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.
- Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Dakhla
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ismant and Al Ma’sarah.
Al Ma’sarah
Al-Ma'sarah, also spelled Maasarah or Masarah, is a city in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt. Al Ma’sarah is situated 4 km west of Kellis.
Kellis
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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: “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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