Elkab
Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about 80 kilometres south of Luxor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bubuka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Ancient town of Nekhab”, “Ancient town of Nikhab”, “Ancient town of Nikhâb”, “Ancient Town of Nikhab Eiteithyiaspolis”, “Eileithyiaspolis”, “El Kab”, “El-Kab”, “El-Kâb”, “Koba”, “Kobb”, “Kobba”, “Madinat an Nikhab”, “Madīnat an Nikhāb”, “Necheb”, and “Satma Kob”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nekhen.
Nekhen
Locality
Photo: Udimu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nekhen, also known as Hierakonpolis was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of prehistoric Egypt and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period. Nekhen is situated 10 km west of Elkab.
Elkab
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.1204° or 25° 7′ 13″ northLongitude
32.79842° or 32° 47′ 54″ eastElevation
84 metres (276 feet)Open location code
7GQJ4QCX+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 90500664OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Elkab” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Εἰλειθυιάσπολις”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Εἰλειθυιόπολις”
- Arabic: “الكاب”
- Arabic: “كاب”
- Arabic: “مدينة النخاب”
- Basque: “El Kab”
- Basque: “Nekhab”
- Bulgarian: “Нехеб”
- Catalan: “Al-Kab”
- Catalan: “Eileithyaspolis”
- Catalan: “Eileithyiaspolis”
- Catalan: “El-Kab”
- Catalan: “Elkab”
- Catalan: “Nekhab”
- Cebuano: “Al Kāb”
- Chinese: “埃尔·卡伯”
- Chinese: “埃爾·卡伯”
- Chinese: “埃爾卡布”
- Dutch: “Eileithyiaspolis”
- Dutch: “El Kab”
- Dutch: “El-Kab”
- Dutch: “Elkab”
- Dutch: “Necheb”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاب”
- Finnish: “Eileithyiopolis”
- Finnish: “Eileithyisaspolis”
- Finnish: “El Kab”
- French: “Eileithuyapolis”
- French: “Eileithyaspolis”
- French: “Eileithyiaspolis”
- French: “El Kab”
- French: “El-Kab”
- French: “Nekheb”
- French: “Nékheb”
- German: “Eileithyiaspolis”
- German: “El Kab”
- German: “El-Kab”
- German: “Elkab”
- German: “Kāb”
- German: “Necheb”
- Hebrew: “נח’ב”
- Indonesian: “Elkab”
- Italian: “El-Khab”
- Italian: “Eleithyiaspolis”
- Italian: “Nekheb”
- Japanese: “エル・カブ”
- Japanese: “エル＝カブ”
- Lithuanian: “Kabas”
- Lithuanian: “Nechebas”
- Lithuanian: “Nekhbetas”
- Lithuanian: “Nekhebas”
- Persian: “الکاب”
- Polish: “El-Kab”
- Portuguese: “Nequebe”
- Russian: “Эйлетиасполь”
- Russian: “Эль Каб”
- Russian: “Эль-Каб”
- Russian: “Элькаб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “El Kab”
- Slovenian: “El Kab”
- Spanish: “Eileithyaspolis”
- Spanish: “El Kab”
- Spanish: “El-Kab”
- Spanish: “Ilitiaspolis”
- Spanish: “Ilitiáspolis”
- Spanish: “Nejab”
- Spanish: “Nejeb”
- Swahili: “Eileithyiaspolis”
- Swahili: “El Kab”
- Swahili: “El-Kab”
- Swahili: “Elkab”
- Swahili: “Necheb”
- Swedish: “Al Kāb”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Каб”
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