Tanis

[ tey-nis ]

noun

1. an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.

Tanis

/ ˈteɪnɪs /

noun

1. an ancient city located in the E part of the Nile delta: abandoned after the 6th century ad ; at one time the capital of Egypt Biblical nameZoan

Example Sentences

Rameses and Pithon were called treasure-cities, the site of the latter having been lately discovered, to the east of Tanis.

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At Mellawee, and at Tamoof Tanis, superior mounds, but no ruins.

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Ten obelisks, the work of the same monarch, lie buried at Tanis, the ancient Zoan.

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Like so many other things from Tanis, this sphinx must date from a Pharaoh of the thirteenth dynasty.

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The excavations at Tanis have helped us to understand many things upon which our information had been and still is very imperfect.

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