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Krokodilopolis (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 29 18 50 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 29.3150 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 50 20 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.8400 decimal degrees |
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Note: Part of Roman empire from 30 BCE and site of an early Jewish community, the site was an ancient city on Lake Qārūn, the main Egyptian center for the worship of the crocodile. |
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| Krokodilopolis (preferred,C,V)
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| Ptolemais Euergetis (C,V)
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| Kīmān Fāris (C,V)
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| Arsinoe (H,V)
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| Arsinoë (H,V)
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............ | renamed after the sister & wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Hellenistic ruler of Egypt in the 3rd century BCE |
| Crocodilopolis (H,V)
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded ca. 2300 BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Al Fayyūm .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, Al-Fayyūm governorate) [7001197] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Krokodilopolis.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 27 January 2020 |
| Ptolemais Euergetis.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 27 January 2020 |
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