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78 unusual facts about "Pharaoh's Island


51 BC

Spring – Pharaoh Ptolemy XII dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII and her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII.

A Pele do Ogro

At this stage, the protagonist of the story, becomes a witness to the suffering of his best friends: Oscar Wilde is demoralized and imprisoned for the crime of sodomy, Alfred Dreyfus was convicted and exiled to Devil's Island, the writer Émile Zola died in suspicious circumstances and France, his homeland!, is ruled by corrupt politicians.

Abel's Island

In 1988, Abel's Island was made into a 30-minute animated film Abel's Island, directed by Michael Sporn.

Agar's Island, Bermuda

Although the ring of fortresses operated by the Royal Garrison Artillery held munitions stores in their magazines, central supply depots were also operated by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, which operated a depot on Ordnance Island, dangerously close to the King's Square of St. George's town, and a wharf on East Broadway, on the outskirts of Hamilton.

Al Khazneh

Another legend is that it functioned as a treasury of the Egyptian Pharaoh at the time of Moses (Khaznet Far'oun).

Alizarin

Cloth dyed with madder root pigment was found in the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and in the ruins of Pompeii and ancient Corinth.

Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

In Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Nephren-Ka was an Egyptian Pharaoh whose unspeakable cult worship led him to be stricken from almost all Egyptian records.

Badger's Island

The section of Route 1 across the Badger's Island Bridge to Kittery's John Paul Jones Memorial Park, with its Sailors' and Soldiers' Monument by Bashka Paeff, was a City Beautiful plan to complement the Memorial Bridge.

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association

BELA also took other initiatives where the environment is under threat, including housing covering wetlands, unnecessary usage of polythene, cutting of hills, deforestion, shrimp cultivation, and unlawful construction in St. Martin's Island.

Battle of Drummond's Island

So on April 6, the Peacock anchored off Utiroa on Drummond's island and he went ashore with the Scientific Corps and a few navy officers, as well as the detachment of marines.

Bouck's Island

Congressman Joseph Bouck was born on Bouck's Island and Wisconsin Congressman Gabriel Bouck once lived there.

Campbell's Island, Illinois

Campbell's Island was the site of the Battle of Rock Island Rapids, one of the westernmost battles of the War of 1812, when a band of approximately 500 Sauk warriors allied with the British Army clashed on July 19, 1814 with an American force led by Lieutenant John Campbell of the 1st U.S. Regiment of Infantry.

Chhera Island

Chhera island (Bengali: Chhera Dwip), also called Cheradia Island or Cheridia Island, is an extension of St. Martin's Island but divided by sea during tides.

During low tide period, the Chhera island can be reached by walking for about two and a half hours from St. Martin's Island.

Clark's Island

While it is rumored that Truman Capote wrote much of In Cold Blood while staying at a cottage on the island, he actually wrote the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's while on the island.

Darrell's Island, Bermuda

It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is in the north of Warwick Parish.

David Macaulay

This was followed by a series of books of the same type: City (1974), on the construction of Verbonia, a fictitious but typical Roman city; Pyramid (1975), on the building of monuments to the Egyptian Pharaohs; Castle (1977), on the construction of Aberwyvern castle, a fictitious but typical medieval castle; Mill (1983), on the evolution of New England mills; and Mosque (2003), which depicts the design and construction of an Ottoman-style masjid.

Desman

One of the main characters in Noah's Island, Sasha, is a friendly but simple-minded desman known for the catchphrase "Hoisky Poisky".

Dick at Nite

# "Gilligan's Island Theme" (a.k.a. The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle) – 1:54

Drake's Island

In the end, a bidding war commenced between former Plymouth Argyle chairman, Dan McCauley, and a Cheshire-born businessman who wanted to open it to the public.

El Faraón

Barajas is best known under the ring name, El Faraón (Spanish for "the Pharaoh"), a ring name and persona he used throughout his career from his debut in 1973 until retiring around the turn of the millennium.

Fiddler's Island

To the south of the island, there is a short stretch of water known as the Sheepwash Channel linking back to the Castle Mill Stream and the Oxford Canal.

