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Sheikh-'Ibada (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 27 48 19 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.8051 decimal degrees |
Long: 030 52 26 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.8740 decimal degrees |
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Note: City on east bank of the Nile, southeast of Cairo, founded by Hadrian in memory of Antinoös, who drowned himself nearby in 130 CE; colonized by Greeks from Faiyüm; became capital of the Thebaid nome under Diocletian (286); became a bishopric by the 4th century. |
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Sheikh-'Ibada (preferred,C,V)
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Sheikh Ibada (C,V)
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Ash Shaykh ʻibādah (C,V)
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Ash Shaykh 'Ibādah (NA,V,English,U)
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El Sheikh 'Ibâda (NA,V)
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Esh Sheikh 'Ibāda (NA,V)
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Adrianopolis (H,V)
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Antinoé (H,V)
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Antenon (H,V)
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Antina (H,V)
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Antinoë (H,V)
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Antinoe (H,V)
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Antinon (H,V)
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Antinoópolis (H,V)
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Antinoopolis (H,V)
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Antinopolis (H,V)
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Antinoupolis (H,V)
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Besantinopolis (H,V)
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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earliest archaeological finds date to the New Kingdom (1567-1085 BC) |
archaeological site (C) |
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several Greek & Roman monuments were still standing here in the early 19th cen. |
inhabited place (H) |
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