Baris, Egypt

Baris
باريس
Town
Baris is located in Egypt
Baris
Baris
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 24°39′12″N 30°35′43″E / 24.653258°N 30.595322°E / 24.653258; 30.595322
Country Egypt
GovernorateNew Valley
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Baris (Arabic: باريس) is a town in Egypt's Western Desert. 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

  1. ↑ معبد دوش من واحة باريس - الوادي الجديد new-valley
  2. ↑ Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 33, 49.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)