.
		Petrie, W.M. Flinders and McKay, E. Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa, [British School of Archaeology in Egypt 24], London, 1915.
	www.ancientneareast.net /egypt/heliopolis_iunu.html (254 words)

	Heliopolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Heliopolis is an ancient Egyptian city, in the Nile delta, 10 km below modern Cairo.
		Under the New Empire (c.1570 B.C.—c.1085 B.C.), Heliopolis was the seat of the viceroy for N Egypt.
		Although Heliopolis was such a significant part of Egyptian life throughout the Dynastic period and into the Roman period, nothing today remains of what must have been this important city and its cult center of the sun-god Ra.
	www.aldokkan.com /geography/heliopolis.htm (305 words)

	Heliopolis on Rim of Joseph Smith Hypocephalus - Fac #2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Theban necropolis crowned with a pyramidion represented the solar symbol of rebirth from the primordial mound of Heliopolis.
		Heliopolis was the pre-eminent holy city of the Egyptians.Along with Thebes and Memphis, they were the 3 cities of the gods on earth, abiding forever.(Morenz, p.
		Heliopolis’ cosmological, ritual, theological and intellectual importance cannot be exaggerated and isn’t in the Joseph Smith Hypocephalus.
	www2.ida.net /graphics/shirtail/heliopol.htm (2976 words)

	Heliopolis Obelisk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Heliopolis was once the seat of worship of the sun god, Ra (Re), and The Great Temple of Re was built in this city.
		The Great Temple of Ra in Heliopolis was the second in size only to the Karnak Great Temple of Amon, and its priesthood wielded great influence, particularly during the 5th dynasty [of the Old Kingdom, 24th Century B.C.], when the worship of Ra become the state cult.
		Pharaoh Sesostris I seems to have erected two obelisks in front of the Temple at Heliopolis which was built by Amenemhat I, ex pharaoh.
	members.aol.com /Sokamoto31/heliopolis.htm (483 words)

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		It prowls the streets of Heliopolis headed directly for an encounter with Tifet who is about to enter the house of her adoptive father, Djehouty.
		There she meets more citizens of Heliopolis stricken with the same symptoms and instead of finding a cure she finds a mysterious prophecy that throws light on what is happening.
		Heliopolis is in terrible danger and she is destined to save it.
	www.quandaryland.com /jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=379 (1215 words)

	THE HELIOPOLIS PALACE HOTEL
		Like Heliopolis itself, the grandiose Palace Hotel rose out of the desert wastes in 1908-10 when lengthy sojourns in Egypt were a social ritual, and the hotel's register resembled a leaf out of Burke's Peerage.
		The Heliopolis Palace Hotel's main dome that was so awe inspiring to kings and tycoons alike measured 55 metres from floor to ceiling.
		Two wars interrupted the hotel's hospitality activities, and on both occasions the Heliopolis Palace Hotel was transformed into a hospital for British and Dominion soldiers, who became the largest single category of tourists to visit Egypt.
	www.egy.com /landmarks/98-03-19.shtml (1278 words)

	Heliopolis -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It was the capital of the 15th nome of Lower Egypt, but Heliopolis was important as a religious rather than a political centre.
		The enlarged airport at Heliopolis, with its modern terminal building, is used by major international airlines, as is Nuzhah airport at Alexandria.
		Tefnut was an early predynastic deity, and was worshiped as part of a system of gods in the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9039890?tocId=9039890 (576 words)

	Heliopolis/On
		At first it was the god Tem that was revered, but he was later considered as form of Re.
		The temple was second in size only to the Amon temple in Thebes.
		1500: Heliopolis reaches its historical height, when Re (later changed into Amon-Re) started to be revered as the chief god in the Egyptian pantheon.
	www.lexicorient.com /e.o/heliopolis.htm (347 words)

	GundamOfficial :: Cosmic Era :: Gundam Seed :: Glossary :: Locations
		The construction of Copernicus began in C.E. 10, in order to provide a source of raw materials for the space colony program, and the city was opened to civilian inhabitants two years later.
		Heliopolis uses a traditional "Island 3" space colony design, reinforced with a central axial shaft, and the colony cylinder is attached to a mining asteroid which serves as a source of raw materials.
		Heliopolis is officially neutral territory, making it an attractive refuge for families like those of Kira Yamato and his friends who hope to avoid being drawn into the current conflict.
	www.gundamofficial.com /worlds/ce/background/glossary_locations.html (1971 words)

	Review: Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy
		Of Heliopolis today, nothing remains, so it is interesting to consider how the graphical reproduction of the city was determined.
		She is considerate, because she cares about the lives of her father and the citizens of Heliopolis, yet she exhibits a need to augment her softer side by instilling attributes of strength and independence while persistently pursuing her quests and reaching her objectives.
		As the story unfolds, Tifet realizes that Djehouty is not the only one afflicted by the unknown disease, but that it is spreading rapidly among the populace and threatens to reach epidemic proportions that could destroy the city.
	www.justadventure.com /reviews/Egypt_II/Egypt_II.shtm (1805 words)

