Monday, 3 December 2012

أين كان جزيرة بايكاروس=Where was the Island Baykarus/ICARUS

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Where is the Island Icarus (Ικαρια)
It is in Greece, in south-east Aegean sea.
but
أين  كان   جزيرة     بايكاروس
Where was the Island Baykarus/ICARUS
In the Persian/Arabic gulf ?????
Which (as they say)  was named by Alexander the Great ???
Who knows???

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????من يدري


Is the nowadays Failaka Island in
KUWAIT?????

 Failaka's name is thought to descend from the Greek word for outpost - "fylakio".



SEE THE FOLLOWING    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SKr6ontheI



WIKIPEDIA


In the 4th century BC, the ancient Greeks colonized an island off Kuwait's coast, naming it "Ikaros". It is now known as Failaka.


SEE THE FOLLOWNG
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6930285.stm


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