<< Text Pages >> Leontopolis - Ancient Village or Settlement in Egypt in Lower Egypt (North)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Leontopolis Alternative Name: Ney-ta-hut, Tell el Yehudiye, Tell el-YahudiyaCountry: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 45.149 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cairo Nearest Village: Shabin al Qanatir
Latitude: 30.288889N Longitude: 31.360556E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Lower Egypt (North)
Leontopolis was an ancient city of Egypt in the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. Earthwork enclosures of the late Middle Kingdom or Second Intermediate Period as well as a temple and palace of Ramesses II were found. The Hebrew temple and town of Onias were also found here.
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