Sketis

natural · 300 AD – 2100 AD

The modern Wadi el Natrun: a valley in northern Egypt that developed as an important locus of Coptic monastic establishments, beginning in late antiquity and continuing to the present day.

Coordinates

30.45487, 30.22154

Also known as

Wadi El Natrun, wadi alnutrun (ar), Wadi Natroun (en), Wadi Natroun (en), Šihēt, Sihet (cop), Σκήτις (grc), Ϣⲓϩⲏⲧ (cop), وادي النطرون (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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