Canopus

settlement · 750 BC – 640 AD

An ancient Egyptian city of the Nile river delta. Canopus was located in the seventh nome (Menelaites) on the western bank at the mouth of the westernmost branch of the Nile.

Coordinates

31.31340, 30.05806

Also known as

Aboukir, Abouqir (ara), Abu Kir (deu), Abukir (deu), Abū Qīr, Canobus, Canope, Kanopus, Kánobos (grc), pr-gwtj (egy), أبو قير (ara)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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