Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis

settlement · 2600000 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient city in the Heptanomis and the capital of the Arsinoites nome. The ancient Egyptian name of the site was Shedyet, and in Pharaonic times it was a major cult center for the god Sobek.

Coordinates
29.31496, 30.83996
Also known as
Al Fayyum (da), Al-Fayyūm (de), Arsinoe, Arsinoitēs, Arsinoites (grc), Arsinoitōn Polis, Arsinoiton Polis (grc), Arsinoitōn polis, Arsinoë, Arsinoïtēs, Arsinoē, Arsinoe (grc), Crocodilopolis (en), El Faium (ca), Faiyum (en), Fajjúm (cs), Fajumo (eo), Feyyūm (ota), Kimān Faris, Krialon, Krokodeilon polis (grc), Krokodeilōn Polis, Krokodeilon Polis (grc), Krokodeilōn polis, Krokodeilōnpolis, Krokodeilonpolis (grc), Krokodilopolis (grc), Kīmān Fāris, Kiman Faris (arb), Madīnat al-Fayyūm, Madinat al-Fayyum, Medinat el-Fayyum (arb), Medinet el-Fayum, Mīt Fāris, Mit Faris (arb), Ptolemais Euergetis, Sobektempel, Temple of Sobek (de), Tpolis Piam, Payom (cop), al-Fayyum, al-Fayyūm, Faiyum, al-Fayyum, el-Fayyum, al-Fayum, el-Fayum, Fayoum (arb), il-Fayyūm (arq), šdt, Shedyet (egy), Əl-Fəyyum (az), ̀Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ (cop), Κροκοδείλων πόλις (grc), Φαγιούμ (el), Фаюм (bg), Эль-Фаюм (be)
Dating
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