TERENU´THIS
TERENU´THIS (
Τερενοῦθις, Not.
Imp.), the modern
Teraniek, a town in Lower Aegypt, was situated on the left bank of the Canopic arm of the Nile.
At this point a pass through the hills conducted to the Natron Lakes, about 30 miles to the W. of the town.
The people of Terenuthis farmed of the government a monopoly for collecting and exporting natron. [NITRIAE]. Ruins at the modern hamlet of
Abou-BelIeu represent the ancient Terenuthis. (Sonnini,
Voyages, vol. i. p. 228.)
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