Phakoussa

Title

grc Phakoussa

ara Faqus

ara فاقوس

grc Φάκουσα

Description

eng The modern city of Faqous in the southeastern portion of the Nile delta is thought to have been built atop an ancient city known to the Greeks as Phakoussa. Strabo identifies it as the terminus of an ancient canal connecting to the Red Sea.

Identifier

Pleiades - 727194

Trismegistos - 1729

Wikidata - Q1658087

Latitude

30.7269852

Longitude

31.7973907