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| | |  Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - Other noteworthy crossesThe Crux, or Southern Cross, is a cross-shaped a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere.
The tallest cross, at 152.4 meters high, is part of Francisco Franco's monumental "Valley of the Fallen", the Monumento Nacional de Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caidos in Spain.
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - As emblems and symbols Also known as the Key of the Nile, the Looped Tau Cross, and the Ansated Cross. It was an Ancient Egyptian symbol of life. Sometimes given a Latin name if it appears in specifically Christian contexts, such as the crux ansata ("handled cross").
Also known as the Latin cross or crux ordinaria. It is the most common symbol of Christianity, intended to represent the redeeming martyrdom of Jesus when he is c ...
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - History the cross is derived from Mitraism and ancient Persian Empire era whereby they were considering sun ,water, land,wether as the four main element and sun, SARV (green tree) , cow and horse as holly things the Cross (+) was symbol of sun and it was put on the grave tombs to keep the tomb safe and shine . the oldest and biggest ever man made Cross,had been built in in Persepolis and Nakshi Rustam near the Kaaba of Persians .
please see the cross shape of the toms of naghsh e Rostam . this huge cross 2500 years ago was called by Persian a ...
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - In heraldry These crosses are ones used exclusively or primarily in heraldry, and do not necessarily have any special meanings commonly associated with them. Crosses that are used in heraldry but also commonly in other contexts are not listed here.
A simple heraldic cross (the default if there are no additional specifying words) has arms of roughly equal length, artistically proportioned to the particular shape of the shield, which extend to the edges of the shield. Illustrated is the blazon "Azure, a cross Or" (i.e. a gold cross on a blue shield).
A cross which does not extend to the edges of the shield is humetty< ...
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - In flags Main articles: flag terminology and gallery of flags by design
Several flags have crosses, including all the nations of Scandinavia, whose crosses are known as Scandinavian crosses, and many nations in the Southern Hemisphere, which incorporate the Southern Cross.
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - As emblems and symbols Also known as the Key of the Nile, the Looped Tau Cross, and the Ansated Cross. It was an Ancient Egyptian symbol of life. Sometimes given a Latin name if it appears in specifically Christian contexts, such as the crux ansata ("handled cross").
Also known as the Latin cross or crux ordinaria. It is the most common symbol of Christianity, intended to represent the redeeming martyrdom of Jesus when he is c ...
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - History It is not known when the first cross image was made; after circles, crosses are one of the first symbols drawn by children of all cultures. There are many cross-shaped incisions in European cult caves, dating back to the earliest stages of human cultural development in the stoneage. Like other symbols from this period, their use continued in the Celtic cultures in Europe. Other early images of crosses were found in the Central Asian steppes, and some were found in Altay. The cross in the old Altaic religion called Tengriism symbolizes the god Tengri; it wasn't an elongated "dagger" cross, in ...
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - As markings Written crosses are used for many different purposes, particularly in mathematics.
The Roman numeral for ten is X.
In the Latin alphabet, the letter X and the miniscule form of T are crosses.
The Chinese character for ten is 十 (see Chinese numerals).
The dagger or obelus (†)
The addition (or plus) sign (+) and the multiplication (or times) sign (×).
If n≥1 is an integer, the numbers coprime to n, taken modulo n, form a group with multiplication as operation; it is written as (Z/nZ)× or ...
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| | | | Cross - Other noteworthy crosses: Encyclopedia II - Cross - In heraldry These crosses are ones used exclusively or primarily in heraldry, and do not necessarily have any special meanings commonly associated with them. Crosses that are used in heraldry but also commonly in other contexts are not listed here.
A simple heraldic cross (the default if there are no additional specifying words) has arms of roughly equal length, artistically proportioned to the particular shape of the shield, which extend to the edges of the shield. Illustrated is the blazon "Azure, a cross Or" (i.e. a yellow cross on a blue shield).
A cross which does not extend to the edges of the shield is humetty< ...
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