Historical place profile
Apis
The ancient Apis may correspond to the site of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham where a substantial Pharaonic fortress of the New Kingdom is known. Zawiyet Umm ar-Racham is located about 310 km west of Alexandria. The site was identified in 1946 and was sporadically examined until scientific excavations under Steven Snape were carried out between 1994 and 2001.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:716526
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:716526
- Place type
- fort-2, settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.400038, 27.025956
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The ancient Apis may correspond to the site of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham where a substantial Pharaonic fortress of the New Kingdom is known. Zawiyet Umm ar-Racham is located about 310 km west of Alexandria. The site was identified in 1946 and was sporadically examined until scientific excavations under Steven Snape were carried out between 1994 and 2001.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 73 E2 Apis
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Research path
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