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  • Theadelphia

  • Theadelphia

    Theadelphia, today known as Batn Ihrit, is an ancient Egyptian town in the region Fayum located south Birket Qarun. The archaeological site contains the ruins of a Ptolemaic temple of the Egyptian crocodile Pnepheros.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, El Fayoum.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Theadelphia
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    Theadelphia

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1994

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Egypt

    Faiyum

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    2nd Century BC

    Ptolemaic

    Roman

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    Ptolemaic Monuments

     

     

     

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