Location
Berenice
- Title
- lat Berenice
- grc Βερενίκη
- lat Beronicen - Pernicis - Bernicis
- ara Bender el-Kebir
- Description
- eng An ancient port city on the west coast of the Red Sea in modern Egypt, Berenice/Berenike was founded in 275 BCE by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who named it after his mother, Berenice I of Egypt.
- Latitude
- 23.91062525
- Longitude
- 35.474818850000005
Linked resources
Archaeological Atlas of Coptic Literature
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