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Karanis
Karanis
Karanis was an agricultural town in Graeco-Roman Egypt, located in the northeast corner of the Fayum,Egypt. The site was one of a number of towns established in the Arsinoite nome under Ptolemy II Philadelphus in the 3rd century BC.
Site Information
Country: Egypt
District: Faiyum Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: 3rd Century BC
Oldest Culture: Ptolemaic
Later Cultures: Ptolemaic
Site Features: Ptolemaic Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: El Fayoum
Date of Submission: 1994
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