| LC control no. | sh2005000397 |
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| Geographic heading | Elkab (Extinct city) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Egypt--Elkab (Extinct city) |
| Variant(s) | Caab (Extinct city) Eileithyia (Extinct city) Eileithyiaspolis (Extinct city) El-Kab (Extinct city) |
| See also | Egypt--Antiquities Extinct cities--Egypt |
| Found in | Work cat.: Die Felsinschriften des Wadi Hilǎl, 2001: Bd. 1, p. 7 (Elkab) The Princeton enc. of classical sites, 1976 (Eileithyia, later Lucina (El-Kâb) Egypt, a city; 85 km south of Thebes on the east bank of the Nile; Egyptian name was Nekheb; was the capital of the 3rd nome of Upper Egypt) Dict. of anc. Egypt, c1995 (Elkab (anc. Nekheb), Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of Wadi Hillal, about 80 km south of Luxor) Baines, J. Atlas of anc. Egypt, c1980 (el-Kab; ancient Nekheb, on the east bank of the Nile; town was called Eileithyiaspolis in Greek-Roman period; served as capital of the 3rd Upper Egyptian nome; Caab; 25⁰07ʹN, 32⁰48ʹE) |
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