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Chatby Necropolis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Iris Fernandez

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jun 08, 2018 01:05 PM — History

Understood to be the oldest necropolis in Alexandria that dates back to the Ptolemaic period and is located in the modern Chatby area of Alexandria.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/941771942

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.211358, 29.917027

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Center of Visible Remains of the Chatby Necropolis (330 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Chatby Necropolis makes connections with:

Chatby Necropolis located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)

Chatby Necropolis receives connections from:

None

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Supreme Council of Antiquities: Chatby Necropolis

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Points were digitized on June 19, 2012 by hand in Google Earth using 5.2.1.1329 (beta) at an "eye altitude" of 600 ft.

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Suggested citation:
Iris Fernandez, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Chatby Necropolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/941771942> [accessed: 24 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/941771942 |title=Places: 941771942 (Chatby Necropolis) |author=Fernandez, I. |accessdate=April 24, 2025 11:32 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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