Kellis
Ancient Kellis, now known as Ismant el-Kharab, was a village in Upper Egypt during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. It was located about 2.5 kilometers east-southeast of present-day Ismant in the Dakhleh Oasis, and about 11 kilometers northeast of Mut, which is the capital of the oasis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ismant and Al Ma’sarah.
Al Ma’sarah
Village
Kellis
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Dakhla
- Categories: human settlement, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.517° or 25° 31′ 1″ north
Longitude
29.09511° or 29° 5′ 42″ east
Open location code
7GQFG38W+R2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kellis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أسمنت الخراب”
- Arabic: “إسمنت الخراب”
- Arabic: “كيليس”
- Arabic: “کلليس”
- Chinese: “喀里斯”
- Dutch: “Kellis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسمنت الخراب”
- French: “Kellis”
- German: “Ismant al-Charab”
- German: “Ismant el-Charāb”
- German: “Ismant el-Kharab”
- German: “Kellis”
- Greek: “Κελλις”
- Irish: “Kellis”
- Italian: “Ismant el-Kharab”
- Italian: “Kellis”
- Russian: “Келлис”
- Swahili: “Kellis”
- Urdu: “اسمنت الخراب”
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