Thmuis
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Thmuis (Timayy al-Imdid.
History
Ptolemaic Empire's naval prowess and successes in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
During the
Mendesian nome. From the Ptolemaic-Roman period are preserved the foundations of a temple.[2]
Thmuis was an
).In the
Ottoman conquest of Egypt.[why?
]
Its ruins are at Tell El-Timai, about five miles north-west of Sinbellawein, a station on the railway from Zagazig to Mansourah in the central Delta.
Bishopric
Monophysites
of the Middle Ages. The others are:
- Ammonius, Bishop of Thmuis,Heraclas of Alexandria (d. 247) [4]
- Phileas of Thmuis, d. 306 (in the Martyrology, 4 February), martyr and saint
- Donatus, his successor, martyr
- Liberius (not Caius), at the First Council of Nicaea in 325
- Athanasius
- Ptolemæus at the Council of Seleucia(359)
- Aristobulus, at the First Council of Ephesus(431).
See also
- List of ancient Egyptian sites, including sites of temples
- Serapion Bishop of Thmuis
References
- ISBN 978-0-06-058558-7, image plates and captions between pp. 246-247.
- ^ James E. Bennettː A Ptolemaic-Roman Temple Foundation at Tell Timai, inː Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 105 issue 2, December 2019, pp. 217-225
- ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Church of Alexandria". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ Photius, P.G., CIV, 1229.
Sources
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Baines & Malek "Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt", 2000. ISBN 0-8160-4036-2
- M.I. Bakr & H. Brandl, "Various Sites in the Eastern Nile Delta: Thmuis", in: M.I. Bakr and H. Brandl, with F. Kalloniatis (eds.), Egyptian Antiquities from the Eastern Nile Delta. Museums in the Nile Delta, vol. 2. Cairo/Berlin 2014, pp. 79, 294-301. ISBN 9783000453182.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thmuis". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
