Tanis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Fu, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Jun 11, 2024 09:29 AM
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History
An important settlement in the eastern Nile delta (modern San el-Hagar), Tanis boasted a massive temple precinct and was the burial site for Egyptian kings of the 21st and 22nd dynasties.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727236
30.9754528374, 31.8836195624
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Ṣan al-Hagar (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Tanis (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- San el-Hagar (Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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findspot, place of finding, settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 F2 Tanis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: San el-Hagar
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Fu, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Tanis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727236> [accessed: 13 December 2024]
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