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Coptos (kŏp`təs, –tŏs) or Coptus (kŏp`təs), ancient city of Egypt, on the right bank of the Nile, c.27 mi (43 km) N of modern Luxor. Remains of the Temple of Min, patron god of Coptos, have been found there as well as relics from the time of Ramses II and Thutmose III. The town was of importance in Hellenistic times, when it was the terminus of a caravan route to Berenice on the Red Sea. It was built up by Augustus, fell to the Blemmyes in the 3d cent. A.D., and was almost destroyed by Diocletian in A.D. 292. The present-day village of Qift is on the site.
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No references found | The former, dated to the mid 1st century, provides a detailed practical account of the ports and goods in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean for traders in Roman Egypt; while the latter, spanning the period between 6 BC-AD 68/69, comprises a group of receipts from a family shipping firm operating between Coptos on the Nile to the Red Sea ports of Berenike and Myos Hormos (see FIGURE 1 for location map). The studies divide into new work at well-known sites like Giza and Saqqara, and at other important but hardly known sites, like Coptos and Shanhur. The studies divide into new work at well-known sites like Giza and Saqqara, and at other important but hardly known sites, like Coptos and Shanhur. |
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