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    The Lion of Knidos is the name for a colossal ancient Greek statue erected near the ancient port of Knidos, south-west Asia Minor (now near Datça in Turkey)...
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    Knidos or Cnidus (/ˈnaɪdəs/; Greek: Κνίδος, Ancient: [knídos], Modern: [ˈkniðos], Knídos) was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis...
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  • Artemidorus of Knidos (Greek: Ἀρτεμίδωρος), 1st century BC, was a native of Knidos in southwest Anatolia. He is now best known as a minor character in...
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    (1788–1862), historian of York, owner of the York Herald Richard Popplewell Pullan (1825-1888), architect, discovered the Lion of Knidos. William Stubbs (1825–1901)...
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  • architect and brother-in-law of William Burges. He is known for his work in archaeology including the discovery of the Lion of Knidos. Pullan was born at Knaresborough...
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    Queen Elizabeth II Great Court (category Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden)
    floor of the concourse: A stela of the Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II (9th century BC) A marble Lion of Knidos, Asia Minor (3rd century BC) Two heads of Pharaoh...
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    Charles Thomas Newton (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
    and at Cnidos, where Pullan, acting under his direction, found the Lion of Knidos now in the British Museum. In 1860, he was named consul at Rome, but...
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    written description and brief sketch of an Indian rhinoceros brought to Lisbon in 1515. Later that year, the King of Portugal, Manuel I, sent the animal...
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    (330–300 BC) Knidos in Asia Minor Demeter of Knidos, (350 BC) Lion of Knidos, (350–200 BC) Xanthos in Asia Minor Lion Tomb, (550–500 BC) Harpy Tomb, (480–470...
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    designated as papyrus British Museum 10057 and pBM 10058) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics. It is named after Alexander Henry...
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