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Lāhūn (Egypt)

LC control no.no2008091458
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingLāhūn (Egypt)
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Geographic subdivision usageEgypt--Lāhūn
Variant(s)Al Lāhūn (Egypt)
El Lāhūn (Egypt)
ElLâhûn (Egypt)
Illahun (Egypt)
Kahun (Egypt)
Ptolemais Hormos (Egypt)
اللاهون (Egypt)
لاهون (Egypt)
Other standard no.Q56924
131743728
360858
22408
Associated countryEgypt
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Found inUrkunden zur Chronologie der späten 12. Dynastie, 2006: t.p. (Illahun) p. 7 (el-Lâhûn)
OCLC, June 20, 2008 (hdgs: El Lāhūn (Egypt), Lahun (Egypt))
GEOnet, June 20, 2008 (Al Lāhūn; Al Fayyūm, Egypt; populated place; 29° 13ʹ 09ʺ N, 030° 58ʹ 42ʺ E; variants: Lahun, ElLaĥun̂)
The British Museum thesaurus, via WWW, October 21, 2022 (El-Lahun; also known as: Lahun, el- ; Kahun; Ptolemais Hormos; broader term: Fayum)
   <https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x28974>
Wikipedia, October 21, 2022 (El Lahun (Arabic: اللاهون = al-Lāhūn, El Lāhūn [in roman]), alt. Illahun, Lahun, or Kahun (the latter being a neologism coined by archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie) is a workmen's village in Faiyum, Egypt. El Lahun is associated with the Pyramid of Senusret II (Greek: Sesostris II), which is located near the modern town)
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