Tanis (Djâni in Egyptian) is an important archeological site in north-east Egypt on the Tanitic branch of the Nile. The main excavation team is currently the Société Française des Fouilles de Tanis (French Society for the Excavation of Tanis). It was the supposed site of some of the action in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Tanis is called Zoan in Numbers 13:22, Isaiah 19:11,13, 30:4; Ezekiel 30:14; and Psalms 78:12,43.

During the Twenty-first and Twenty-second dynasties, Tanis was Egypt's capital. There are ruins of the temple of Amun with obelisks and statues and a royal necropolis.

External link

• Société Française des Fouilles de Tanis (http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/fouillesdetanis/)

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