- Sebennytos
Sebennytos or Sebennytus (Greek: polytonic|Σεβέννυτος, Ptol. iv. 5. § 50, Steph. B. "s. v." or polytonic|ἡ Σεβεννυτικὴ πόλις,
Strabo xvii. p. 802) or Egyptian: Tjebnutjer was an ancient city ofLower Egypt , now known asSamannud , located on theDamietta (Sebennytic) branch of theNile in the delta. Sebennytos was the capital ofLower Egypt 's twelfth nome (theSebennyte nome ).Sybennytos lies nearly due east of
Sais , in latitude 31° North. Sebennytos was anciently a place of some importance, and standing on a peninsula, between a lake (polytonic|λίμνη Σεβεννυτική, now calledBurlos ) and the Nile, was favourably seated for trade and intercourse with Lower Egypt and Memphis. The neglect of the canals, however, and the elevation of the alluvial soil have nearly obliterated its site. (Champollion , "l'Egypte", vol. ii. p. 191, seq.).Sebennytos is perhaps best known as the origin of
Manetho , ahistorian andchronicler from the Ptolemaic era, "circa"3rd century BC . Sebennytos was also the hometownNectanebo II , Egypt's last native ruler. [Bill Manley, The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt" Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2003. p.101]A
temple dedicated to the (local) godOnuris-Shu once existed at this location but is now reduced to ruins. The site is also known as part of the route of theHoly Family during their time in Egypt.ref|HolyFamilyReferences
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