Pithom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Pithom
From Hebrew Pĕthōm, from Egyptian pr-itm “house of (the god) Atum”
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Holy Writ says the Hebrew slaves "built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses," not pyramids.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buried City of the Exodus.—Being an account of the recent excavations and discoveries of Pithom Succoth, in Egypt.—With an engraving.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
The site of Raamses or Ramses, the companion city of Pithom, has still to be discovered.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The excavations of the Egypt Exploration fund have identified the Biblical Pithom with certain ruins in the Wady Tumilat near the eastern terminus of the modern railroad from Cairo to the Suez Canal.
From The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
"Seek out Hotep, who hath been keeper of the records at Pithom and ask him."
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Elizabeth Miller
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