Karanis
Karanis, located in what is now Kom Aushim, was an agricultural town in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt located in the northeast corner of the Faiyum Oasis. It was roughly 60 hectares in size and its peak population is estimated to be 4000 people, although it could have been as much as three times greater.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Καρανίς”
- Description: archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum
- Also known as“Kawm Awshīm”“Kōm Aushīm”“Kom Ouscim”“Qaranis”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamiya.
Tamiya
Village
Tamiya is a town in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt. Tamiya is situated 7 km southeast of Karanis.
Karanis
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Latitude
29.51838° or 29° 31′ 6″ north
Longitude
30.90254° or 30° 54′ 9″ east
Open location code
7GXGGW93+92
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Karanis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارنيس”
- Arabic: “كوم أوشيم”
- Catalan: “Karanis”
- Catalan: “Kom Aushim”
- Catalan: “Kom Ushin”
- Chinese: “卡拉尼斯”
- Dutch: “Karanis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوم اوشيم”
- French: “Karanis”
- German: “Karanis”
- German: “Kom Auschim”
- German: “Kōm Auschīm”
- Indonesian: “Karanis”
- Irish: “Karanis”
- Italian: “Karanis”
- Persian: “کارانیس”
- Spanish: “Karanis”
- Swahili: “Karanis”
- Turkish: “Karanis”
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