Films set on Devil's Island

To avoid the usual French protests on films depicting Devil's Island, the producers of the 1935 film King of the Damned gave all locations Spanish names and set the film in the Caribbean.

Ginger Grant

In the 1978 made-for-TV-movie, Rescue from Gilligan's Island; Tina Louise refused to return, for she believed the role had typecast her forever as a glamor queen, and was replaced by Judith Baldwin.

Heku

The term heku (or hekau), in Ancient Egyptian mythology, refers to a type of magic or enchantment that Egyptian priests, sorcerers, and Pharaohs often performed.

Hinson's Island, Bermuda

It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is part of Paget parish, although it was formerly part of Warwick Parish and is still within the Warwick North constituency.

History of Singapore

Farquhar invited settlers to Singapore, and stationed a British official on St. John's Island to invite passing ships to stop in Singapore.

History of the Egyptian parliament

The Pharaoh, on top of the state hierarchy, appointed high-ranking government officials.

HMNZS Tarapunga

After decommissioning, she was purchased by North American owners and can be seen in Harper's Island Episode 1, as the charter boat that brings the wedding party to the island.

Hunefer

Hunefer was "Scribe of Divine Offerings", "Overseer of Royal Cattle", and steward of Pharaoh Seti I.

I Escaped from Devil's Island

I Escaped from Devil's Island is a 1973 exploitation film about an escape attempt from Devil's Island.

Prison life on Devil's Island is no picnic so fellow prisoners Le Bras (Jim Brown) and Davert (Christopher George) go AWOL.

Israel in Egypt

The Israelites mourn the death of Joseph, Israelite and favoured adviser to Pharaoh, King of Egypt.

Jacques Cartier Bridge

Originally, the bridge was constructed with only one ramp to Saint Helen's Island, located on the western side of the bridge.

James F. Cahill

In the 1950s, Cahill founded the Hui Kai scuba training camp on Children's Island in Salem, MA along with his business partner Buster Crabbe, the then well-known original Tarzan actor.

Jim Lefebvre

Lefebvre had roles on several television shows including Gilligan's Island and Batman.

John Wilson Murray

This ship operated out of Erie, Pennsylvania, and carried out patrols on the Great Lakes as well as supervising the prison camp for Confederate officers at Johnson's Island on Lake Erie.

Julian Moreton

He raised money to build a new church on Pinchard's Island and to pay lay readers in the mission.

Kilcoole

Cassidy's claim to fame was in her appearance in the film The Others and also starring as the lead in the television show Harper's Island.

King of Devil's Island

The film is a fictionalized retelling of a rebellion among the youth at the Bastøy Reform School during the winter of 1915.

The story is based on true events that occurred at Bastøy Prison in Norway.

See Bastøy Prison for the real events which the film fictionalizes.

King's Island, Limerick

Samuel Lewis writing in 1837 in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland describes Limerick's old city of Englishtown as resembling the city of Rouen, Normandy with the housing built in Flemish fashion.

Marshall's Island, Bermuda

It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is in the north of Warwick Parish.

Noddle

William Noddle, who settled on Noddle's Island (one of Boston Harbor Islands off East Boston, Massachusetts, USA) in 1629

Noddle's Island

Mr. Noddle, a resident of Salem, died in 1632 when his canoe overturned on the South River according to the journal of John Winthrop.

Pasta primavera

In 1975, New York chef Sirio Maccioni flew to the Canadian summer home of Italian baron Carlo Amato, called Shangri-La Ranch located on Robert's Island, Nova Scotia.

Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?

"Devils Island" expresses the thoughts of a prisoner about to be executed in the notorious former French penal colony on Devil's Island.

Pharaoh's Casino

Blackjack, Caribbean Stud Poker, American Roulette, Modern Slot Machines, Video Poker, 77 live gaming positions including a high limit VIP salon and modern slot and video poker machines are amongst the gambling facilities in Pharaoh's Casino.

Pharaoh's Island

By the time of the 13th century, when the pilgrim Thietmar passed the island in 1217, the entire place was inhabited by a fishing village and populated by Muslims and captive Franks.

