Tanis

thumb|Map of ancient Lower Egypt showing Tanis Tanis ( ; ; ) or San al-Hagar (; ; ; or or ; ) is the Greek name for ancient Egyptian ḏꜥn.t, an important archaeological site in the northeastern Nile Delta of Egypt, and the location of a city of the same name. Tanis was the capital of the Egyptian Kingdom in its 21st and 22nd Dynasties. It is located on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, which has long since silted up.

ancient Egyptian dynasty

ancient Egyptian dynasty

German archaeologist, egyptologist and librarian (1810-1884)

French archaeologist and egyptologist (1821–1881)

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French Egyptologist (1885–1966)

granite sphinx in the collections of the Louvre

French egyptologist (1927-2009)

Egyptian ruler

According to the Hebrew Bible, Zoan ( Ṣōʿan) was a city of Egypt in the eastern Nile Delta. Book of Numbers 13:22 says that it was built seven years after Hebron was built. Psalm 78:12,43 identifies the "field of Zoan" as the location where Moses performed miracles before a biblical Pharaoh to persuade him to release the Israelites from his service. The city is also mentioned in Book of Isaiah 19:11, 13, Isaiah 30:4 and Book of Ezekiel 30:14.