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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Key facts
- 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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Article
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: ).