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Syene
Arabic AL-SWAN; English ASWAN
Town on the border between
Egypt and Nubia. It
has been an important city since Pharaonic times.
Elephantine Island
is in the Nile opposite Syene.
Under construction --- far from complete! Read with caution.
- ABOUT:
- R. A. Lobban:
Historical Dictionary of Ancient and
Medieval Nubia, p. 51.
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