Tebtunis

Tebtunis was a city and later town in . The settlement was founded in approximately 1800 BC by the Twelfth Dynasty king Amenemhat III. It was located at what is now Tell Umm el-Baragat in the .
  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 23 metres (75 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum

Tebtunis

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Latitude
29.10721° or 29° 6′ 26″ north
Longitude
30.76126° or 30° 45′ 41″ east
Open location code
7GXG4Q46+VG
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Tebtunis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أم البريجات”
  • Bulgarian: “Тебтунис”
  • Catalan: “Tebtunis”
  • Catalan: “Tell Umm al-Breigat”
  • Cebuano: “Tebtunis”
  • Chinese: “泰卜圖尼斯”
  • Dutch: “Tebtunis”
  • Dutch: “Tebtynis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ام البريجات”
  • Finnish: “Tebtynis”
  • French: “Tebtynis”
  • German: “Qasr el-Bas”
  • German: “Soknebtynis”
  • German: “Tebtunis”
  • German: “Tebtynis”
  • German: “Tell Umm el-Baragat”
  • German: “Umm el-Brigat”
  • German: “Umm el-Bureigāt”
  • German: “Umm el-Burigat”
  • Irish: “Tebtunis”
  • Italian: “Tebtynis”
  • Polish: “Tebtunis”
  • Polish: “Tebtynis”
  • Spanish: “Tebtunis”
  • Spanish: “Tebtynis”
  • Spanish: “Tepten”
  • Spanish: “Theodosiopolis”
  • Spanish: “Umm el-Bureigat”
  • Swedish: “Tebtunis”
  • Turkish: “Tebtynis”

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