Pool's Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

The growth of Pool's Island eventually led to the growth of communities surrounding it, such as Valleyfield and Badger's Quay.

Prisoner of Honor

The film documents the events that saw a French Captain, Alfred Dreyfus, sent to Devil's Island for espionage near the end of the nineteenth century.

Raleigh-Egypt High School

Picking up on the latter name, the school's athletic teams are called The Pharaohs, the mascot is a Pharaoh, the yearbook is The Sphinx, and the student newspaper is The Scroll.

Return to Nim's Island

Return to Nim's Island is a 2013 Australian adventure-fantasy film directed by Brendan Maher and starring Bindi Irwin, Matthew Lillard, Toby Wallace and John Waters.

With her father, Jack Russo (Matthew Lillard) away on business Nim and Edmund must save the island from poachers trying to steal the animals and take them away to the mainland to sell them.

Rhodopis

Later on, she was taken to Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Amasis (570–536 BC), and freed there for a large sum by Charaxus of Mytilene, brother of Sappho, the lyric poet.

Rogatchover Gaon

The remainder of his surviving writings appeared in the United States and Israel many years after his death; all are titled Tzofnath Paneach "decipherer of secrets", (a title given to the Biblical Joseph by Pharaoh (Genesis 41:45)).

S. S. Minnow

The S.S. Minnow II was a successor boat purchased by the Skipper from insurance money for the first in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Rescue from Gilligan's Island.

Saint Brendan's Island

In 1958, D.M. Rodriguez Quintero of Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma, allegedly obtained a photograph of the island.

In 1719, the Scottish monk Sigbert de Gembloux reported seeing the island, as did Don Matea Dacesta, mayor of Valverde, El Hierro in 1721.

Sanford Bookstaver

As a television director, some of Bookstaver's episodic credits include Prison Break, The O.C., Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, House, Harper's Island, Jericho, White Collar, Fastlane and Bones.

Seavey's Island

In 1908, the Portsmouth Naval Prison was completed on the southern side of Seavey's Island at the former site of Camp Long, a stockade named for Secretary of the Navy John Long, where 1,612 prisoners of war from the Battle of Santiago de Cuba were confined from July 11 to mid-September 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet

Carew was made governor of St Nicholas's Island in Plymouth Sound, the keystone to the defence of the town.

St. David's Island, Bermuda

Only two Mohawk boys were recorded as having been imported to Bermuda following Dutch-Mohawk wars, but to many English in the 17th Century, the Mohawks were the best known Native American people, and any Native American was likely to be described as a Mohawk.

It is located in the far north of the territory, one of the two similarly sized islands that makeup the majority of St. George's Parish.

St. John's Island

Prince Edward Island, which was known as St. John's Island before November 29, 1798

St. Ivan Island, in Bulgaria (Ivan is the Bulgarian name corresponding to John)

Swan's Island, Maine

It is named after Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland, who purchased this island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the 18th century.

The Adventures of Gilligan's Island

The Adventures of Gilligan's Island (known on the title screen simply as Gilligan's Island) is a single-player Nintendo Entertainment System video game by Bandai that is based on the 1960s sitcom of the same name.

The Return of Monte Cristo

The grandson of the Count of Monte Cristo is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned on Devil's Island.

The Scout Association of Bermuda

A popular Association-wide annual event is a weekend camporee on Darrell's Island.

Timeline of the American Revolution

British ships sail past Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island to occupy Charleston Harbor.

Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory

The team assigned to Canada originally planned to build their observatory on Saint Helen's Island off Montreal, but the local rocks proved to have a high magnetic influence, and the decision was made to move to Toronto instead.

White's Island

White's Island is an island located in Hamilton Harbour in Hamilton, Bermuda, the only island directly adjoined on all sides by the harbour.

Woman's Island

Upernavik Island, Greenland, formerly also known as Women's or Woman's Island

Old Woman's Island or Little Colaba, a former island in Mumbai, India

Worms Forts: Under Siege

Egyptian: The Egyptian story focuses on a worm called Seth who tries to raise an army of the dead to battle the Pharaoh.

WTTB

The phrase was recently used in the 2009 television series pilot for CBS's Harper's Island.