Plan of the ancient Egyptian site of Tanis, often referred to as the Thebes of the North. Tanis was the Lower Egyptian capital during the late period during the nineteenth dynasty. It was built on the Tanitic arm of the Nile River near Lake Menzaleh, a distributary that is now silted-up. This map shows the historic sites of the Great Temple of Tanis, the Cemetery of Tanis, the canals of Bahr San el Hagar and Bahar Fakus, and the Tells (hills) in the area.