Kellia

Kellia, referred to as "the innermost desert", was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monastic community spread out over many square kilometers in the Nitrian Desert about 65 km south of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: place in Egypt
  • Also known as: “les Kellia”, “the Cells”, and “Келлія (монашеська громада)”

Kellia

Latitude
30.77692° or 30° 46′ 37″ north
Longitude
30.37049° or 30° 22′ 14″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8G2GQ9GC+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265278218
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
13712807
Wiki­data ID
Q1738281
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kellia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيليا”
  • Dutch: “Kellia”
  • Finnish: “Kellia”
  • French: “Kellia”
  • German: “Kellia”
  • Hungarian: “Kelliá”
  • Irish: “Kellia”
  • Persian: “کلیا (مصر)”
  • Persian: “کلیا”
  • Russian: “Келлия”
  • Spanish: “Kellia”
  • Swahili: “Kellia”
  • Ukrainian: “Келлія”

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