Canopus

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ancient city archaeological site

Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal city near modern-day Alexandria, known as a major religious center and sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis.

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Label Occurrences
Canopus canonical 10

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientNameInGreek Κάνωπος ⓘ
ancientNameInLatin Canopus self-link ⓘ
associatedWithDecree Decree of Canopus ⓘ
connectedByCanalTo Alexandria ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalSphere Hellenistic Egyptian culture ⓘ
declineCause coastal subsidence ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
decreeDate 238 BCE ⓘ
decreeIssuedUnder Ptolemy III Euergetes ⓘ
excavatedBy Franck Goddio ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century BCE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century BCE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind Ptolemaic and Roman inscriptions ⓘ
ritual basins and naos ⓘ
statues of Egyptian deities ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Abu Qir Bay
hasNearbyHarbor Canopic branch of the Nile ⓘ
hasReligiousFunction healing sanctuary ⓘ
pilgrimage center ⓘ
hasSanctuaryDedicatedTo Isis ⓘ
hasTemple Serapeum of Saqqara ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Serapis
hasTypeOfCult Isis healing cult ⓘ
Osiris myth ⓘ
surface form: Osirian mysteries
knownFor healing cults ⓘ
luxury and pleasure resorts ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
locatedIn Nile Delta ⓘ
locatedInTime Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
locatedNear Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy (geographer)

Strabo ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Abu Qir
partlySubmergedIn Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Abu Qir Bay
partOf Lower Egypt ⓘ
regionToday Alexandria Governorate ⓘ
underwaterArchaeologyStarted late 20th century ⓘ
worshipCenterOf Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Serapis ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isis → worshipCenter → Canopus ⓘ
Canopus → ancientNameInLatin → Canopus self-link ⓘ
Serapis → majorCultCenter → Canopus ⓘ
Villa Adriana (Tivoli) → hasPart → Canopus ⓘ
Behbeit el-Hagar → relatedTo → Canopus ⓘ
Κάνωπος → greekNameOf → Canopus ⓘ
Κάνωπος → hasLatinName → Canopus ⓘ
Canopic branch of the Nile → mouthLocatedNear → Canopus ⓘ
Canopic branch of the Nile → namedAfter → Canopus ⓘ
Decree of Canopus → placeOfIssue → Canopus ⓘ