Siene

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Siene is an alternative name for Swenett, the ancient Egyptian city located at modern-day Aswan near Egypt’s southern border.

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Siene canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
archaeological site
administrativeRole border administration center
alternateNameOf Swenett
Syene
associatedWith Eratosthenes’ calculation of Earth’s circumference
bordered Nubia
country Egypt
culturalInfluence Egyptian
Nubians
surface form: Nubian
functionedAs frontier town
military outpost
trading center
hadEconomicActivity stone quarrying
trade in gold, ivory, and exotic goods
hadTempleTo Khnum
hasModernEquivalent Aswan
surface form: Aswan, Egypt
historicalRole gateway between Egypt and Nubia
knownFor granite quarries
strategic location on the Nile
languageOfName Greek
locatedIn Upper Egypt
Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: ancient Egypt
locatedNear Egypt’s southern border
First Cataract of the Nile
locatedOnRiver Nile
mentionedIn Roman geographical texts
classical Greek sources
modernLocation Aswan
nearbySite Elephantine Island
Philae
partOf nome of Ta-Seti
region Aswan Governorate NERFINISHED
religion ancient Egyptian religion
strategicImportance control of Nile traffic at First Cataract
timePeriod Pharaonic period
Ptolemaic Kingdom
surface form: Ptolemaic period

Roman period in Egypt
usedIn measurement of Earth’s circumference in antiquity

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