Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Rameses?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Qantir.

First appears in Genesis 47:11 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Qantir.

Rameses is represented in the local geography layer as Qantir. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 47:11 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Egypt

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Mount Sinai

About 325 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 336 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 341 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 341 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Rameses today

Travel to Rameses, the modern-day Qantir.

Rameses is commonly identified with Qantir, 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.

Rameses 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

Qantir

30.799°N · 31.834°E

Key passages

Appears in

Exodus

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Genesis

1 chapter · 1 verse mention