OIKOPAEDIA
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Anfile Bay
ANFILE BAY — a bay of the Red Sea off the coast of Eritrea. Anfile bay was mentioned in ancient geographical sources as the location of τὸ πέρας τῆς ἀνακομιδῆς (‘turning-around point’) in the first centuries AD.
Bukharin M. D.
Northeastern Africa
Viewers: 90
02.06.2025
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Aśoka
AŚOKA (aśoka, Sanskrit — ‘(Born) without pain’ or ‘Without sorrow’) b. ? — 232/227 BC) — a king of the Mauryan dynasty of ancient India.
Zakharov A. O.
South Asia
Viewers: 129
18.05.2025
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Badari
BADARI — an Early Neolithic culture in Egypt (c. 4400–4000 or 4500–3800/3700 BC) that began the Predynastic Period of Egyptian history. Badarian culture is one of the earliest instances of agriculture on the banks of the Nile River.
Proussakov D. B.
Northeastern Africa
Viewers: 83
26.05.2025
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Buto
BUTO — one of the oldest cities in Egypt and the main site of the Maadi culture. Located northwest of the Nile Delta in the Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate.
Proussakov D. B.
Northeastern Africa
Viewers: 76
11.05.2025
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Corinth
CORINTH — an ancient Greek polis on the isthmus connecting Southern with Central Greece. One of the most significant economic, political, and cultural centres of the ancient Greek world.
Surikov I. E.
Mediterranean Europe
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12.05.2025
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Dahshur
DAHSHUR — an Ancient Egyptian necropolis, one of several in Southern Memphis. It gets its name from an eponymous Arab settlement. Dahshur is situated on the western bank of the Nile about 30 km southwest of Cairo and 8 km southwest of Memphis.
Malykh S. E.
Northeastern Africa
Viewers: 73
11.05.2025
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Felsina
FELSINA — a city in Padanian Etruria on the site of modern Bologna, Italy. Felsina is located in the valley of two large rivers, the Reno and Savena. Two smaller rivers, the Ravone and Aposa, flank the settlement.
Kirillova M. N.
Western Europe
Viewers: 72
18.05.2025
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Giza
GIZA — one of the main Memphite necropolises, situated on the west bank of the Nile River, now a suburb just South-West of Cairo
Malykh S. E.
Northeastern Africa
Viewers: 74
25.05.2025
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Kalliena
KALLIENA — A port city in Western India on the bank of the Ulhas River mentioned in ancient sources and playing an important role in transoceanic trade between South Asia and the Mediterranean in the early centuries AD.
Bukharin M. D.
South Asia
Viewers: 58
07.06.2025