Berenice/Berenike
settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD
An ancient port city on the west coast of the Red Sea in modern Egypt, Berenice/Berenike was founded in 275 BCE by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who named it after his mother, Berenice I of Egypt.
- Coordinates
- 23.91063, 35.47482
- Also known as
- Berenice (ita), Berenice, Berenice Troglodytica (en), Berenice Troglodytica (en), Berenike (deu), Medinet al-Haras (ara), Medînet el-Harras (ara), Pernicide portum (la), Pernicide portvm (la), رانيس،) (ara)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BYiDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)