Syene

settlement · 6000 BC – 2100 AD

The ancient city of Swenett in Egypt, called Syene by the Greeks.

Coordinates

24.08857, 32.90149

Also known as

Assuan, Aswān, Aswan (arb), Souan (cop), Suwān, Suwan (arb), Swenett (egy), Syenē, Syēnē, Syene (grc), Usvān (ota), Uswān, Uswan (ar), swnw, Swenet (egy), Συήνη (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors

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