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El Deir Destination Guide

Explore El Deir in Egypt

El Deir in the region of Qinā is a place in Egypt - some 292 mi or ( 470 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of El Deir

Time in El Deir is now 01:20 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tabuk, Aqaba, Suhaj, Kousa, and Qina. Since you are here already, consider visiting Tabuk . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in El Deir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Nefertiti - Ritratto di una regina part 6

6:17 min by inEgitto
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Nefertiti, la regina moglie del Faraone Akhenaton ..

Scarab @ Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt

0:13 min by Ian Cash
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Lots of people walking round a Scarab statue at Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Its apprentally the largest Scarab statue left and if you walk round it 7 times or something like that, it brings you luc ..


Crazy bus tranfer from Luxor back to El Quseir (Egypt) 24.11.2010

2:47 min by naturalius
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Film made with my iPhone on our way back from Luxor. The bus driver from ITS was really crazy... ..

Couleurs d'Egypte

0:35 min by Sylvie Barbaroux
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Paysages sereins de cette Egypte éternelle ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Qift

Qift is a small town in the Qena Governorate of Egypt about 43 km north of Luxor, on the east bank of the Nile.

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Located at 26.00 32.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt, Populated places in Qena Governorate, Roman legions' camps in Egypt, Roman sites in Egypt

Naqada culture

The Naqada culture is an archaeological culture of Chalcolithic Predynastic Egypt (ca. 4400–3000 BC), named for the town of Naqada, Qena Governorate. Its final phase, Naqada III is coterminous with the so-called Protodynastic Period of Ancient Egypt .

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Located at 25.95 32.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Archaeological cultures of Africa, Chalcolithic, Predynastic Egypt, Redirects from alternative names

Dendera Temple complex

Dendera Temple complex, (19th century English spelling in most sources, including Belzoni was Tentyra). located about 2.5 km south-east of Dendera, Egypt. It is one of the best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt. The area was used as the sixth Nome of Upper Egypt, south of Abydos.

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Located at 26.14 32.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: 1st-century BC architecture, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Egyptian temples, Former places of worship in Egypt, Hellenistic architecture

Dendera zodiac

The sculptured Dendera zodiac (or Denderah zodiac) is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera, containing images of Taurus and the Libra (the scales). This chapel was begun in the late Ptolemaic period; its pronaos was added by the emperor Tiberius.

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Located at 26.14 32.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptian calendar, Ancient astronomy, Antiquities of the Louvre, Sculptures of ancient Egypt

Apollonopolis Parva (Qus)

Apollonopolis Parva or Apollonopolis Mikra or Apollinopolis Mikra or Apollonos Vicus, was an ancient town of the Thebaid, in the Coptite Nome, in latitude 26° north, situated between Thebes and Coptos. It stood on the eastern bank of the Nile, and carried on an active trade with Berenice and Myos Hormos, on the Red Sea. Apollonopolis Parva was ca. 35 km distant from Thebes, and is the modern Qus (Kuss).

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Located at 25.93 32.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt, Roman sites in Egypt