Ammon
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw
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Last modified
Mar 02, 2025 09:48 PM
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History
The Siwa Oasis was, in antiquity, the site of the oracular temple of Amun (Zeus Ammon).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/716520
29.2051737961, 25.5435073559
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Temple of Ammon (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 2757 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 2758 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Ammon (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ammoniace (30 BC - AD 640)
- Siwa Oasis (English, modern)
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oasis, settlement, temple
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 73 C4 Ammon
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Aghurmi, Siwa
D.J. Mattingly, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, and Mark Depauw, 'Ammon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/716520> [accessed: 20 June 2025]
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