Coptos

settlement · 750 BC – 640 AD

An ancient settlement on the Nile river (modern Quft/Qift in Egypt) that flourished from pre-dynastic times through late antiquity.

Coordinates

25.99640, 32.81591

Also known as

Hormucopto (la), Hormvcopto (la), Qufṭ (ar), قفـط (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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