Misplaced Pages

Baris, Egypt

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Baris Oasis) Town in New Valley, Egypt
Baris باريس
Town
Baris is located in EgyptBarisBarisLocation in Egypt
Coordinates: 24°39′12″N 30°35′43″E / 24.653258°N 30.595322°E / 24.653258; 30.595322
Country Egypt
GovernorateNew Valley
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

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

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'.

References

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


Stub icon

This geography of Egypt article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: