Canopus

Summary

Canopus is an archaeological site^[1]. Canopus ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Canopus is located in Alexandria^[3].
• Canopus is in the country of Egypt^[4].
• Canopus's image is recorded as Canopus menouthis herakleion.jpg^[5].
• Canopus's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[6].
• Canopus's instance of is recorded as former settlement^[7].
• Canopus's instance of is recorded as submerged settlement^[8].
• Canopus's Commons category is recorded as Canopus (Peguat)^[9].
• Canopus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.3, 'lon': 30.08333333}^[10].
• Canopus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0699_5^[11].
• Canopus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0014400^[12].
• Canopus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• Canopus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[14].
• Canopus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• Canopus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Canopus-ancient-city-Egypt^[16].
• Canopus's GeoNames ID is recorded as 358565^[17].
• Canopus's Pleiades ID is recorded as 727097^[18].
• Canopus's BBC Things ID is recorded as 81400b6b-cc57-485f-a016-5cf4b807891d^[19].
• Canopus's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 21706^[20].
• Canopus's Trismegistos Geo ID is recorded as 1001^[21].
• Canopus's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -292764^[22].
• Canopus's culture is recorded as Ancient Egypt^[23].
• Canopus's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrt0FPtlhvYbM^[24].
• Canopus's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Kanopos^[25].
• Canopus's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 1470265^[26].
• Canopus's ToposText place ID is recorded as 313300UCan^[27].

Body

Geography

Canopus is in the country of Egypt^[4]. Canopus is located in Alexandria^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site^[6], former settlement^[7], and submerged settlement^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Canopus include canopic jar^[28].

Why It Matters

Canopus ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).^[2] Canopus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Canopus is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for Canopus include canopic jar^[28].