Qantir () is a village in

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. Qantir is believed to mark what was probably the ancient site of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh

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's capital,

Pi-Ramesses Pi-Ramesses (; Ancient Egyptian: , meaning "House of Ramesses") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. The city had served as a ...

or Per-Ramesses ("House or Domain of Ramesses"). It is situated around north of Faqous in the Sharqiyah province of the eastern

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, about north-east of

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Qantir, Ancient Pi-Ramesse
- ''Tour Egypt'' - Retrieved 20 August 2011. The Arabic name of the village contains . The ancient site of

Avaris Avaris (Egyptian: ḥw.t wꜥr.t, sometimes ''hut-waret''; ; ; ) was the Hyksos capital of Egypt located at the modern site of Tell el-Dab'a in the northeastern region of the Nile Delta. As the main course of the Nile migrated eastward, its po ...

is located around south of Qantir. This was the older city in this area. Later on, Avaris was absorbed by Pi-Ramesses.

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Populated places in Sharqia Governorate Villages in Egypt Pi-Ramesses {{egypt-geo-stub

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