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Al Manshāh (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 26 28 37 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 26.4769 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 48 13 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.8035 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded by Ptolemy I Soter on the site of the Egyptian village of Souit, Ptolemais Hermiou was the largest city in the Thebaid nome, a center of cults of Zeus & Dyonysos & worship of the Ptolemies. |
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| Al Manshāh (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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| Al-Manshāh (C,V)
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| El Manshah (C,V)
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| El-Manshâh (C,V)
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| El-Menshah (C,V)
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| El Minshije (C,V)
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| El Manshāh (NA,V)
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| Ptolemaîs Hernnon (NA,V)
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| Ptolemais (H,V)
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| Ptolemais Hermion (H,V)
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| Ptolemais Hermiou (H,V)
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............ | ancient Greek |
| Ptolemais Hormou (H,V)
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| Souit (H,V)
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Miṣr (nation) (P) |
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Sūhāj (governorate) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Ptolemy I Soter (ca. 364-ca. 282 BC) to replace the Egyptian village of Souit |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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