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Şān al Ḩajar al Qiblīyah, Egypt
صان الحجر القبلية
Şān al Ḩajar al Qiblīyah is a town of 30,969 people in Sharqia, Egypt.
Why visit Şān al Ḩajar al Qiblīyah
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark in and around town.
Highlights include Tanis.
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About Şān al Ḩajar al Qiblīyah
Tanis ( TAY-niss; Ancient Greek: Τάνις [tánis]; Latin: Tanis ['tanɪs]) or San al-Hagar (Arabic: صان الحجر, romanized: Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar; Ancient Egyptian: ḏꜥn.t [ˈcʼuʕnat]; Akkadian: 𒍝𒀪𒉡, romanized: Ṣaʾnu; Coptic: ϫⲁⲛⲓ or ϫⲁⲁⲛⲉ or ϫⲁⲛⲏ; Biblical Hebrew: צֹעַן, romanized: Ṣōʿan) is the Greek name for ancient Egyptian ḏꜥn.t, an important archaeological site in the northeastern Nile Delta of Egypt, and the location of a city of the same name. Tanis was the capital of the Egyptian Kingdom in its 21st and 22nd Dynasties. It is located on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, which has long since silted up.
From the Wikipedia article Tanis (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Tanis
Monument and historic site · 0.8 km
Village and ancient city in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
Churches and places of worship1
History
Tanis is unattested before the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, when it was the capital of the 14th nome of Lower Egypt. A temple inscription datable to the reign of Ramesses II mentions a "Field of Tanis", while the city in se is securely attested in two 20th Dynasty documents: the Onomasticon of Amenope and the Story of Wenamun, as the home place of the pharaoh-to-be Smendes.
The earliest known Tanite buildings are datable to the 21st Dynasty. Although some monuments found at Tanis are datable earlier than the 21st Dynasty, most of these were in fact brought there from nearby cities, mainly from the previous capital of Pi-Ramesses, for reuse. Indeed, at the end of 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 became unusable.
From the History section of Tanis on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Port Said International Airport (PSD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 49 km away.
- Al Ḩusaynīyah 13 km south, about 13 min by car
- Al Mansurah 47 km west, about 47 min by car
- Ţalkhā 48 km west, about 48 min by car
- Port Said 52 km northeast, about 52 min by car
- Zagazig 56 km southwest, about 56 min by car
- Ismailia 56 km southeast, about 56 min by car
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 67 km west, about 1 h by car
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān 76 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Quwaysinā 82 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Tanta 86 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Ruins of Tanis, Original uploader was Markh at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- I'm going with Baba 01, Mannycairo21, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Unguarded Treasures, Mannycairo21, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sunken Tanis Burial Chamber NRT V with Stone Sarcophagus Trough (55580054584), Nate Loper, CC BY 4.0
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