<< Our Photo Pages >> Gebtu - Ancient Village or Settlement in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Gebtu Alternative Name: Koptosz, CoptosCountry: Egypt Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Luxor Nearest Village: Qift
Latitude: 25.995626N Longitude: 32.815879E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Important city throughout the history of Egypt. Important cults to the God Min as well as Isis and Horus were located here.
Legendary 19th century Egyptologist Flinders Petrie found remains of large pre dynastic phalic statues of what appears to be Min, two of which are in the Oxford Ashmolean Museum. Large stone pre-dynastic finds are comparatively rare, making the statues from this site unique. Unfortunately the temples were of mud bricks with wood columns and are therefore completely eroded. The only other improtant Pre Dynastic sites are nearby Naqada/Nubt settlement and the Osireon at Abydos.
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