Coptos

E469767

ancient Egyptian city archaeological site

Coptos was an important ancient Egyptian city in Upper Egypt that served as a key religious and commercial center, especially for trade routes to the Red Sea and the Eastern Desert.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Coptos canonical	2
Min of Coptos	1
Oxyrhynchos	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName	Gebtu NERFINISHED ⓘ Koptos NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Min NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedByRouteTo	Berenike NERFINISHED ⓘ Myos Hormos NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea ports NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
economicActivity	desert caravan trade ⓘ trade in gold ⓘ trade in precious stones ⓘ trade in spices ⓘ
function	gateway to the Eastern Desert ⓘ starting point for trade routes to the Red Sea ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind	inscriptions ⓘ statues ⓘ stelae ⓘ temple remains ⓘ
hasTempleDedicatedTo	Horus NERFINISHED ⓘ Isis NERFINISHED ⓘ Min NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOf	Nile Valley settlement ⓘ
languageUsed	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
laterLanguageUsed	Coptic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
linkedTo	gold mines in the Eastern Desert ⓘ quarries in the Eastern Desert ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	east bank of the Nile ⓘ
mainCult	cult of Min NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement	Qift NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyDesertRegion	Eastern Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfImportance	Middle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
presentStatus	ruined city ⓘ
presentUse	archaeological research site ⓘ
region	Thebaid NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousRole	center of the cult of Min ⓘ
servedAs	commercial center ⓘ religious center ⓘ
strategicRole	junction of Nile and desert routes ⓘ
underRuleOf	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thebaid → majorCity → Coptos ⓘ

Oxyrhynchus → ancientName → Coptos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxyrhynchos

Min → worshipCenter → Coptos ⓘ

Min → epithet → Coptos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Min of Coptos