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  • Historical Rosetta

  • Historical Rosetta

    Rosetta, Rashid, is a port city of the Nile Delta, located east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The site of Rosetta was inhabited throughout the history of Ancient Egypt. In the Ptolemaic era, the town was renamed to Bolbitine. In the 850s, the Abbassid caliph ordered a fort to be built on the site of the Ptolemaic city, and the medieval city grew around this fort.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Historical Rosetta
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    Historical Rosetta

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2003

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Egypt

    Beheira

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    Third Millennium BC

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ptolemaic + Roman + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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