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Fayyum (oasis)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified May 09, 2024 09:22 AM — History

Large depression (not a true oasis) west of the Nile River containing arable land watered by the flooding of the Nile. Inhabited from the Mesolithic period, the Fayyum contains the earliest evidence of farming in Egypt. The water levels of the Fayyum's lake varied significantly until a land reclamation project during the 12th dynasty implemented artificial water controls. During the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, the Fayyum was administered as the Arsinoite Nome.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/170198552

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
29.373969796, 30.7432736915

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Faiyum Oasis (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Λίμνη (Limne: Ancient Greek, 304 BC - 30 BC)
- منخفض الفيوم (Munkhafid al-Fayyum: Egyptian Arabic, modern)
- ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ (Peiom: Coptic, 304 BC - AD 640)
- Pȝ-ym (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 30 BC)

Fayyum (oasis) makes connections with:

Fayyum (oasis) part of (administrative) Arsinoites/Krokodeilopolites Nomos (332 BC - AD 300)
Fayyum (oasis) located on Nilus (river) (modern)

Fayyum (oasis) receives connections from:

Fag el-Gamous Cemetery part of (regional) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
Karanis located north of Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis part of (regional) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
Moeris (lake) part of (physical/topographic) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
Tanis part of (regional) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
Themistou Meris part of (regional) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
oasis, region

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Fayyum (oasis): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/170198552> [accessed: 26 July 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/170198552 |title=Places: 170198552 (Fayyum (oasis)) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=July 26, 2024 10:43 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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