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Wadi Qitna

a Pleiades place resource

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Late Roman-Early Byzantine cemetery at the point where the Wadi Qitna met the Nile. The graves were tumuli and covered 1200 meters. The site was deluged upon the creation of the High Aswan Dam.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/534612744

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
23.395702, 32.839963

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Approximate imagery location of Wadi Qitna (AD 300 - AD 850) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Wadi Qitna makes connections with:

Wadi Qitna located on Nilus (river) (AD 300 - AD 850)

Wadi Qitna receives connections from:

None

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Strouhal 1984

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Zachary Rosalinsky, 'Wadi Qitna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/534612744> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/534612744 |title=Places: 534612744 (Wadi Qitna) |author=Rosalinsky, Z. |accessdate=April 25, 2024 11:50 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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