Phakoussa

settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

The modern city of Faqous in the southeastern portion of the Nile delta is thought to have been built atop an ancient city known to the Greeks as Phakoussa. Strabo identifies it as the terminus of an ancient canal connecting to the Red Sea.

Coordinates
30.72699, 31.79739
Also known as
Faqus, Fāqūs, Faqus, Faqous, Fakus (ar), Phakousa (grc), Φάκουσα (grc), فاقوس (ar)
Dating
attested

Sources

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