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settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

The capital city of the first dynasties of ancient Egypt. While the precise location of the ancient site is unclear, mainstream scholarly thought places it near ancient Abydos and modern Girga.

Coordinates

26.34149, 31.84189

Also known as

Girga, Thin, Tjenu (egy), ثينيس (ara), Ⲧⲓⲛ (cop)

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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