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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: ancient city in Egypt
- Also known as: “Heroónpolis” and “Pithom, Pithom”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abu Suweir Air Base and Tell el-Maschuta.
Abu Suweir Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Abu Suweir Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force base, located approximately 17.1 kilometres west of Ismailia and 116 kilometres northeast of Cairo. It is positioned for strategic defence of the Suez Canal waterway. Abu Suweir Air Base is situated 3½ km northeast of Pithom.
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, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Sharqia Province, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.55° or 30° 33′ northLongitude
32.06667° or 32° 4′ eastOpen location code
8G2JG3X8+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 768595636OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q1630019
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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”
- 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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