El Warraq

30°06′50″N 31°13′42″E / 30.114°N 31.2283°E / 30.114; 31.2283 Al Warraq (Arabic: الوراق) is a municipal district of the Giza city in Egypt,[1] consisting of both mainland and Warraq Island in the River Nile.

The district is located on the site of an ancient city Kerkasoros (Ancient Greek: Κερκασωρος, Latin: Cercasorum),[2] which hosted the observatory Eudoxus of Cnidus worked at.[3]

  1. ^ "الصفحة الرئيسية - حى الوراق". www.giza.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. ^ Huxley, George. Studies in the Greek Astronomers. p. 85.