Busiris (Middle Egypt)

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Busiris (Greek: Βούσιρις) was an ancient city of Middle Egypt, in the neighborhood of Memphis and the Great Pyramid. Its site is marked by the modern village of Abousir in that district. There are considerable catacombs near the ancient town (Pliny xxxvi. 12. s. 16): indeed to the south of Busiris one great cemetery appears to have stretched over the plain. The Heptanomite Busiris was in fact a hamlet standing at one extremity of the necropolis of Memphis.

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).