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COLUMNS OF HERCULES

Specialty Definition: COLUMNS OF HERCULES

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Columns of Hercules Two large pyramidal columns set up by the Phoenicians as lighthouses and landmarks, dedicated, one to Hercules (the sun), and the other to Astarte (the moon).
By the Greeks and Romans the two pyramidal mountains at the Straits of Gibraltar (Calpe and Abyla), the former in Europe and the latter in Africa, were termed the Pillars of Hercules. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: COLUMNS OF HERCULES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-f-h-l-l-m-n-o-o-r-s-s-u-u"

-5 letters: colorfulness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: COLUMNS OF HERCULES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4C 55 4D 4E 53      4F 46      48 45 52 43 55 4C 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001100 01010101 01001101 01001110 01010011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001000 01000101 01010010 01000011 01010101 01001100 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#76 &#85 &#77 &#78 &#83 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#72 &#69 &#82 &#67 &#85 &#76 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004C 0055 004D 004E 0053      004F 0046      0048 0045 0052 0043 0055 004C 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

374946554748532494024239523755463953

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