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<< Other Photo Pages >> Canopus - Ancient Village or Settlement in Egypt in Lower Egypt (North)

Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 16 May 2016  Page Views: 1341

Multi-periodSite Name: Canopus Alternative Name: Canobus
Country: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 9.832 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Latitude: 31.304167N  Longitude: 30.100556E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Canopus
Canopus submitted by dodomad : An archaeologist diver using a brush to clear remnants of fauna including a bovid jaw discovered under 2.5 cm of sand on the site of Canopus in Aboukir Bay. © Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation - Photo: Christoph Gerigk (Vote or comment on this photo)
An Ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 kilometres from the centre of that city.

Canopus was located on the western bank at the mouth of the westernmost branch of the Delta – known as the Canopic or Heracleotic branch.

It was the principal port in Egypt for Greek trade before the foundation of Alexandria. Nevertheless, it was rivalled in this respect by Naucratis, and by Heracleion, the latter city only discovered by archaeologists in 2000.

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