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Ancient Egypt (region)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.J. Wilkes, S.T. Parker, R.S. Bagnall, W.V. Harris, A.S. Esmonde-Cleary, C.M. Wells, J.F. Drinkwater, R.C. Knapp, S. Mitchell

Contributors: Brian Z. Lund, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott

Last modified May 18, 2024 03:51 PM — History

The ancient kingdom(s) and region of Egypt as understood by the Egyptians themselves, their neighbors, and their successors. Individual administrative districts, provinces, nomes, and the like have separate place resources in Pleiades.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981503

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
16.1010829332, 31.4591482445

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aegyptus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Muṣri (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Muṣur (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)

Ancient Egypt (region) makes connections with:

None

Ancient Egypt (region) receives connections from:

Aegyptus (Roman imperial province) connection Ancient Egypt (region) (unspecified date range)
Miṣr (early Islamic province) part of (physical/topographic) Ancient Egypt (region) (AD 632 - AD 1150)
Nilus (river) part of (physical/topographic) Ancient Egypt (region) (unspecified date range)
Pathyris (nome) part of (administrative) Ancient Egypt (region) (304 BC - 30 BC)
Ptolemaic Kingdom part of (regional) Ancient Egypt (region) (330 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
region

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Related:

TM GEO ID 49: Egypt

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 100 M6 Aegyptus

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Suggested citation:
J.J. Wilkes, S.T. Parker, R.S. Bagnall, W.V. Harris, A.S. Esmonde-Cleary, C.M. Wells, J.F. Drinkwater, R.C. Knapp, S. Mitchell, Brian Z. Lund, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Ancient Egypt (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981503> [accessed: 30 December 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981503 |title=Places: 981503 (Ancient Egypt (region)) |author=Wilkes, J., S. Parker, R. Bagnall, W. Harris, A. Esmonde-Cleary, C. Wells, J. Drinkwater, R. Knapp, S. Mitchell |accessdate=December 30, 2024 9:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Ancient Egypt (region)