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In the image it is possible to observe the area of the island of Geziret el-Sheick Timay represented in the Napoleonic cartography overlaid on the satellite image (Esri satellite).
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The Egyptian landscape over the millennia has been affected by geomorphological and urban changes that have also involved the hydrological scenery, with the consequent transformation of areas around watercourses. This paper aims to highlight the possibilities derived from the consultation of Napoleonic cartography for the study of the Egyptian land...
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... to the cult of Khnum, called "Lord of iw-rd", whereas in the New Kingdom the toponym is associated in various attestations to Amon "Lord of iw-rd" (Montet 1961, 158.). Georges Daressy in a publication of the early years of 1900 (cit. in Graves 2017, 203, n. 31) identified the possible location of iw-rd with the village of Beni Hasan el-Shuruq ( fig. 7), whereas in 1961 Pierre Montet suggested that the island could correspond to one of the islands located south of Minya along the course of the Nile (Montet 1961, 161). Considering the area within the borders of this nomos and consulting the available cartography, the only islands of considerable size that can be taken into ...
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... the island of Geziret el-Sheick Timay, positioned near the southern boundary of the 16 th nomos, shifted westward, almost completely annexed to the mainland. The Napoleonic map features an inhabited centre, the village of Zaafrânéh, now located south of Monshat Dabes and no longer distinguishable in the satellite images from this village (see fig. 7 and fig. 9a). Groma 4 ...
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... one of which is located in the village of Zaafrânéh (Graves Fig. 9 2017, 208), now part of the mainland, south of the village of Monshat Debes. Therefore, one can suppose that, among the various islands present in the territory of mȝ-ḥḏ, the island of Geziret el-Sheick Timay could correspond to what in the Pharaonic era was the ancient iw-rd ( fig. ...
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... to the cult of Khnum, called "Lord of iw-rd", whereas in the New Kingdom the toponym is associated in various attestations to Amon "Lord of iw-rd" (Montet 1961, 158.). Georges Daressy in a publication of the early years of 1900 (cit. in Graves 2017, 203, n. 31) identified the possible location of iw-rd with the village of Beni Hasan el-Shuruq ( fig. 7), whereas in 1961 Pierre Montet suggested that the island could correspond to one of the islands located south of Minya along the course of the Nile (Montet 1961, 161). Considering the area within the borders of this nomos and consulting the available cartography, the only islands of considerable size that can be taken into ...
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... the island of Geziret el-Sheick Timay, positioned near the southern boundary of the 16 th nomos, shifted westward, almost completely annexed to the mainland. The Napoleonic map features an inhabited centre, the village of Zaafrânéh, now located south of Monshat Dabes and no longer distinguishable in the satellite images from this village (see fig. 7 and fig. 9a). Groma 4 ...
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... one of which is located in the village of Zaafrânéh (Graves Fig. 9 2017, 208), now part of the mainland, south of the village of Monshat Debes. Therefore, one can suppose that, among the various islands present in the territory of mȝ-ḥḏ, the island of Geziret el-Sheick Timay could correspond to what in the Pharaonic era was the ancient iw-rd ( fig. ...
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