Historical place profile
Tebtynis/Theodosioupolis?
An ancient Egyptian settlement located near the modern village of Tell Umm el-Baragat in the Al Fayyum Governorate. Tebtunis was founded by Amenemhat III around 1800 BC and flourished during the Ptolemaic period.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:737072
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:737072
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 29.107137, 30.762032
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient Egyptian settlement located near the modern village of Tell Umm el-Baragat in the Al Fayyum Governorate. Tebtunis was founded by Amenemhat III around 1800 BC and flourished during the Ptolemaic period.
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 75 D2 Tebtynis/Theodosioupolis?
Source and reuse
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Research path
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