Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Elam Today?

Elam is identified with Shush. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs16

High confidence

Modern identification

Shush - modern identification under review

Coordinates32.1892, 48.2578
Kindregion
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Gen 14:1Gen 14:9Ezra 4:9Isa 11:11Isa 21:2Isa 22:6Jer 25:25Jer 49:34Jer 49:35Jer 49:36Jer 49:37Jer 49:38Jer 49:39Ezek 32:24Ezek 32:25Dan 8:2

Why this place is in the atlas

Elam is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 16 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a7e3a59, urlSlug: elam, friendlyId: Elam OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.18922, longitude: 48.25778, precision: region OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
scriptureReferences Gen 14:1, Gen 14:9, Ezra 4:9, Isa 11:11 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High