Zygris (Zawiet el-Chammas?)

other · 330 BC – 1999 AD

An ancient town of the Zygritai on the ancient Libyan coast. Ptolemy provides the name and coordinates; BAtlDir tentatively associates it with modern Zawiet el-Chammas in Egypt's Matruh governorate.

Coordinates

31.51064, 26.32383

Also known as

Zawiet el-Chammas (ar), Zygris (grc), Ζυγρίς (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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