Ikaros (Failaka Island)
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'Ikaros is an ancient Greek city on Failaka Island, in the Persian Gulf.[1]
Remains of the settlement include a large Hellenistic fort and two Greek temples.[2] It may have been a trading post (emporion) of the kingdom of Characene.
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- ↑ George Fadlo Hourani, John Carswell, Arab Seafaring: In the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times Princeton University Press,page 131
