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Canopus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Bernand

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Simon Krause-Heiber, R. Talbert

Last modified Jul 08, 2021 12:25 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727097

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.313404, 30.0580595

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 11891 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Canopus (750 BC - AD 640)

Canopus makes connections with:

Canopus connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)

Canopus receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 C2 Canopus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Abukir

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Suggested citation:
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Simon Krause-Heiber, and R. Talbert, 'Canopus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727097> [accessed: 16 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727097 |title=Places: 727097 (Canopus) |author=Bernand, A. |accessdate=June 16, 2025 11:52 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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