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English: Map of Ancient Egypt, showing the Nile up to the fifth cataract, and major cities and sites of the Dynastic period (c. 3150 BC to 30 BC). Cairo and Jerusalem are shown as reference cities.

Date

22 November 2007(2007-11-22)

Source

Own work. See #References for references used creating the map.
Image renamed from File:Ancient Egypt map.svg (see #Original upload log).

Author

Jeff Dahl

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[edit] References

Resources used to create the map:

(2003) Shaw, Ian The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press.
(1998) Dr. Peter Der Manuelian Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs. Bonner Straße, Köln (Deutschland): Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
Digital Egypt - maps. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
NASA PIA04957. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
NASA PIA02647. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
NASA PIA04965. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.

Reference coordinates:

Sais 30°57′53″N, 30°46′6″E
Buto 31°11′47″N, 30°44′41″E
Alexandria 31°11′53″N 29°55′09″E
Naukratis 30°54' N 30°35'E coordinates here
Tanis 30°58′37″N, 31°52′48″E
Avaris 30°47′N, 31°50′E
Busiris 30°54′40″N, 31°14′40″E

[edit] Original upload log

The original description page is/was here. All following user names refer to Commons.

2009-01-29 13:21 Bibi Saint-Pol 1577×3219×0 (412000 bytes) (remove wrong text, adjust frame)
2009-01-29 12:47 Bibi Saint-Pol 1577×3219×0 (413000 bytes) (added frame)
2009-01-29 12:35 Bibi Saint-Pol 1577×3219×0 (412000 bytes) (harmonize colors with the standards + replace unsupported Arial fonts by DejaVu )
2008-02-11 06:55 Jeff Dahl 1577×3219×0 (391000 bytes) (sp fx)
2007-11-29 02:09 Jeff Dahl 1577×3219×0 (391000 bytes) (Rotate Mediterranean Sea label)
2007-11-27 23:32 Jeff Dahl 1577×3219×0 (391000 bytes) (Minor adjustments to Naukratis and Buto)
2007-11-27 18:59 Jeff Dahl 1577×3219×0 (391000 bytes) (Cairo and Jerusalem now with black dots/italics)
2007-11-23 00:04 Jeff Dahl 1577×3219×0 (391000 bytes) (fx scalebar)
2007-11-22 23:56 Jeff Dahl 1577×3219×0 (391000 bytes) ({{Information |Description=A map of ancient Egypt, made with Inkscape |Source=self-made |Date=11-22-07 |Author= Jeff Dahl |Permission= |other_versions={{DerivativeVersions|Ancient Egypt map-ru.svg}} }} )

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:28, 20 February 2009		1,577×3,219 (413 KB)	Bibi Saint-Pol (Talk \| contribs)	(fix translation mistake on the windrose)
	12:13, 30 January 2009		1,577×3,219 (413 KB)	Bibi Saint-Pol (Talk \| contribs)	(fix position of Nile Delta)
	12:21, 29 January 2009		1,577×3,219 (412 KB)	Bibi Saint-Pol (Talk \| contribs)	(remove wrong text, adjust frame)
	12:05, 29 January 2009		1,577×3,219 (413 KB)	Bibi Saint-Pol (Talk \| contribs)	({{Assessments\|1=Ancient Egypt map.svg\|enwiki=1}} __NOTOC__ == {{int:filedesc}} == {{inkscape}} {{Information \|Description= {{en\|Map of Ancient Egypt, showing the Nile up to the fifth cataract, and major cities and sites of the Dynastic period (c. 3150 BC )