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Tell Farama (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 31 02 56 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.0499 decimal degrees |
Long: 032 36 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.6001 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city on branch of Nile River; an important frontier post; scene of Persian victory of Cambyses over Psamtik III 525 BCE; also was a Roman center; birthplace of 2nd-cen. astronomer Claudius Ptolemy. |
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Tell Farama (preferred,C,V)
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Tell el-Farama (C,V)
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Tall al-Farama (C,V)
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Tall al-Faramā (C,V)
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Tall al-Fāramā (C,V)
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Pelusium (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
Pelousiou (H,O)
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Paramoun (H,V)
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Peremoun (H,V)
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............ | Coptic |
Sin (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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ancient outpost |
historic site (C) |
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inhabited place (H) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Tall al-Farama.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 27 January 2020 |
Tall al-Faramā.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 27 January 2020 |
Tall al-Fāramā.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 6 March 2020 |
Tell el-Farama.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 6 March 2020 |
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