Pithom
Pithom was an ancient city of Egypt. References in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek and Roman sources exist for this city, but its exact location remains somewhat uncertain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city in Egypt
- Also known as: “Heroónpolis”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abu Suweir Air Base and Tell el-Maschuta.
Abu Suweir Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Tell el-Maschuta
Archaeological site
Tell el-Maschuta - either the ancient Egyptian Per Tem/Pi-Tem or Tjeku - is located in the Wadi Tumilat region in the eastern Nile Delta about 16 kilometers west of Ismailia and about 18 kilometers east of Tell er-Retaba. Tell el-Maschuta is situated 3 km east of Pithom.
Pithom
- Categories: ancient city, tell, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sharqia Province, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.55° or 30° 33′ north
Longitude
32.06667° or 32° 4′ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8G2JG3X8+XM
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Pithom” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيت أتوم”
- Arabic: “بيتوم”
- Azerbaijani: “Heroonpol”
- Azerbaijani: “Pa-tum”
- Azerbaijani: “Per-Atum”
- Azerbaijani: “Pifom”
- Bulgarian: “Pithom”
- Bulgarian: “Питом”
- Catalan: “Heroònpolis”
- Catalan: “Heroòpolis”
- Catalan: “Heròpolis”
- Catalan: “Per-Atum”
- Catalan: “Pi-Tum”
- Catalan: “Pithom”
- Catalan: “Tell al-Maskhuta”
- Cebuano: “Pithom”
- Dutch: “Per-Atoem”
- Finnish: “Heroopolis”
- French: “Pithom”
- French: “Pithôm”
- German: “Heroon-polis”
- German: “Heroonpolis”
- German: “Nathu”
- German: “Per Atum”
- German: “Per-Atum”
- German: “Per-Atûm”
- German: “Pithom”
- German: “Pitom”
- German: “Teku”
- German: “Tell er-Retaba”
- German: “Tell er-Robata”
- Greek: “Ηρώων πόλις”
- Greek: “Πειθώ”
- Hausa: “Pithom”
- Hebrew: “פיתום ורעמסס”
- Indonesian: “Pitom”
- Irish: “Pithom”
- Italian: “Pitom”
- Japanese: “ビション”
- Obolo: “Pitom”
- Persian: “پیتوم”
- Portuguese: “Pitom”
- Russian: “Па-тум”
- Russian: “Пер-Атум”
- Russian: “Пифом”
- Russian: “Хероонополь”
- Spanish: “Heroonpolis”
- Spanish: “Heroónpolis”
- Spanish: “Heroopolis”
- Spanish: “Heroópolis”
- Spanish: “Piton”
- Spanish: “Pitón”
- Swahili: “Pithom”
- Swedish: “Pithom”
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