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Sheikh-'Ibada (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 48 19 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.8051 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 52 26 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.8740 decimal degrees |
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Note: City on east bank of the Nile, southeast of Cairo, founded by Hadrian in memory of Antinoös, who drowned himself nearby in 130 CE; colonized by Greeks from Faiyüm; became capital of the Thebaid nome under Diocletian (286); became a bishopric by the 4th century. |
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| Sheikh-'Ibada (preferred,C,V)
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| Sheikh Ibada (C,V)
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| Ash Shaykh ʻibādah (C,V)
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| Ash Shaykh 'Ibādah (NA,V,English,U)
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| El Sheikh 'Ibâda (NA,V)
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| Esh Sheikh 'Ibāda (NA,V)
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| Adrianopolis (H,V)
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| Antinoé (H,V)
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| Antenon (H,V)
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| Antina (H,V)
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| Antinoë (H,V)
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| Antinoe (H,V)
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| Antinon (H,V)
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| Antinoópolis (H,V)
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| Antinoopolis (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Antinopolis (H,V)
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| Antinoupolis (H,V)
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| Besantinopolis (H,V)
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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earliest archaeological finds date to the New Kingdom (1567-1085 BC) |
| archaeological site (C) |
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several Greek & Roman monuments were still standing here in the early 19th cen. |
| inhabited place (H) |
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