Bagawat Necropolis
El Bagawat, is an ancient Christian cemetery, and one of the oldest in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Kharga
- Also known as: “El Bagawat” and “Gabbanat el-Bagawat”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Hibis and Ain el-Kharab.
Temple of Hibis
Photo: ASartan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Hibis is the largest and best preserved ancient Egyptian temple in the Kharga Oasis, as well as the only structure in Egypt dating to the Saite-Persian period which has come down to modern times in relatively good condition. Temple of Hibis is situated 1 km south of Bagawat Necropolis.
Ain el-Kharab
Archaeological site
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ain el-Kharab is an archaeological site, which is situated 550 metres south of Bagawat Necropolis.
Ain Mustafa Kashef
Ruins
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ain Mustafa Kashef is a ruins, which is situated 1 km north of Bagawat Necropolis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kharga Oasis.
Kharga Oasis
The Kharga Oasis lit. 'the outer'; Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲛ̀ϩⲏⲃ wah enhib, "Oasis of Hib", ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲙ̀ⲯⲟⲓ wah empsoi "Oasis of Psoi") is the southernmost of Egypt's five western oases.
Bagawat Necropolis
- Categories: Christian necropolis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.48583° or 25° 29′ 9″ northLongitude
30.55491° or 30° 33′ 18″ eastOpen location code
7GQGFHP3+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 98903429OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q12244492
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bagawat Necropolis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البجوات”
- Arabic: “مقابر البجوات”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البجوات”
- French: “Gabbanat el-Bagawat”
- German: “el-Bagawat”
- German: “El-Bagawat”
- German: “Gabbanat al-Bagawat”
- German: “Gabbānat el-Bagawāt”
- German: “Maqabir al-Bagawat”
- Japanese: “エル＝バグワト”
- Persian: “بجوات”
- Portuguese: “El Bagawat”
- Russian: “Эль Багават”
- Spanish: “El Bagawat”
- Urdu: “بجوات”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ain Soliman Kashif and Temple of Hibis.
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