Syene
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Francis Deblauwe, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Nov 24, 2014 03:02 PM
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History
The ancient city of Swenett in Egypt, called Syene by the Greeks.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786123
24.0885745, 32.901491
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARMC location 16105 (750 BC - AD 640)
- Nilus (river) (Attested dates needed)
- Aswan Quarry Landscape (Attested dates needed)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 inset Syene
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: settlement and quarry cluster at Aswan
T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Francis Deblauwe, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, and Eric Kansa, 'Syene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2014 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786123> [accessed: 25 June 2017]
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