Gebelein
Sign in to savethumb|Painted linen (detail) from a grave in Gebelein, Naqada IIa-b (circa 3600 BC). Museo Egizio, Turin. Gebelein (Egyptian Arabic: , Two Mountains; Egyptian: Inerty or Per-Hathor; Ancient Greek: or ; Latin: Pathyris or Aphroditopolis) is an archaeological site and former town in Egypt. It is located on the Nile, about 40 km south of Thebes, in the New Valley Governorate.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Gebelein is referenced by 52 other articles, and connects out to Egypt, Latin and Nile.
It is catalogued under topics including Archaeological sites in Egypt and Populated places in Qena Governorate.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Ancient site.name
- Gebelein
- Ancient site.map_type
- Nile#Egypt
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Egypt
- Ancient site.region
- Esna-Luxor Governorate
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- Gebelein
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- Pauly–Wissowa
- culture
- Ancient Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Archaeology
- Predynastic mummies
- Temple of Hathor
- Ptolemaic period military camp
- References
- External links
thumb|Painted linen (detail) from a grave in Gebelein, Naqada IIa-b (circa 3600 BC). Museo Egizio, Turin. Gebelein (Egyptian Arabic: , Two Mountains; Egyptian: Inerty or Per-Hathor; Ancient Greek: or ; Latin: Pathyris or Aphroditopolis) is an archaeological site and former town in Egypt. It is located on the Nile, about 40 km south of Thebes, in the New Valley Governorate.
The modern geographic area is known as Naga el-Gherira (Egyptian Arabic: ).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gebelein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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