Tanis

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

An important settlement in the eastern Nile delta (modern San el-Hagar), Tanis boasted a massive temple precinct and was the burial site for Egyptian kings of the 21st and 22nd dynasties.

Coordinates

30.97545, 31.88362

Also known as

San el-Hagar (ar), Τάνις (grc), صان الحجر (ar), Ṣan al-Hagar (ar)

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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