Pikrai Limnai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jul 08, 2025 11:18 AM
The "Bitter Lakes" are hypersaline lacustrine bodies in the Nile River valley of Egypt. Prior to the construction of the Suez Canal, these lakes constituted a dry salt valley or basin. They are referred to by ancient Greek and Latin authors as well as in the so-called "Pyramid Texts".
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727203
30.3249334285, 32.3911647322
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Great Bitter Lake (AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- Bitter Lakes (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Great Bitter Lake (English, unspecified date range)
- Lacus Amari (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Lacvs mori (Lacus mori: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Πικραὶ̀ λίμναι (Pikrai Limnai: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Small Bitter Lake (English, unspecified date range)
- fons Amari (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pikrai Limnai located southeast of Pikrai Limnai (unspecified date range)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 G3 Pikrai Limnai
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Great Bitter Lakes
A. Bernand, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pikrai Limnai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727203> [accessed: 14 July 2025]
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