- the
delta had
seven distributaries or branches, (from east to west): the
Pelusiac the
Tanitic the
Mendesian the
Phatnitic or
Phatmetic (later the Damietta)...
-
mapped all the
branches of the
ancient Delta and
established that the
Pelusiac branch was the
easternmost during Ramesses'
reign while the
Tanitic branch...
- to
silting and
flood relief schemes. From east to west, they were: the
Pelusiac, the Tanitic, the Mendesian, the
Phatnitic (extant; now the
Damietta or...
- The
Brook of
Egypt (Hebrew: נַחַל מִצְרַיִם, romanized: naḥal mitzrayim, lit. 'wadi of Egypt') is a wadi
identified in the
Hebrew Bible as
forming the...
-
Bubastis was
situated southwest of Tanis, upon the
eastern side of the
Pelusiac branch of the Nile. The nome and city of
Bubastis were
allotted to the...
- (1
Kings 9:26). The Lake of Tanis, a
former coastal lagoon fed by the
Pelusiac branch of the Nile, has also been
proposed as the
place Moses parted the...
- New
Kingdom the
royal residence of Pi-Ramesses was
abandoned because the
Pelusiac branch of the Nile in the
Delta became silted up and its
harbour consequently...
-
eastern Nile delta.
Their capital city was
Avaris at a fork on the now-dry
Pelusiac branch of the Nile.
Memphis may have also been an
important administrative...
-
Cleopatra seems to have had no west–east
waterway p****age,
because the
Pelusiac branch of the Nile,
which fed Ptolemy's west–east canal, had by that time...
- of
Egypt in the 13th nome of
Lower Egypt (the
Heliopolite Nome), on the
Pelusiac branch of the Nile. This site is
known for its
distinctive pottery known...
