Historical place profile
Kom Wasit
Archaeological site in the province of Beheira in the Western Delta, inhabited from the Roman through the Early Islamic periods. Along with the nearby site Kom el-Ahmer, it has been identified as a possible location of Metelis, the capital of the Metelite Nome.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:455482664
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:455482664
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.174824, 30.456810
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Archaeological site in the province of Beheira in the Western Delta, inhabited from the Roman through the Early Islamic periods. Along with the nearby site Kom el-Ahmer, it has been identified as a possible location of Metelis, the capital of the Metelite Nome.
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: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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