Pelusium

settlement · 2670 BC – 2100 AD

Pelusium was a fortified ancient city located at the mouth of the eastern-most branch of the Nile river. Its ruins, now land-locked and located approximately 30km southeast of Port Said, are known as Tell Farama.

Coordinates

31.04276, 32.54734

Also known as

Pelousion (en), Pelousion (en), Peremoun, Paramoun (cop), Sin (cana), Tall al-Farama, Tall al-Faramā, Tall al-Farama, Tell el-Farama (arb), Tall al-Fāramā (None), Tell el-Farma (ar), al-Faramā, al-Farama, el-Farama (arb), aṭ-Ṭina, aṭ-Ṭīna, at-Tina, al-Tina, et-Tina, el-Tina, at-Tinah, al-Tinah, et-Tinah, el-Tinah (arb), pr-jmn, Per-Amun (egy), sjnw (egy), snw, Sena (egy), śnw (egy), طينه (ota), Ṭīne (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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