Talk:Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez)

Location
Quote from the article: ''The modern Ardscherúd, a village near Suez, corresponds to this Arsinoe. It was seated near the eastern termination of the Royal canal.'' In "feuille 2" of the maps drawn by Napoléon's surveryors (the link may have been withdrawn: http://description-egypte.org/image_viewers/1-1-04.html) there is a "Château d'Ageroûd" some kilometers to the north west of the then Suez, i.e. far inland and definitely not a port. On "Planche 10" (http://description-egypte.org/image_viewers/1_5_18.html), the same castle is marked and in addition, an "Arsinoe ou Cléopatre" directly north east of the tidal basin, i.e. the northern extension of the Gulf of Suez which disappeared under the modern canal. It appears that Arsinoe and Ageroûd cannot have been on the same location. I do not know whether any trace of Arsinoe has been discovered later at the location indicated in that map. It seems that today, there is the canal and lots of sand. --AHert (talk) 18:34, 6 December 2009 (UTC)


 * This article seems to confuse two different cities called Arsinoe. One, also known as Olbia, was close to the modern city of Suez. The other was on the southern or western shore of Lake Timsah, at the eastern end of the canal from Bubastis. - Eroica (talk) 13:54, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

LOCATION
Could we include the appropriate longitude and latitude coordinates? --Anaccuratesource (talk) 03:49, 24 June 2016 (UTC)