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Tanis
Sign in to savethumb|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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tanis
- Settlement.other_name
- San al-Hagar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ruins of Tanis.jpg
- Settlement.caption
- The ruins of Tanis today
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sharqia
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Studies and excavations
- Ruins
- Notable finds and artifacts
- Cultural references
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tanis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (18)
On the map
3 mapped locations