"Karanis (Koinē Greek: Καρανίς), located in what is now Kom Oshim, was an agricultural town in the Ptolemaic Kingdom,located in the northeast corner of the Faiyum.
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was one of a number of towns established in the Arsinoite nome under Ptolemy II Philadelphus as part of a scheme to settle Greek mercenaries among the Egyptians and to exploit the potential fertile Fayum basin"." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.09.2020)
- Latitude29.518089294434
- Longitude30.902931213379