Canopus, Egypt
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Canopus, also known as Canobus, was an ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 kilometers from the center of
Canopus menouthis herakleion
Ptolemaic coins from the submerged Heracleion
Abu Qir
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Abu Qir, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus and 23 kilometers northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located on A
Canopus, Egypt
…port in Egypt for Greek trade before the foundation of Alexandria, along with Naucratis and Heracleion. Its ruins lie near the present Egyptian town of Abu Qir. Land in the area of Canopus was subject to rising sea levels, earthquakes, tsunamis, and large parts of it seem to have succumbed to liquefaction…
Abu Qir 10Ramadan Mosque
Abu Qir Soldier
Abu Qir Beach
The Battle of Aboukir by Louis-François Lejeune