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The Egyptian Hercules

Semenood is the place of Sesostris the Great, The Egyptian Hercules. Who is the Egyptian Hercules?

SESOSTRIS THE GREAT, THE EGYPTIAN HERCULES http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/

"Semenood is a place of some size, with the usual bazáars of the large towns of Egypt, and famous for its pottery, which is sent to Cairo. it is in latitude 30° 58' 45". Here are the mounds of Sebennytus, the city of Sem, Gem, or Gom, The Egyptian Hercules. In Coptic it is called Gemnouti, (Ϫ Coptic symbols), which implies "Gem of God," and shows the origin of the present as well as the orthography of the ancient name; and it is remarkable that the name of the god begins with the word noute in many legends." Modern Egypt and Thebes

(from the Public Domain Modern Egypt and Thebes: Being a Description of Egypt, Including the Information Required for Travellers in that Country, Volumen 1
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Sir John Gardner Wilkinson

John Murray, 1843)

Dotti: But Pee-Wee! What is all of this supposed to mean?!

Pee-Wee Herman: Supposed to mean?! Supposed to mean?! I'll tell you what it's supposed to mean!Level C (talk) 20:46, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Wilkinson, John Gardner (1843). Modern Egypt and Thebes: Being a Description of Egypt, Including the Information Required for Travellers in that Country, Volumen 1. p. 432. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

Sebennytic = Damietta branch?

The article equates the Sebennytic branch that the city was located on with the modern Damietta branch. However, comparing between these two maps where the right branch is the Damietta branch:

The Damietta branch corresponds to the ancient Phatnitic branch, not the Sebennytic.

A quick search online for other sources seems to affirm that this is an error.
The Medieval Nile: Route, Navigation, and Landscape in Islamic Egypt (2014) – John Cooper
Alexandria: A History and Guide – E.M. Forster
The Empire of the Ptolemies (1895)– John Pentland Mahaffy

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, Volume 2 (1873) – William Smith instead suggests that the Damietta branch corresponds to the Sebennytic branch up until the city of Sebennytos where it then corresponds to the course of the ancient Phatnitic branch. However, the two maps above seem to indicate that the Phatnitic branch followed the exact course of the modern-day Damietta branch and is 100% identical to it.

So is there an error in this article? Or is it more complicated and needs some clarification? Sol Pacificus (talk) 20:49, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 20 June 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. —usernamekiran (talk) 21:17, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sebennytos → Samannud – WP:MODERNPLACENAME. This town still exists and the article should reflect that. 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 01:28, 20 June 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. (t · c) buidhe 05:44, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support. This article is already focused on the modern town, with the ancient one described here as its history. The resulting redirect could be pointed to the history section, and perhaps even flagged as an R with possibilities. Similar case to Talk:Sakha, Egypt. Andrewa (talk) 06:51, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

[EgyptianHercules-1] Wilkinson, John Gardner (1843). Modern Egypt and Thebes: Being a Description of Egypt, Including the Information Required for Travellers in that Country, Volumen 1. p. 432. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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