The sandy mount stands out about the flat landscape, though it is a mere 100 metres above the sea.
Classical Age Persian period To Greek geographers such as
Herodotus (who considered it to mark the boundary between Egypt and
Syria), is a small mountain and a former town near the marshy
Lake Bardawil, the "
Serbonian Bog" of Herodotus, where Zeus' ancient opponent
Typhon was "said to be hidden".
Hellenistic period Here, Greeks knew,
Baal Sephon was worshipped. Its name is given to the Catholic titular see of
Casius.
Medieval Ages The saying "Kasiotic knot", which in Medieval Greek meant "someone who are crooked in their ways", comes from the town's name. ==References==