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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 77 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PELUSIUM , an See also:

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 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, which has See also:

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

key of the See also:

LAND

land towards See also:

SYRIA

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

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. Its name has not been found on See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian monuments, but it may be the See also:

Sin of the See also:

Bible and of See also:

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

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