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Beni Hasan

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Iris Fernandez

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies

Last modified Oct 15, 2021 09:41 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=0, dare:feature=cemetery

A Middle Kingdom cemetery known for its rock-cut tombs of local officials.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/112509596

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
27.9313576, 30.87527185

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Center of Visible Remains at Beni Hasan (2010 BC - 1640 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Beni Hasan necropolis (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- بني حسن‎ (Beni Hasan: Arabic, modern)

Beni Hasan makes connections with:

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Beni Hasan receives connections from:

None

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

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TM GEO ID 414: Beni Hasan

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Iris Fernandez, Jeffrey Becker, and Sean Gillies, 'Beni Hasan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/112509596> [accessed: 31 December 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/112509596 |title=Places: 112509596 (Beni Hasan) |author=Fernandez, I. |accessdate=December 31, 2024 12:24 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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