Heliopolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Mar 05, 2024 11:57 AM
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History
Ancient Heliopolis was the capital of the 13th or Heliopolite Nome of Lower Egypt and served as a major religious center. The site is now located in Ayn Shams, a suburb of Cairo.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727117
30.1294036, 31.3074812
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of مسلة المطرية (2010 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Heliopolis (750 BC - AD 640)
- Heliopolis (German, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Heliopolis (English, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Helioupolis (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Hēliou polis (304 BC - AD 640)
- Hēlioupolis (Ancient Greek, 720 BC - AD 640)
- Miṣr al-Gadīda (Arabic, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Miṣr al-Ǧadīda (Modern Standard Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Neu-Kairo (German, 1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Tall al-Ḥiṣn (Modern Standard Arabic)
- Unu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- al-Matarīya (1640 BC - 1548 BC)
- al-Maṭarīya (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 2000)
- jw.s ʿꜣ.s (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- jwnw (Ancient Egyptian, 2670 BC - 1548 BC)
- jwśʿ3ś (2670 BC - 2168 BC)
- jwśʿꜣś (Ancient Egyptian, 2670 BC - 1086 BC)
- mnśt (Ancient Egyptian, 2670 BC - 2168 BC)
- Ōn (Coptic, AD 300 - AD 640)
- šnḏt (Ancient Egyptian, unspecified date range)
- ʾn (Aramaic, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- ʿAin Šams (Modern Standard Arabic, 6000 BC - AD 1150)
- ʿĒn Šams (Arabic, modern)
- ḏdjt (Ancient Egyptian, 2670 BC - 2168 BC)
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settlement, monument
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 E4 Heliopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Matariya
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Heliopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727117> [accessed: 16 April 2024]
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