Phakoussa
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Apr 12, 2023 05:55 PM
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History
The modern city of Faqous in the southeastern portion of the Nile delta is thought to have been built atop an ancient city known to the Greeks as Phakoussa. Strabo identifies it as the terminus of an ancient canal connecting to the Red Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727194
30.7269852, 31.7973907
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of فاقوس (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Fāqūs (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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findspot, place of finding, settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 F3 Phakoussa
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Fakus
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Phakoussa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727194> [accessed: 23 June 2025]
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