Canopus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Simon Krause-Heiber, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Jun 08, 2018 07:19 AM
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History
An ancient Egyptian city of the Nile river delta. Canopus was located in the seventh nome (Menelaites) on the western bank at the mouth of the westernmost branch of the Nile.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727097
31.313404, 30.0580595
- DARMC location 11891 (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
- Canopus (750 BC - AD 640)
- Canopus connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
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None
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 C2 Canopus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Abukir
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, Simon Krause-Heiber, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, and R. Talbert, 'Canopus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727097> [accessed: 19 September 2019]
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