Busiris (Aphroditopolis) Explained

Busiris (Aphroditopolis)
Other Name:Atfih
Native Name:أطفيح
Nickname:Tpyhwt
Settlement Type:ruins
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Cairo
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:29.4167°N 46°W

Busiris (Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Βούσιρις) or Aphroditopolis was an ancient city of Middle Egypt, in the Aphroditopolite nome, on the west bank of the Nile, southwest of Aphroditopolis (the modern city of Atfih).

Location

Aphroditopolis is located 38 miles upstream from Cairo, near the ruins of Memphis, Egypt. All that remains of the city is mounds and ruins, which were excavated by Matthew Flinders Petrie.

History

The city was known as Tpyhwt during pharaonic times, Βούσιρις (Busiris) in Hellenistic times, Aphroditopolis during the Byzantine and Roman Empires, Petpeh in Coptic, and since the Islamic conquest as Atfih.

Under the Ptolemaic dynasty was the seat of the Aphroditopolis Nome[1] and under the Romans was also seat of former bishopric, in Roman province Arcadia Aegypti.Known bishops include:

It remains today a vacant titular see.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/627043 Article "An Egyptian Village in the Age of Justinian"
  2. Richard Price, Michael Gaddis The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p299
  3. Jill Kamil, Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs: The Coptic Orthodox Church (Routledge, 24 May 2013) p261.
  4. (Latin) Naqlun excavations 1995 .
  5. http://britishorthodox.org/3928/first-new-bishops-consecrated-by-pope-tawadros/ First new bishops consecrated by Pope Tawadros
  6. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0072.htm Aphroditopolis