Places of Section 10

The Sinai Desert and Egypt

143. Tanis - (Tell al-Hajar)

A wall with two very high towers. No special building is represented inside this wall.	Tanis (Isaiah 19:11; Ezechiel 30:14)), a city of Egypt, as Isaiah and Ezechiel write. (Eusebius, Onomasticon 164,23; Jerome 165,22)

Map Section 10

Ancient Sources

Discussion

Photo: Lavish remains of the great Egyptian culture are shown at Tell al-Hajar.

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