Ain Shams el-Din

Ain Shams el-Din is an archaeological site in New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Ain Shams el-Din is situated nearby to the archaeological site Church at Shams el-Din, as well as near the town Baris.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baris.

Baris

Town

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Baris is a town in Egypt's Western Desert. It contains the ancient Egyptian temple of Dosh. It is south of the New Valley Governorate, 90 km from the Kharga Oasis. The name of the town comes from Coptic: ⲡⲁⲣⲏⲥ, lit. 'the one of the south'. Baris is situated 2½ km south of Ain Shams el-Din.

Ain Shams el-Din

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

24.69612° or 24° 41′ 46″ north

Longitude

30.60067° or 30° 36′ 2″ east

Open location code

7GPGMJW2+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1151099454

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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