San al-Hagar (Tanis)

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San al-Hagar (Tanis) is an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta that served as a royal capital during the Third Intermediate Period and is renowned for its temples and archaeological remains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
archaeological site
former national capital
ancientName Tanis
associatedWithDeity Amun
Khonsu
Mut
capitalDuring Third Intermediate Period
Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
containsTombOf Amenemope
Osorkon II
Psusennes I
Shoshenq II
Takelot I
country Egypt
excavatedBy Pierre Montet NERFINISHED
excavationStartApprox 1930s
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Late Period
New Kingdom (reused monuments)
Third Intermediate Period
hasFeature colossal statues
obelisks
royal tombs
sacred lake
stone blocks reused from earlier monuments
temple enclosure walls
hasFind gold funerary mask of Psusennes I
granite obelisks from earlier dynasties
inscribed stelae
royal jewelry hoards
silver coffin of Psusennes I
hasTemple Temple of Amun
Temple of Khonsu
Temple of Mut
heritageStatus important national archaeological site of Egypt
knownFor archaeological remains
royal necropolis of the Third Intermediate Period
temples
locatedIn Lower Egypt
Nile Delta
Sharqia Governorate
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible as Zoan
modernName San al-Hagar
nearbyModernSettlement San al-Hagar al-Qibliyah
regionType Delta city
reusesMonumentsFrom Memphis
Pi-Ramesses
servedAs royal capital of Egypt

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Sharqia Governorate hasHistoricSite San al-Hagar (Tanis)