Shams el-Din

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Nate Nagy

Contributors: Bruno Bazzani, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 04, 2023 09:26 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

The ancient settlement of Shams el-Din in Egypt's Kharga Oasis, which contains a necropolis and 4th century AD church.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894410373

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
24.6961205732, 30.600666288

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ain Shams el-Din (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Shams el-Din makes connections with:

Shams el-Din located in Exotero (Oasis) (unspecified date range)

Shams el-Din receives connections from:

Church at Shams el-Din located at Shams el-Din (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis, archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Reference:

Vivian, Cassandra. The Western Desert of Egypt, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. pp. 84.

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Suggested citation:
Nate Nagy, Bruno Bazzani, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Shams el-Din: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894410373> [accessed: 19 May 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894410373 |title=Places: 894410373 (Shams el-Din) |author=Nagy, N. |accessdate=May 19, 2025 4:28 am |publisher=Pleiades}}