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ID: 4005611
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4005611
Record Type:
administrative
Kellia (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 30 46 33 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 30.7760
decimal degrees
Long: 030 22 04 E
degrees minutes
Long: 30.3689
decimal degrees
Note:
Site of a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monastic community located between Nitria & Wadi Natrun; was founded by St. Amun; spread out over many square kilometers in the Nitrian Desert.
Names:
Kellia
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Kellia Hermitages
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Egypt
(nation) (
P
)
............
Maţrūḩ
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Kellia
(deserted settlement) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
abandoned in 19th cen.
archaeological site (
C
)
............
site was discovered in 1964 by Guillaumont
inhabited place (
H
)
religious community (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Kellia..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Annales d'Histoire de l'Art
Rassart-Debergh, VI (1984), 24
Kellia Hermitages..........
[
VP
]
................................
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism (1999)
accessed 09/08/99
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Annales d'Histoire de l'Art
Rassart-Debergh, VI (1984), 24
..................
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism (1999)
accessed 09/08/99
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism (1999)
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