Thmuis
Thmuis was an ancient city in the Nile Delta . The field of ruins is now called Tell-El Timai . It is located southeast of Al-Mansura near the village of Timayy al Imdid .
history
Thmuis is first mentioned by Herodotus , who wrote it around 450 BC. Visited. In the Ptolemaic period, the city flourished and dissolved the sister city of Mendes as the administrative center of the 16th Gaus from. Mentions by Flavius Josephus , Pliny the Elder , Ammianus Marcellinus and other Roman writers attest to its importance in this period. It was famous throughout the Mediterranean for the mendesic fragrance oil. The foundations of a temple date from Ptolemaic-Roman times.
At the time of early Christianity, Thmuis had an important parish with a bishopric , from which several well-known bishops and martyrs came, including Phileas von Thmuis († 306), Donatus von Thmuis († around 316) and Serapion von Thmuis (* approx. 300; † approx. 370). In modern times, the titular diocese of Thmuis was established with reference to this .
After the Arab conquest in the 7th century, Thmuis began to decline. During this time, the Mendes branch of the Nile silted up and Thmuis lost its once important port. The end of settlement is associated with the suppression of a tax revolt in the 10th century.
Archaeological excavations of the University of Hawaii are currently (2017) taking place on the field of ruins .
Web links
- Tell Timai Excavation (archeological.org, English)
- The Ancient City of Thmuis (Tell el-Timai) (divingarcheology.com, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ akg-images.de
- ↑ James E. Bennettː A Ptolemai-Roman Temple Foundation at Tell Timaai , inː Journal of Egyptian Archeology , 105 issue 2, December 2019, pp. 217–225
- ^ Website of the University of Hawaii on the excavations (under construction, English)
Coordinates: 30 ° 56 ′ 18.9 ″ N , 31 ° 30 ′ 58.7 ″ E