Baris, Egypt
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Town in New Valley, Egypt
Baris
باريس | |
|---|---|
Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 24°39′12′′N 30°35′43′′E / 24.653258°N 30.595322°E / 24.653258; 30.595322 | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | New Valley |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| •Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Baris (Arabic : باريس) is a town in Egypt's Western Desert. It contains the ancient Egyptian temple of Dosh.[1]
It is south of the New Valley Governorate, 90 km (56 mi) from the Kharga Oasis.
The name of the town comes from Coptic : ⲡⲁⲣⲏⲥ, lit. 'the one of the south'.[2]
References
[edit ]- ↑ معبد دوش من واحة باريس - الوادي الجديد new-valley
- ↑ Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 33, 49.
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