Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided

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Why it mattersKey Ptolemaic → Roman → Byzantine Canopic branch pilgrim shrine of Serapis and Osiris shrine submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.

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Built

300 BCE harbor; Byz bath 500 CE

Period

Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE–750 CE Canopus branch port extention, Justinian baths 500 CE) submerged 750 CE after 1303 liquefaction 1303 Crete 9 8.0?

Culture

Ptolemaic → Roman → Byzantine Canopic branch pilgrim shrine of Serapis and Osiris shrine

Purpose

Sister to Heracleion islet city (60 ha) with Byzantine Baths 30 m × 20 m with hydraulic plaster and Serapis temple — pilgrim city of Osiris Canopus vase Canopic jar name origin

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1950

Excavation

Excavated

1. 300 BCE harbor; Byz bath 500 CE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided

2. c. 800 CE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided

• Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided — Principal Harbour

  harbour

  harbour at Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided — hydraulic feature

  31.3414° N · 30.0991° E

• Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided — Northern Wall

  wall

  wall at Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided — hydraulic feature

  31.3432° N · 30.0994° E

• Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided — Southern Temple

  temple

  temple at Canopus — Menouthis Islet City with Byz Baths Subsided — primary structure

  31.3412° N · 30.0964° E