page_title: Kellis
hierarchical_section_title: Kellis
caption_attribution_description: AWIB-ISAW: Kellis 2004 (XXXIX) The vaulted back rooms of several of the north tombs at Kellis: north tomb 7 is missing its back wall. by NYU Excavations at Amheida Staff (2004) copyright: 2004 NYU Excavations at Amheida (used with permission) photographed place: Kellis (Esment el-Kharab) atlantides.org/batlas/kellis-79-inset authority: Image published on the authority of the Amheida Project Director, Roger Bagnall Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: www.nyu.edu/isaw/awib.htm. Visit this site at: pleiades.stoa.org/places/776189/
context_page_description: Ancient Kellis, now known as Ismant el-Kharab, was a village in Upper Egypt during the Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, and Byzantine period. It was located about 2.5 kilometers east-southeast of present-day Ismant in the Dakhleh Oasis, and about 11 kilometers northeast of Mut, which is the capital of the oasis. In ancient times, Mut was called Mothis, and thus Kellis was in the Mothite nome.
context_section_description: Ancient Kellis, now known as Ismant el-Kharab (Ismant the ruined), was a village in Upper Egypt during the Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, and Byzantine period. It was located about 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) east-southeast of present-day Ismant in the Dakhleh Oasis, and about 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northeast of Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab), which is the capital of the oasis. In ancient times, Mut was called Mothis, and thus Kellis was in the Mothite nome.
caption: Ancient Kellis
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