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  Shown within Northeast Africa  Gebelein (Egypt) | |
| Location | Egypt |
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| Region | Esna-Luxor Governorate |
| Coordinates | 25°29′00″N 32°29′00″E / 25.483333°N 32.483333°E |
Gebelein[1] (Egyptian Arabic: الجبلين, Two Mountains; Egyptian: Inerty or Per-Hathor; Ancient Greek: Παθυρις Pathuris or Ἀφροδιτόπολις Aphroditópolis;[2] Latin: Pathyris or Aphroditopolis) is an archaeological site and former town in Egypt. It is located on the Nile, about 40 km south of Thebes, in the New Valley Governorate.
The modern geographic area is known as Naga el-Gherira (Egyptian Arabic: الغريرة).[2]
- ^ Budge, Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (1920), By Nile and Tigris: a narrative of journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913, John Murray: London, OCLC 558957855
- ^ a b Bard, Kathryn A.; Shubert, Steven Blake (1999), Encyclopedia of the archaeology of ancient Egypt, Routledge, p. 338, ISBN 978-0-415-18589-9