Pelusium

Pelusium is a city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of Port Said. Alternative names include Pelousion (Greek), Sin (Chaldaic), Sey?n (Aramaic), and Tell el-Farama (modern Arabic).

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It is named (as "Sin, the strength of Egypt") in the Biblical book of Ezekiel, chapter 30:15.

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It is also the seat of a metropolitan bishopric in the modern-day Eastern Orthodox church.

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• 700s BC: The army of Sennacherib the Assyrian is struck down with rodent-borne disease here.
• 520s BC: The city is taken by Cambyses II of Persia – according to legend, without a fight, by the simple expedient of having the invading army drive cats (sacred to the local goddess Bast) before them.
• 48 BC: Pompey is murdered in Pelusium.
• 55 BC: Pelusium falls to Marc Antony.
• AD 1117: Baldwin I of Jerusalem razes Farama to the ground, but dies shortly afterwards of food poisoning after eating a plateful of the local fish.

Nile Delta: The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the River Nile spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's largest river deltas – from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east, it covers some 230 km of Mediterranean coastline – and it is...

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Greek: The noun Greek refers to:...

Pelusium related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Sea Fight at Pelusium Illustration from 'Hutchinsons History of the Nations' C.1910