Zygris (Marsa Baqqush)
settlement · 330 BC – 2099 AD
An ancient anchorage on the Mediterranean coast of modern Egypt mentioned by Ptolemy (Zygis limen) and in the Stadiasmus Maris Magni. This Zygris (not to be confused with another also mentioned by Ptolemy) has been identified since the early 20th century with a small, reef-walled bay whose name, Marsa Baqqush, has since come to denote the larger bay of which the Zygris anchorage is a part. Multiple ancient wrecks have been identified within and just outside this anchorage, and an extensive system of interconnected rock-cut cisterns, elliptically mentioned in the Stadiasmus, has been identified ashore.
- Coordinates
- 31.17926, 27.66834
- Also known as
- Marsa Baqqush, Marsa Bagoush, Mersa Baqqush (ar), Zyg(r)is limen, Zygris limen, Zygis limen (grc), Zygris (grc), Ζυγρίς (grc), Ζυγὶς λιμήν (grc), مرسى بقوش (ar)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)