Scetis
other · today Wadi El Natrun
desert valley near the Egyptian Nile delta
Location: 30.4167, 30.3333 · Pleiades 727232
Who is recorded here
- Just of Lyon death · AD 390
- Macarius of Egypt death · AD 391
- Evagrius Ponticus death · AD 399
What happened here
- Macarius settles in Scetis AD 330
In art
About the place
Wadi El Natrun is a depression in northern Egypt that is located 23 m (75 ft) below sea level and 38 m (125 ft) below the Nile River level. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, natron-rich salt deposits, salt marshes and freshwater marshes.
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