Nilus (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
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
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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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727172
16.6582979509, 30.8044148196
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of نهر النيل (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- location of source of Nilus fl. (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
- location of mouth of Nilus fl (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
- 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)
- Merimde located on Nilus (river) (6000 BC - 4500 BC)
- Meroe located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Minshat Abu Omar located on Nilus (river) (4500 BC - AD 640)
- Mortuary Temple of Merenptah located near Nilus (river) (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Nag' el-Scheima located on Nilus (river) (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Napata connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Naucratis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Panopolis/Schmin located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Pathyris/Aphroditopolis (settlement) connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Paua located on Nilus (river) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Phatnitikon Stoma connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Phchet connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Pide connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Premis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Pselchis connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Ptolemais Hermiou/Psoi connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Qubbet el-Hawa located west of Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Sabu-Jaddi located east of Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Sebennytikon Stoma connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- St. Raphael Church II (Banganarti) located on Nilus (river) (AD 1000 - AD 1799)
- Syene connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tachompso connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Takyris located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tanitikon/Saitikon Stoma connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tumbus (Nubia) located east of Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tushqah located on Nilus (river) (2010 BC - 1548 BC)
- Umm Marahi located on Nilus (river) (10000 BC - AD 640)
- Untitled located at Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Uronarti located on Nilus (river) (modern)
- Wadi Qitna located on Nilus (river) (AD 300 - AD 850)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 E4 Nilus fl.
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: 10 March 2025]
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