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Historical Rosetta
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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.
Site Information
Country: Egypt
District: Beheira Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Third Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Ancient Egyptians
Later Cultures: Ptolemaic + Roman + Islamic
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Official Name: Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid
Date of Submission: 2003
Exact Location
Elevation: 6 m
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