Location
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.
- Latitude
- 30.7269852
- Longitude
- 31.7973907
Linked resources
Archaeological Atlas of Coptic Literature
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