Philoteris
Philoteris was a village in ancient Egypt located in the Faiyum Oasis. It was founded c. 280s BC by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, who named it for his sister, Philotera.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Also known as: “Philoteris, Philoteris” and “Philoteris, Themistou meris”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shafee Shalaby.
Shafee Shalaby
Memorial
Philoteris
- Categories: human settlement, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Faiyum Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.38333° or 29° 23′ northLongitude
30.46667° or 30° 28′ eastOpen location code
7GXG9FM8+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 768586646OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q42834453
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Spanish—“Philoteris” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Filoteri, Themistou meris”
- Albanian: “Filoteri”
- Arabic: “فيلوترس”
- Dutch: “Philoteris, Themistou meris”
- French: “Philoteris”
- German: “Philoteris”
- Greek: “Φιλωτερίς, Θεμίστου μερίδα”
- Greek: “Φιλωτερίς, Θεμίστου μερίς”
- Greek: “Φιλωτερίς”
- Spanish: “Filoteris”
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