Zygris (Marsa Baqqush)
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/716656
31.179258, 27.668336
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Imagery Location of Marsa Baqqush (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Ζυγὶς λιμήν (Zyg(r)is limen: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ζυγρίς (Zygris: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
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- مرسى بقوش (Marsa Baqqush: Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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settlement, station (road or coastal), bay
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 73 D2 Zygris
The BAtlDir entries for the two "Zygris" labels on Map 73 have exchanged gridsquare numbers. The "Zygris" labeled in 72 E2 with a hollow "station" (diamond) symbol corrresponds to the directory entry given the grid square D2 and noting "Marsa Baqqush" as the Modern Name / Location.
D.J. Mattingly, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Wikipedia contributors, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Zygris (Marsa Baqqush): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/716656> [accessed: 05 December 2025]
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