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Avaris

archaeological site in Egypt
Place archaeological_site Q309282
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Summary

Avaris is an archaeological site[1]. Avaris ranks in the top 3% of archaeological site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,998 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sharqia Governorate[3]
  • Country: Egypt[4]
  • Instance of: tell[5], emporium[6], former settlement[7]
  • Commons category: Avaris[8]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Pauly–Wissowa[10]
  • Native label: Άβαρις[11]
  • Director of archaeological fieldwork: Manfred Bietak[12]

Why It Matters

Avaris has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Avaris is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Egypt Ramesses I Seti I

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Avaris. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/avaris
MLA “Avaris.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/avaris.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_avaris_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Avaris}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/avaris}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8h ago · Tolanor · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4106162-7, 4003469-0
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Gnd id: 4003469-0"
  2. 15d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Pauly–Wissowa
    Coordinates → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', '
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57392|batch #57392]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
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