Dishna (, from
) is a settlement west of
Qena
Qena ( ' , locally: ) is a city in Upper Egypt, and the capital of the Qena Governorate. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it was known in antiquity as Kaine (Greek Καινή, meaning "new (city)"; Latinized transliteration: Caene) and ...
situated on the north bank of the river
Nile
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in
Qena Governorate
Qena () is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country. It covers a stretch of the Nile valley. Its capital is the city of Qena.
Overview
The rate of poverty is more than 60% in this governorate but ...
, Egypt.
Geography
Dishna is from
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
.
History
An expedition of the Southern University of Texas explored the
Sebilian
Sebilian is a pre-historic archaeological culture in Nubia spanning the period c. 13,000–10,000 B.C.
Location
The culture is known by the name given by Edmond Vignard to finds he located at Kom Ombo on the banks of the river Nile from 1919 ...
culture on the Dishna plains. The ''Ain Khoman'' tools of
Oasis Baharia were identified as similar to the
Esna
Esna ( , or ; ''Snē'' from ''tꜣ-snt''; ''Latópolis'' or (''Pólis Látōn'') or (''Lattōn''); Latin: ''Lato'') is a city of Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile some south of Luxor. The city was formerly part of the ...
n industry of the Dishna dated to c.12,300 B.P, differing only with respect to bifacial tools. Several sites between
Wadi Kubbaniya and the plains contained
assemblages also of Esnan industrial production. The Esnan industry, also known as Mesnian, employed a
non-levallois technique, productions composed largely of
end-scrapers, though also including a much smaller number of
arch-backed bladelets and ''trapezoid''.
[page 160 of Butzer Karl W.. Late Quaternary problems of the Egyptian Nile : stratigraphy, environments, prehistory.. In: Paléorient. 1997, Vol. 23 N°2. Paléoenvironnement et sociétés humaines au moyen-orient de 20 000 BP à 6 000 BP. pp. 151-173.]
doi : 10.3406/paleo.1997.4658
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See also
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List of cities and towns in Egypt
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* 10th of Ramadan
* 15th of May (city), 15th of May
* 6th of October (city), 6th of October
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* Abu El Matamir
* Abu Hummus
* Abu Tesht
* Abu Tig
* Akhmim
* Al Khankah
* Alexandria
* Arish
* Ashmoun
* Aswan
* Awsim
* Ain Sokhna
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* ...
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Dishna Papers
The Dishna Papers, also often known as the Bodmer Papyri, are a group of twenty-two papyri discovered in Dishna, Egypt in 1952. Later, they were purchased by Martin Bodmer and deposited at the Bodmer Library in Switzerland. The papyri contain ...
References
External links
* Fekri A. Hassan 1974 - ''The archaeology of the Dishna Plain, Egypt: a study of a late palaeolithic settlement'', Issues 57-60 Ministry of petroleum and Mineral Wealth, Geological Survey of Egypt and Mining Authority - Social Science - 174 page
libraryof
Yale University
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Populated places in Qena Governorate