Philadelphia
Faiyum is a city in Middle Egypt. Located 100 kilometres southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mound with an elevation of 21 metres
- Description: archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum
- Also known as: “Kawm al Kharabah al Kabir” and “Kôm el Kharâba el Kebîr”
Philadelphia
- Categories: human settlement, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Philadelphia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوم درب جرزة”
- Bulgarian: “Филаделфия”
- Catalan: “Filadèlfia”
- Cebuano: “Kawm al Kharābah al Kabīr”
- Dutch: “Philadelphia”
- Esperanto: “Filadelfio”
- Finnish: “Filadelfeia (Egypti)”
- Finnish: “Filadelfeia”
- French: “Philadelphia”
- French: “Philadelphie”
- German: “Er-Rubayat”
- German: “Kaum Darb Girza”
- German: “Kom al-Charaba al-Kebir”
- German: “Kom al-Hammam”
- German: “Kom Darb Gerza”
- German: “Kōm Darb Girza”
- German: “Philadelphia”
- Greek: “Φιλαδέλφεια Κάτω Αιγύπτου”
- Hebrew: “פילדלפיה”
- Irish: “Philadelphia”
- Italian: “Filadelfia”
- Russian: “Филадельфия”
- Slovenian: “Filadelfija”
- Swedish: “Kawm al Kharābah al Kabīr”
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