Historical place profile
Thonis
The Egyptian site of Thonis, sometimes referred to as Thonis-Heracleion, was located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, approximately 32 km northeast of Alexandria. Its ruins are now submerged.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:727250
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:727250
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.314035, 30.078252
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The Egyptian site of Thonis, sometimes referred to as Thonis-Heracleion, was located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, approximately 32 km northeast of Alexandria. Its ruins are now submerged.
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 74 C2 Thonis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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