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Nilus (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Bernand

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Gabriel Mckee, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Last modified Jun 10, 2024 11:32 PM — History

The Nile is a major river of northeastern Africa and is generally acknowledged as the longest river in the world, measuring some 6,650 km (4,130 miles) from source to mouth.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727172

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
19.9311677274, 30.9209614198

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of نهر النيل (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
Representative Locations:
- location of mouth of Nilus fl (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
- location of course of Nilus fl. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of source of Nilus fl. (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Neilos (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Νεῖλος (Neilos: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 550 BC)
- Nil (German, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
- Nile (English, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Nile river (English, modern)
- Nilus (Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- an-Nīl (Modern Standard Arabic, 6000 BC - AD 2000)

Nilus (river) makes connections with:

Nilus (river) part of (physical/topographic) Ancient Egypt (region) (unspecified date range)
Nilus (river) bounds Eastern Desert (unspecified date range)
Nilus (river) flows into Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
Nilus (river) flows into Pelousiakos (river) (unspecified date range)

Nilus (river) receives connections from:

Abaton connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Abounkis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Abu Nafisa located on Nilus (river) (AD 300 - AD 640)
Ahramat Branch part of (physical/topographic) Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Akanthonpolis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Alana located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Amarna connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Apa Phoibammon (monastery) connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Arminna East located on Nilus (river) (AD 100 - AD 299)
Arminna West located on Nilus (river) (304 BC - AD 300)
Askut located at Nilus (river) (2010 BC - 1640 BC)
Astaboras (river) flows into Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Astapous (river) flows into Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Bolbitinon Stoma connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Bolbitinos (river) connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Boon located west of Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Bousiris connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Cadata located east of Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Canopus connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Prima communicates with Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Quarta connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Quinta connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Secunda connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Sexta communicates with Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Tertia communicates with Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Contra Syenem located west of Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Contra Tafis located east of Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Coptos located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Deir el-Bahari abuts Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Diospolis Magna/Thebai located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Diospolis Mikra connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Dra' Abu el-Naga' located near Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Eileithyiaspolis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
El Qattah located at Nilus (river) (2010 BC - 1640 BC)
Fayyum (oasis) located on Nilus (river) (modern)
Gebel es-Silsilah located on Nilus (river) (4500 BC - AD 300)
Hermonthis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Hosh el-Kab located on Nilus (river) (AD 300 - AD 640)
Ikhmindi connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Jazirat Say located in Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Kanobikon Stoma connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Kynopolis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Lykopolis/Siout connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Medinet Habu connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Meinarti (island) located in Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Memnon Colossi connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Memnonia connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Mendesion Stoma connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
Merimde located on Nilus (river) (6000 BC - 4500 BC)
Meroe located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
river, drainage

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 E4 Nilus fl.

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Suggested citation:
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Gabriel Mckee, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Nilus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727172> [accessed: 08 October 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727172 |title=Places: 727172 (Nilus (river)) |author=Bernand, A. |accessdate=October 8, 2024 9:04 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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