Abu Mena

town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt. WHS#90
Place archaeological_site Q9278
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Abu Mena

Summary

Abu Mena is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Abu Mena is located in Alexandria[3].
  • Abu Mena is located in Second Amreya district[4].
  • Abu Mena is in the country of Egypt[5].
  • Abu Mena's image is recorded as Ruins at Abu Mena (VI).jpg[6].
  • Abu Mena's image is recorded as Abu Mena Modern Monastery 01.JPG[7].
  • Abu Mena's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[8].
  • Menas of Egypt is named after Abu Mena[9].
  • Abu Mena's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315170167[10].
  • Abu Mena's GND ID is recorded as 4218612-2[11].
  • Abu Mena's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh94000102[12].
  • Abu Mena's location is recorded as Alexandria[13].
  • Abu Mena's location is recorded as Second Amreya district[14].
  • Abu Mena's part of is recorded as list of World Heritage in Danger[15].
  • Abu Mena's Commons category is recorded as Abu Mena[16].
  • Abu Mena's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[17].
  • Abu Mena's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.84105, 'lon': 29.66349}[18].
  • Abu Mena's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/097g3h[19].
  • Abu Mena's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 90[20].
  • Abu Mena's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000825429[21].
  • Abu Mena's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[22].
  • Abu Mena's vici.org ID is recorded as 23423[23].
  • Abu Mena's Pleiades ID is recorded as 727105[24].
  • Abu Mena's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 21071[25].
  • Abu Mena's Trismegistos Geo ID is recorded as 2711[26].
  • Abu Mena's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+83.63'}[27].

Body

Geography

Abu Mena is in the country of Egypt[5]. Located in include Alexandria[3], a port city[28], in Egypt[29], founded in -0331[30] and Second Amreya district[4], a neighborhood[31], in Egypt[32]. Its part of is recorded as list of World Heritage in Danger[15].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+83.63'}[27] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+182.72'}[33].

Designation and Status

Abu Mena's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[8]. Its heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[22].

History and Context

Menas of Egypt is named after Abu Mena[9].

Why It Matters

Abu Mena ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . vici.org. Retrieved . vici.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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