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ID: 4009046
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4009046
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Al Qurnah (ruins)  Al Qurnah (ruins)

Coordinates:
Lat: 24 56 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 24.9330  decimal degrees
Long: 032 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 32.8330  decimal degrees

Note: Located in northern Egypt on W bank of Nile across from Luxor, on part of historic Thebes; includes Temple of Qurna built by Seti I in 1300 BCE finished by Ramses II; starting point for road leading to Tombs of the Kings, Tombs of Queens & Monkeys nearby.

Names:
Al Qurnah (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Qurna (C,V)
El Kurna (C,V)
El Qurna (C,V)
Kurna (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Egypt (nation)  ........  Egypt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Aswān (governorate)  ............  Aswān (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Qurnah (ruins)  ................  Al Qurnah (ruins) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Egypt (nation)  ........  Egypt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Qinā (governorate)  ............  Qinā (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Thebes (deserted settlement)  ................  Thebes (deserted settlement) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Qurnah (ruins)  ....................  Al Qurnah (ruins) (P)

Place Types:
ruins (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)  ............  since 1400 BCE
town (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Al Qurnah..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
El Kurna..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
El Qurna..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Kurna..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Qurna..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 1546
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 1546
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -290788
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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