Athribis
Athribis, also known to the ancient Greeks as Triphieion or Tripheion, and to the ancient Egyptians as Hut-Repyt, was an ancient city of Egypt, in the Panopolite nome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Athribis (Upper Egypt)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include White Monastery.
White Monastery
Church
Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Coptic White Monastery, also The Monastery of Abba Shenouda and The Athribian Monastery is a Coptic Orthodox monastery named after Saint Shenoute. It is located near the Upper Egyptian cities of Tahta and Sohag, and about two and a half miles south-east of the Red Monastery. White Monastery is situated 3 km northwest of Athribis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag and Akhmim.
Sohag
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sohag, also spelled as Suhag or Suhaj, is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. The city has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate was Girga Governorate.
Akhmim
Town
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akhmim is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis and Panopolis, it is located on the east bank of the Nile, 6 kilometres to the northeast of Sohag. Akhmim is situated 10 km northeast of Athribis.
Athribis
- Categories: human settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.51136° or 26° 30′ 41″ northLongitude
31.66536° or 31° 39′ 55″ eastElevation
243 metres (797 feet)Open location code
7GRHGM68+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5017212409OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Athribis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أتريبس”
- Catalan: “Athribis (Alt Egipte)”
- Catalan: “Athribis”
- Catalan: “Hut-Repyt”
- Catalan: “Wannina”
- Cebuano: “Athribis (arkiyolohiyang dapit sa Ehipto)”
- Cebuano: “Athribis”
- Dutch: “Athribis”
- Finnish: “Athribis (Ylä-Egypti)”
- Finnish: “Athribis”
- French: “Athribis (Haute-Égypte)”
- French: “Athribis”
- German: “Athribis (Menu)”
- German: “Athribis”
- German: “Atripe”
- Greek: “Άθλιβις Άνω Αιγύπτου”
- Hebrew: “אתריביס (מצרים העליונה)”
- Hebrew: “אתריביס”
- Irish: “Athribis”
- Japanese: “アシリビス”
- Persian: “ادریبه”
- Polish: “Athribis (Górny Egipt)”
- Polish: “Athribis”
- Spanish: “Atribis”
- Spanish: “Atripe”
- Swedish: “Athribis (fornlämning i Egypten)”
- Swedish: “Athribis”
- Uzbek: “Atribis (Yuqori Misr)”
- Uzbek: “Atribis”
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