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Syene

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Συήνη Syene Greek
  • swnw Egyptian

NAMES: PLEIADES, CC BY 3.0

Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Nile Nile Migdol Migdol Cush CUSH Egypt EGYPT Syene Syene 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 4 places · 1 outside this view · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH EGYPT · MIGDOL 3 · CUSH 1 · NILE, named in the same passages

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Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Ruins at Aswan.

Ruins at Aswan.

PHOTO: Marc Ryckaert CC BY 3.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

3 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 24.0889, 32.8997

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ON WIKIDATA · Q29888