Qaw el-Kebir
Qaw el-Kebir or El Etmannyieh is a village in the Asyut Governorate of Egypt. An old settlement, it was known in Ancient Egypt as Tjebu or Tkow. In Greek and Roman Egypt, its name was Antaeopolis after its tutelary deity, the war god known by the Hellenized name Antaeus.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Ruin
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Tjebu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tima.
Tima
Town
Tima is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile. Tima is situated 8 km southwest of Qaw el-Kebir.
Qaw el-Kebir
- Categories: human settlement, village in Egypt, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Qaw el-Kebir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العتمانية، أسيوط”
- Arabic: “العتمانية”
- Catalan: “Qaw al-Kebir”
- Czech: “Qau el-Kebir”
- Czech: “Tjebu, Antaeopolis”
- Dutch: “Tjebu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “العتمانيه”
- Finnish: “Antaiopolis”
- French: “Antaeopolis”
- German: “Qau el-Kebir”
- Greek: “Τιεμπού”
- Hebrew: “קאו אל-כביר”
- Irish: “Tjebu”
- Italian: “Anteopoli”
- Italian: “Djew-Qa”
- Italian: “Qau el-Kebir”
- Italian: “Qaw el-Kebir”
- Italian: “Tjebu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tjebu”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Antæceaster”
- Persian: “عتمانیه”
- Spanish: “Antaeopolis”
- Spanish: “Antaeópolis”
- Spanish: “Qau el-Kebir”
- Spanish: “Tyebu”
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