	Egypt: Gods - The Gods of Heliopolis
		From the xviiith Chapter of the Book of the Dead we find that the princes of Heliopolis were Tem, Shu, Tefnut, Osiris, and Thoth, and that Ra, Osiris, Shu, and Bebi were the princes of the portion of the Underworld which was known by the name of Anrut-f.
		Before its death it built a nest to which it gave the power of producing a new phoenix, though some thought that a worm crept out of its body before it died, and that form it the heat of the sun devloped a new phoenix.
		It has already been said that Seb was the god of the earth, and the Heliopolitans declared that he represented the very ground upon which their city stood, meaning that Heliopolis was th birthplace of the company of the gods, and in fact the work of creation began there.
	touregypt.net /heliogod.htm (2568 words)

	WHEN MAADI VERY NEARLY REPLACED HELIOPOLIS, November 16, 1996
		By now we are all aware that the developers of Heliopolis were a consortium of Belgian developers led by Monsieur Edouard Empain who later became world-famous as industrial and financial mogul 'General-Baron Empain'.
		The Egyptian partner in this vanguard turn of the century venture was Boghos Nubar Pasha, son of the late Armenian prime minister of Egypt Nubar Nubarian.
		Even before he launched Heliopolis, Monsieur Empain had made a name for himself in Egypt when he introduced in Cairo a few years earlier Africa's first electrical tramway cars.
	www.egy.com /landmarks/maadi/96-11-16.shtml (1262 words)

	Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - the Ennead of Heliopolis
		Heliopolis is found just to the northeast of modern Cairo.
		According to the Heliopolitans, the first act of creation occurred when the sun god Atum, "lord of Heliopolis", rose out of the chaos of Nun from a lotus flower and stood on a raised mound he created, the ben-ben.
		At the site of his emergence, the temple of Heliopolis was built.
	www.egyptianmyths.net /ennead.htm (323 words)

	Heliopolis and IBM
		Heliopolis Computers is one of the most respected Information Technology (IT) System Integrator companies in the UAE.
		Heliopolis Computers markets, sells and supports IBM products including PC's, Servers and Notebooks in the mainstream corporate market space.
		Heliopolis Computers with its excellent Sales and marketing strategies and professional sales team, has been an instant success with IBM brand in the UAE by selling close to 1,000 IBM PCs to long term volume buyers in just four months alliance with IBM.
	www.heliopoliscomputers.com /News/ibmnhelio.htm (242 words)

	The Ennead of Heliopolis I
		The Ennead of Heliopolis, part I - The Ennead of Heliopolis, part II - The Benu Bird, the Prototype Phoenix
		That is to say that there was an ennead (or pesdjet) in the temple of Abydos consisting of seven deities and in the temple complex at Karnak there was as many as fifteen.
		This is understandable when we think of how the ground and banks along the Nile rose from the receding waters each year, soon sprouting new weeds and greenery, and animals and insects would inhabit them again.
	www.philae.nu /PerAnkh/ennead1.html (935 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Basilica of Saint Peter
		Her son, Caius Caligula, built a circus there, in the spina of which he erected the celebrated obelisk without hieroglyphics which was brought from Heliopolis and now stands in the Piazza di S. Pietro.
		The Emperor Nero was especially fond of this circus and arranged many spectacles in it, among which the martyrdoms of the Christians (Tacitus, "Annal.", XV, 44) obtained a dreadful notoriety.
		In the middle of the ellipse towers the celebrated obelisk of Heliopolis.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13369b.htm (4174 words)

	Aberfeldy - Heliopolis By Night
		I'll 'fess up - I had no idea what a "Heliopolis" was either.
		But enlightenment came in the discovery that it was "an ancient city in northern Egypt; centre of worship of the sun god Ra".
		Which sort of makes sense when the lyrics reveal a dreamy tale of alien abduction to Heliopolis.
	www.musicomh.com /singles2/aberfeldy-2.htm (237 words)

	Heliopolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The developer and architect of Heliopolis (or Misr al-Gedida: 'New Cairo') was the Belgium baron Impain.
		Heliopolis is located to the north-east of Cairo, west of Saleh Salem, the road to Cairo Airport.
		Heliopolis is now a busy, middle class part of Cairo with many shops and restaurants but also with quiet residential areas.
	www.barnard.nl /egypt/heliopolis.html (261 words)

	HELIOPOLIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Iunu, in der Bibel On) war im Altertum eine Stadt nordöstlich des heutigen Kairo in Ãgypten mit einem bedeutenden Sonnenheiligtum, bereits seit dem frühen Alten Reich.
		Nach der Mythologie sind hier die Götter entstanden (Enneade von Heliopolis) und der Ort gehörte bis in die Spätzeit zu den Zentren des ägyptischen Pantheons, häufig in Konkurrenz zum oberägyptischen Theben (oberägyptisches "Iunu").
		Heute ist Heliopolis ein moderner europäischer Ausdruck für eine im ersten Jahrzehnt des 20.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/H/Heliopolis (113 words)

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