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ID: 1099727
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1099727
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Canopus (deserted settlement)  Canopus (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 19 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.3167  decimal degrees
Long: 030 03 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 30.0500  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient city, pleasure resort and pilgrimage center located 12 miles east of Alexandria, near the modern village of Abu Qīr; ruins include the temple of the god Serapis.

Names:
Canopus (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Canobus (H,O)
Kanopus (H,O)
Pe Gewat (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Egypt (nation)  ........  Egypt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Iskandarīyah (governorate)  ............  Al Iskandarīyah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Canopus (deserted settlement)  ................  Canopus (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  ancient pleasure resort for the people of Alexandria; pilgrimage center until the 4th cen. AD
archaeological site (C)
ruins (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Canobus..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 151
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Canopus..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 151
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 15307
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 38
Kanopus..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 151
Pe Gewat..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 151
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 151
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 15307
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -292764
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 38
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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