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Nubian name ⲇⲡ̅ⲡⲓ.
Aswan is the
ancient city of Swenett,
later known as
Syene,
which in
antiquity was the
frontier town of
Ancient Egypt facing the south...
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consider two
Egyptian cities,
Alexandria and
Syene (modern Aswan):
Cleomedes ****umes that the
distance between Syene and
Alexandria was 5,000
stadia (a figure...
- at noon on the
summer solstice. The two
cities used were
Alexandria and
Syene (modern Aswan), and the
distance between the
cities was
measured by professional...
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Elephantine (/ˌɛlɪfænˈtaɪniː, -ˈtiː-/ EL-if-an-TY-nee, -TEE-;
Ancient Egyptian: 𓍋𓃀𓅱𓃰, romanized: ꜣbw;
Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة الفنتين; Gr****: Ἐλεφαντίνη...
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versions simply transliterate the word,
others translate the
Hebrew as
Syene (Aswan), and
still others ****ociate Sin with China.
Sinim resembles Sinae...
- The
Diocese of
Syene is an
ancient see of the
Coptic Church in Aswan, Egypt. As its
first bishop Neilammon was not
mentioned as a new one in the Festal...
-
consider two
Egyptian cities,
Alexandria and
Syene,
modern ****uan:
Cleomedes ****umes that the
distance between Syene and
Alexandria was 5,000
stadia (a figure...
-
through Syene is
drawn approximately along the
course of the Nile from Meroë to Alexandria, and this
distance is
about ten
thousand stadia; and
Syene must...
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Thebais and
Syene while then-prefect
Aelius Gallus was away on his ill-fated
expedition to
Arabia in 25 BC. They were
successful in
taking Syene, Elephantine...
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Stephanas Stephen Suah
Succoth Succoth-benoth Sud Sur
Susanna Susi
Sychar Syene Syntyche Syracuse Comay, Joan, jj,* Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford...
