El Qattah
El Qattah, also known as Qattah or El-Qattah, is an ancient Egyptian site in Lower Egypt, roughly 10 miles northwest of Letopolis. It is noted for its tombs of the Middle Kingdom, and was excavated extensively in 1904 by a team from the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale of Cairo, a team which included Henri Gauthier.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Qata”, “Al Qaţā”, “Al Qaţţā”, “Al-Qaṭā”, “El-Qaṭṭa”, and “Qattah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashmoun and Birqash.
Ashmoun
Town
Ashmoun is a city in the south of Monufia Governorate, Egypt. The city's Arabic name comes from Coptic Chmoumi, of unclear etymology, that could be possibly related to a Coptic word for "spring, source". Ashmoun is situated 8 km north of El Qattah.
Birqash
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birqash is a village, which is situated 9 km southeast of El Qattah.
El Qattah
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“El Qattah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القطا، الجيزة”
- Arabic: “القطا”
- Arabic: “القطاح”
- Armenian: “Էլ Քաթթահ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القطا”
- French: “El-Qattah”
- Swahili: “El Qattah”
- Uzbek: “Al-Qittah”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as ‘Izbat Jamāl al Faransāwī and ‘Izbat Sīdī Ibrāhīm.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jazīrat al Wasţānīyah and Maḩaţţat al Qaţā.
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