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Wikipedia: Babylon Fortress was an ancient fortress city or castle in the Delta of Egypt, located at Babylon in the area today known as Coptic Cairo. It was situated in the Heliopolite Nome, upon the right (eastern) bank of the Nile, at latitude 30°N, near the commencement of the Pharaonic Canal (also called Ptolemy's Canal and Trajan's Canal), from the Nile to the Red Sea. Coordinates: 30°0′22″N 31°13′47″E / 30.00611°N 31.22972°E / 30.00611; 31.22972 It was at the boundary between Lower and Middle Egypt, where the river craft paid tolls when ascending or descending the Nile.
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