Deir el-Atrash

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S.E. Sidebotham

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 23, 2023 11:49 AM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=0, dare:feature=station

A Roman fort in the Ghozza district of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, located in the Deir el-Atrash wadi along an ancient route between Kaine (modern Qena) and the quarries at Mons Porphyrites (modern Gebel Dokhan).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/766351

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
26.9355062784, 33.0812365152

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 31550 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Deir el-Atrash (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Deir el-Atrash makes connections with:

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Deir el-Atrash receives connections from:

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Place type:
fort, station (road or coastal)

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See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 78 C4 Deir el-Atrash

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Deir el-Atrash

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Suggested citation:
S.E. Sidebotham, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Deir el-Atrash: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/766351> [accessed: 24 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/766351 |title=Places: 766351 (Deir el-Atrash) |author=Sidebotham, S. |accessdate=April 24, 2025 10:24 am |publisher=Pleiades}}