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Heracleion

ancient Egyptian city, now submerged, near Abukir
Place ancient_city Q1607758
Heracleion
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Facts

6 properties

Identity

Instance of
ancient city, archaeological site, destroyed settlement, submerged settlement[3][4][5]
Native label
Ἡράκλειον[7]

Location

Country
Egypt[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 31.304°, 30.101°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Alexandria[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Abu Qir Bay[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Heracleion en Thonis en Herakleion en Heracleum ar مدينة هرقليون cs Thonis de Thonis de Tahone el Ηράκλειον fa مدینه هرقلیون fi Thonis fr Héracléion fr Heracleion fr Héracleion he הרקליון ja ヘラクレイオン pl Heraklejon pt Thonis-Heracleion ru Гераклейон ru Гераклеон
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
58144647638682502000
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2017003830
GND ID
7530510-0
Atlas Obscura place ID
the-lost-city-of-heracleion-al-maadeyah-egypt
BBC Things ID
bfbec20b-0068-4699-8e49-d1c0f5edcc2b
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
28536
Freebase ID
/m/02rrpqt
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
339181
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007407408505171
OpenStreetMap node ID
3747714366
Pleiades ID
727120
ToposText place ID
313301UHer, 313300UTho
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Trismegistos Geo ID
4346
Yale LUX ID
place/37eb8833-4bf8-44c1-a549-8c8f5372e638

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Contained subdivisions 1
Heraklion Art Gallery
Country 1
Egypt
Instance of 1
archaeological site
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Alexandria
Located in time zone 1
UTC+02:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
Abu Qir Bay
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Alexandria Egypt

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43556|batch #43556]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 25w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/stratene-mesto-herakleion/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see Use"
  3. 27w ago · Jarkn · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Alexandria
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 31.304167, 'lon': 30.100556}
    Located in/on physical feature → Abu Qir Bay
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/stratene-mesto-herakleion/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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