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Coptos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 08:49 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

An ancient settlement on the Nile river (modern Quft/Qift in Egypt) that flourished from pre-dynastic times through late antiquity.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786010

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
25.996402, 32.815787

Locations:

DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Coptos (750 BC - AD 640)

Coptos makes connections with:

Coptos connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)

Coptos receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B1 Coptos

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Qift

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Suggested citation:
T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Coptos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786010> [accessed: 22 July 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786010 |title=Places: 786010 (Coptos) |author=Wilfong, T., S. Sidebotham, J. Keenan |accessdate=July 22, 2018 5:10 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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