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Qift
Sign in to saveQift ( ; Keft or Kebto; Egyptian Gebtu; Coptos / Koptos; Roman Justinianopolis) is a city in the Qena Governorate of Egypt about north of Luxor, situated a little south of latitude 26° north, on the east bank of the Nile. In ancient times its proximity to the Red Sea made it an important trading emporium between India, Punt, Arabia Felix and the North. It was important for nearby gold and quartzite mines in the Eastern Desert, and as a starting point for expeditions to Punt (in modern Somalia) by way of the path through the Wadi Hammamat to the Red Sea port at Tjau (modern El Qoseir).
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qift
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- The local unit of the center and city of Qift
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Qena Governorate
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 112.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Qena Governorate
- Population
- +157383
- Elevation
- +77
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Fragment de bas-relief du temple de Cléopâtre et Césarion, Coptos, I siècle av JC.JPG
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- P2596
- Ancient Egypt
- P8168
Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-dynastic and Pharaonic Period
- Greco-Roman and Byzantine Periods
- Muslim Period
- Archaeology
- Northern temple
- Middle temple
- Southern temple
- Temple of Claudius at El-Qala
- Ecclesiastical history
- Titular see
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Sources and external links
Qift ( ; Keft or Kebto; Egyptian Gebtu; Coptos / Koptos; Roman Justinianopolis) is a city in the Qena Governorate of Egypt about north of Luxor, situated a little south of latitude 26° north, on the east bank of the Nile. In ancient times its proximity to the Red Sea made it an important trading emporium between India, Punt, Arabia Felix and the North. It was important for nearby gold and quartzite mines in the Eastern Desert, and as a starting point for expeditions to Punt (in modern Somalia) by way of the path through the Wadi Hammamat to the Red Sea port at Tjau (modern El Qoseir).
== History == === Pre-dynastic and Pharaonic Period ===