Busiris
Busiris or Aphroditopolis was an ancient city of Middle Egypt, in the Aphroditopolite nome, on the west bank of the Nile, southwest of Aphroditopolis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city of Middle Egypt
- Also known as: “Aphroditopolis” and “Busiris(?)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meidoum.
Meidoum
Village
Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt. It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times. Meidoum is situated 8 km west of Busiris.
Busiris
- Categories: ruins, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Busiris” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Апхродитополис”
- Cebuano: “Aphroditopolis”
- Finnish: “Afroditopolis”
- German: “Aphroditopolis”
- Swedish: “Aphroditopolis”
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