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Qaw el-Kebir
Qaw el-Kebir
ⲧⲕⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲕⲟⲟⲩ قاو الكبير | |
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 The Ptolemaic temple of Antaepolis in the early 1800s, from the Description de l'Égypte | |
| Nickname: العتمانية | |
  Qaw el-Kebir Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°54′N 31°31′E / 26.900°N 31.517°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Asyut |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Qaw el-Kebir (Arabic: قاو الكبير) or El Etmannyieh (Arabic: العتمانية) is a village in the Asyut Governorate of Egypt. An old settlement, it was known in Ancient Egypt as Tjebu[1] or Tkow (Coptic: ⲧⲕⲱⲟⲩ, Ancient Egyptian: Ḏw-qȝw, lit. 'high mountain'). In Greek and Roman Egypt, its name was Antaeopolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀνταίου πόλις) after its tutelary deity, the war god known by the Hellenized name Antaeus.[2]
- ^ Bennett, James E. (2019). The Archaeology of Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period. Cambridge University Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-108-48208-0.
- ^ Pfeiffer 2015, p. 127.
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