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Forts

Every place in the atlas labelled forts.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Dionysias — Qasr Qarun Fort and Canal Harbour at Fayum West (Lake Moeris West)

Ptolemaic to Late Roman (270 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman / Roman military Fayum

Lake Moeris west cohort fort Dionysias 1–2 m buried at Qasr Qarun — castellum 80×60 m with towers and canal quay 60 m at –2 m.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Dionysias — Qasr Qarun Fort and Canal Harbour at Fayum West (Lake Moeris West) — v2

Ptolemaic to Late Roman (270 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman / Roman military Fayum

Lake Moeris west cohort fort Dionysias 1–2 m buried at Qasr Qarun — castellum 80×60 m with towers and canal quay 60 m at –2 m.