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Boon

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S.M. Burstein
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, D. Borough, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Last modified May 10, 2024 04:14 PM — History
An ancient Egyptian settlement located on the West bank of the Nile to the North of the Second Cataract. During the Old Kingdom Boon or Buhen was the site of a trading colony. During the Twelfth Dynasty, a large fortress was built during the reign of Senusret III.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/795791

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    • Boon (750 BC - AD 640)
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fort, tower (deprecated)

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 81 B4 Boon

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Buhen SUD. The remains of the fortress at Buhen are now submerged under Lake Nasser as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam in 1964.


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S.M. Burstein, DARMC, R. Talbert, D. Borough, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Boon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/795791> [accessed: 21 November 2024] 

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