Buto
Βουτώ | |
View of Buto | |
| Alternative name | Per-Wadjet Butus Tell El Fara'in |
|---|---|
| Location | Desouk,Egypt |
| Region | Lower Egypt |
| Coordinates | 31°11′47″N 30°44′41″E / 31.19639°N 30.74472°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
Buto (Ancient Greek: Βουτώ, Arabic: بوتو, Butu), Bouto, Butus (Ancient Greek: Βοῦτος, Boutos) or Butosus was a city that the Ancient Egyptians called Per-Wadjet. It was located 95 km east of Alexandria in the Nile Delta of Egypt. What in classical times the Greeks called Buto, stood about midway between the Taly (Bolbitine) and Thermuthiac (Sebennytic) branches of the Nile, a few kilometers north of the east-west Butic River and on the southern shore of the Butic Lake (Greek: Βουτικὴ λίμνη, Boutikē limnē).
Today, it is called Tell El Fara'in ("Hill of the Pharaohs"), near the villages of Ibtu (or Abtu), Kom Butu, and the city of Desouk (Arabic: دسوق).