Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Pithom?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell er Retaba.

First appears in Exodus 1:11 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell er Retaba.

Pithom is represented in the local geography layer as Tell er Retaba. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Exodus 1:11 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Egypt

About 78 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Mount Sinai

About 296 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 334 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 340 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 340 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Pithom today

Travel to Pithom, the modern-day Tell er Retaba.

Pithom is commonly identified with Tell er Retaba, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Pithom is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tell er Retaba

30.547°N · 31.964°E

Key passages

Appears in

Exodus

1 chapter · 1 verse mention