Baris Oasis
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
- ^ معبد دوش من واحة باريس - الوادي الجديد new-valley
- ^ Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 33, 49.
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