Moeris (lake)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw
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Last modified
Aug 20, 2020 10:07 PM
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History
Moeris Lacus (Lake Moeris) was an ancient lake in the northwestern part of the Fayuum Oasis in Egypt; its surviving modern remnant is Birket Qarun.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736967
29.453611, 30.580833
- Representative Locations:
- location of Moeris L. (modern)
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- Moeris L. (330 BC - AD 640)
- Moeris (lake) part of (physical/topographic) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
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lake
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 75 D2 Moeris L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Birket Qarun
R. Müller Wollermann, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, and Mark Depauw, 'Moeris (lake): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736967> [accessed: 05 June 2023]
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