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Wadi Tumilat

a Pleiades place resource

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The Wadi Tumilat was once a distributary of the Nile River. The wadi is some 50 km in length and extends from near Zagazig (ancient town of Bubastis) and to the area of modern Ismaïlia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/985180643

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.5485661, 31.9643933

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Geographic Names:
- Wadi Tumilat (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Wadi Tumilat makes connections with:

Wadi Tumilat communicates with Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)

Wadi Tumilat receives connections from:

Nekou Diorux located at Wadi Tumilat (unspecified date range)
Less than certain: Phagroriopolis located at Wadi Tumilat (unspecified date range)
Ptolemaios/Traianos Potamos located at Wadi Tumilat (unspecified date range)
Tell el-Retaba located at Wadi Tumilat (unspecified date range)

Place type:
valley, river, drainage

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TM GEO ID 10571: Wadi Tumilat

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Wadi Tumilat: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/985180643> [accessed: 08 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/985180643 |title=Places: 985180643 (Wadi Tumilat) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 8, 2026 6:36 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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