El Mandara

El Mandara
المندرة
El Mandara
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°17′08″N 30°01′18″E / 31.285519°N 30.021758°E / 31.285519; 30.021758Coordinates: 31°17′08″N 30°01′18″E / 31.285519°N 30.021758°E / 31.285519; 30.021758
Country  Egypt
Governorate Alexandria
City Alexandria
Time zone UTC+2 (EST)

El Mandara (Arabic: المندرة‎) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.

Ancient site

The modern neighborhood of El Mandara is identified with the ancient town of Taposiris or Chersonesus Parva, which was mentioned by the ancient writers Strabo and Ptolemy.[1] The geographer Strabo wrote young people of Alexandria would celebrate feasts.[2] There are few remains of the ancient town today.[3][4][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos
  2. ↑ Strabo, Geographica 17.1.16
  3. ↑ Stillwell, Richard; McAlister, William L.; Holland, Marian, eds. (1976). "Taposiris Parva". The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  4. ↑ Tegg, Thomas (1829). London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge. 5. Thomas Tegg & Son. p. 568. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  5. ↑ Conder, Josiah (1834). A Dictionary of Geography, ancient and modern, etc. Thomas Tegg & Son. p. 148. Retrieved 2017-06-23.


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