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Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis

by R. Müller Wollermann last modified Feb 20, 2013 02:53 PM
Contributors: R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, Mark Depauw
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An ancient city in the Heptanomis and the capital of 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.

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DARE Location (Point; 550 BC - 330 BC)
Representative point location, village precision
DARMC location 4229 (Point; 550 BC - 330 BC)
500K scale point location
Κροκοδείλων πόλις (Greek (ancient); 550 BC - 330 BC)
Ancient Greek appellation recorded by Herodotus, Diodoros, and Strabon
Arsinoe (330 BC - 30 BC)
Krialon (30 BC - AD 300)
Ptolemais Euergetis (330 BC - 30 BC)
Medinet el-Fayum (AD 1700 - Present)
Modern Name

settlement



Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 75 D2 Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis

Its local name was Shedet [Cohen]. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodilopolis.

http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736948

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Müller Wollermann, R., R. Talbert, J. Åhlfeldt, A. Prins, J. Thum, J. Becker, T. Elliott, DARMC, H. Verreth, S. Gillies, M. Depauw. "Places: 736948 (Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis)". Pleiades. <http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736948> [Accessed: May 18, 2013 4:31 am]

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Edited by Jeffrey Becker on Feb 20, 2013 01:53 PM
edited description; added references
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Edited by Sean Gillies on Oct 23, 2012 03:33 PM
DARE feature tag fix.
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Edited by Sean Gillies on Oct 20, 2012 04:25 PM
Location updates and tags from Johan Ahlfeldt's (jahlfeldt) Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire in October 2012
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Edited by Sean Gillies on May 03, 2012 01:26 PM
Trismegistos references from Adam Prins et al (adamp, Mark Depauw, Herbert Verreth, Jen Thum) and reviewd by Tom Elliott (thomase) in May 2012
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Edited by Sean Gillies on Dec 20, 2011 07:03 PM
Fixing modern/alt locations fumbled in intial import
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New locations, coordinates, and metadata from Harvard's DARMC project. See http://atlantides.org/trac/pleiades/wiki/PlaceUpgradesAndMigrations
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