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Baris, Egypt

Baris, Egypt

Town in New Valley, Egypt

Baris (Arabic: باريس) is a town in Egypt. It contains the ancient Egyptian temple of Dosh.[1]

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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

  1. [1]
    معبد دوش من واحة باريس - الوادي الجديد new-valley
  2. [2]
    Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 33, 49.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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