Editing Tanis (section)

==Cultural references==
The [[Bible|Biblical]] story of [[Moses]] being found in the marshes of the Nile River ([[Book of Exodus]], {{bibleverse||Exodus|2:3-5|HE}}) is often set at Tanis,<ref>[[Lindsay Falvey]] (2013). "Musing on Agri-History". ''Asian Agri-History'' 17(2), p. 184.</ref> which is often identified with [[Zoan]] ({{Langx|he|צֹועַן}} ''Ṣōʕan'').

In the 1981 ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' film ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', Tanis is fictitiously portrayed as a [[lost city]] which was buried in antiquity by a massive [[sandstorm]], before being [[Nazi archaeology|rediscovered by a Nazi expedition]] looking for the [[Ark of the Covenant]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/tanis-egypt/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009183838/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/tanis-egypt/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |title="Lost City" of Tanis |last=Handwerk |first=Brian |website=[[National Geographic]] |date=21 January 2017 }}</ref>

The [[Tanis (fossil site)|Tanis fossil site]], which may preserve unique remains from the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event]], is named after the city. The paleontologist Robert de Palma chose the name based on the significance of Tanis in the decipherment of hieroglyphs, as well as its role in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' as the hiding place of the Ark of the Covenant.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mitchell |first=Alanna |title=Why this stunning dinosaur fossil discovery has scientists stomping mad |journal=Maclean's |date=May 19, 2019 |url=https://www.macleans.ca/society/science/why-this-stunning-dinosaur-fossil-discovery-has-scientists-stomping-mad/ }}</ref>