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Crocodile Necropolis

a Pleiades place resource

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Cave approximately 17km Northwest of El Maabdeh, Egypt where thousands of mummified crocodiles were found in addition to several other types of animals and human mummies as part of the Egyptian crocodile cult. All discoveries at this site were from the Ptolemaic or Roman periods.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/602847770

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
27.417083, 31.214245

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Representative Locations:
- Approximate imagery location of Crocodile Necropolis (304 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

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Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Zimmer 1987

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Zachary Rosalinsky, 'Crocodile Necropolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/602847770> [accessed: 23 January 2025]

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