Tahpanhes

30°51′38″N 32°10′17″E / 30.86056°N 32.17139°E / 30.86056; 32.17139

Tahpanhes
Tehaphnehes
Daphnae, Taphnas (ancient Greek)
Tell Defenneh
Ancient city
Tahpanhes is located in Egypt
Tahpanhes
Tahpanhes
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°51′38″N 32°10′17″E / 30.86056°N 32.17139°E / 30.86056; 32.17139
Country Egypt
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Tahpanhes or Tehaphnehes (Phoenician: 𐤕𐤇𐤐𐤍𐤇𐤎, romanized: TḤPNḤS;[1] Hebrew: תַּחְפַּנְחֵס, romanizedTaḥpanḥēs or Hebrew: תְּחַפְנְחֵס, romanizedTǝḥafnǝḥēs[a]) known by the Ancient Greeks as the (Pelusian) Daphnae (Ancient Greek: Δάφναι αἱ Πηλούσιαι)[2] and Taphnas (Ταφνας) in the Septuagint, now Tell Defenneh, was a city in ancient Egypt. It was located on Lake Manzala on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, about 26 km (16 miles) from Pelusium. The site is now situated on the Suez Canal.

  1. ^ KAI 50 (Phoenician papyrus letter)
  2. ^ Herodotus (1907). "II.30,107". Histories.


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