Tanis, Egypt
Tanis (Djâni in
Egyptian) is an important
archeological site in north-east
Egypt on the Tanitic branch of the
Nile. The main excavation team is currently the
Société Française des Fouilles de Tanis (French Society for the Excavation of Tanis). It was the supposed site of some of the action in the film
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
During the Twenty-first and Twenty-second dynasties, Tanis was the capital. There are ruins of the temple of Amon with obelisks and statues and a royal necropolis.
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