Cusae
Sign in to saveCusae (; ) was a city in Upper Egypt. Its Ancient Egyptian name was qjs (variant qsy), conventionally rendered Qis or Kis, with many further transliterations such as Qosia. Today, the town is known as El Quseyya, and is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Asyut Governorate.
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- Cusae
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- grc
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Map Cusae Description de l'Egypte.jpg
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- Old map of Cusae from ''Description de l'Égypte''
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- Egypt
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- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
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- Asyut
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- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- EST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +2
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Cusae (; ) was a city in Upper Egypt. Its Ancient Egyptian name was qjs (variant qsy), conventionally rendered Qis or Kis, with many further transliterations such as Qosia. Today, the town is known as El Quseyya, and is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Asyut Governorate.
==History== Cusae was the capital of the 14th Nome of Upper Egypt.
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