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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

Mount Sinai

About 506 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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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.

Modern orientation

Aswan

24.089°N · 32.900°E

Key passages

Appears in

Ezekiel

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention