PELUSIUM  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, now represented by two large mounds See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and the edge of the See also:

• DESERT

desert, 20 M . E. of Port Said . It See also:

• LAY

lay in the marshes at the mouth of the most easterly (Pelusiac) See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, which has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long since been silted up, and was the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key of the See also:

• LAND

land towards See also:

• SYRIA

Syria and a strong fortress, which, from the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian invasion at least, played a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part in all See also:

• WARS

wars between Egypt and the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . Its name has not been found on See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian monuments, but it may be the See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

Sin of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible and of See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

Assur-bani-See also:

• PAL, KRISTO DAS (1839–1884)

pal's inscription . Pelusium (" the muddy ") is the Farama of the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs, Peremoun in Coptic; the name Tina which clings to the locality seems etymologically connected with the Arabic word for See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay or mud . The site, crowned with extensive ruins of burnt See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick of the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine or Arab See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, has not yielded any important remains . (F . U .