Merachiche
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T.W. Potter Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: T.W. Potter Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jul 21, 2022 11:05 PM
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History
Evidence of possible ancient construction, perhaps associated with the nearby copper mines at "Bou Khandek", was noted by AAA at modern "Merachiche", southeast of modern Ténès in Algeria (ancient Cartenna).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295308
36.48186, 1.33203
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Geonames location of Douar M’rachiche (AD 1900 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- ضووار م'راچهيچهي (Douar M'rachiche: Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Merachiche located near Bou Khenndak Copper Mines (unspecified date range)
- Bou Khenndak Copper Mines located near Merachiche (unspecified date range)
settlement, settlement-modern
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 30 B4 Merachiche
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Merachiche
T.W. Potter, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Merachiche: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295308> [accessed: 16 April 2024]
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