Kom el-Ahmer
settlement · 30 BC – 2099 AD
Archaeological site in the province of Beheira in the Western Delta, inhabited from the Roman through the Early Islamic periods. Along with the nearby site Kom Wasit, it has been identified as a possible location of Metelis, the capital of the Metelite Nome.
- Coordinates
- 31.16164, 30.44864
- Also known as
- Kom el-Ahmer, Kom al-Ahmar, Kom el-Ahmar, Kom al-Ahmer (arz), الكوم الأحمر (arz)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)