Pelusium

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Pelusium

Pelusium was an important city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of the modern Port Said, becoming a Roman provincial capital and Metropolitan archbishopric, remaining a multiple Catholic titular see.

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Country: Egypt

District: Port Said Governorate

Category: Historic Cities and Regions

Site History: First Millennium BC

Oldest Culture: Ancient Egyptians

Later Cultures: Ptolemaic + Roman

Site Features: Ancient Egyptian & Ptolemaic & Roman Monuments

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Elevation: 3 m

UNESCO

World Heitage Sites in Egypt Tentative Lists in Egypt Intangible Heritage in Egypt

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