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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San al-Hagar (Tanis) canonical 1

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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) ⓘ