Biblical place
Where was Syene?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Aswan.
First appears in Isaiah 49:12 · 2 books · 3 chapters
Overview
Opening (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6), a town of Egypt, on the borders of Ethiopia, now called Assouan, on the right bank of the Nile, notable for its quarries of beautiful red granite called. Modern identification: Aswan.
Syene is represented in the local geography layer as Aswan. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Isaiah 49:12 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Nearby biblical places
About 506 km away in the local coordinate layer.
Where it sits on the map
How to get to Syene today
Travel to Syene, the modern-day Aswan.
Syene is commonly identified with Aswan, 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.
Syene 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.