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Fag el-Gamous Cemetery

a Pleiades place resource

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A large (300 acres), multiperiod (Old Kingdom through late Roman) cemetery located just beyond the arable land of the eastern Fayoum in Egypt. It likely served the nearby ancient settlements of Tanis, Philadelphia, and Selia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913253768

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
29.392567, 31.04201

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Central Point:
- Imagery Location: Centerpoint of Excavated Areas (2670 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

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None

Fag el-Gamous Cemetery makes connections with:

Fag el-Gamous Cemetery part of (regional) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)

Fag el-Gamous Cemetery receives connections from:

None

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis, archaeological site

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Wikidata Fag el-Gamous (Q22919830)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Fag el-Gamous Cemetery: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913253768> [accessed: 14 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913253768 |title=Places: 913253768 (Fag el-Gamous Cemetery) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=November 14, 2024 4:29 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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