Ţāmiyah, Egypt
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. Karanis was one of a number of towns in the Arsinoites nome established in the third century BC by Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
- City
- Ţāmiyah
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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