Koptos (English spelling)

Japanese: コプトス(英語表記)Koptos
Koptos (English spelling)
An ancient Egyptian city on the east bank of the Nile River, about 40 km north of Luxor. Today, Kift. It prospered as the capital of the fifth nome of Upper Egypt and as the starting point of the Wadi Hammarat road to the Red Sea. It has long been a center of worship of the god Min, and it is said that a temple was there since the 1st Dynasty. It was destroyed by the Roman Emperor Diocletian in 292. It later became a center of early Christianity until it was conquered by the Arabs in the 7th century, and the Coptic Church was established there. In the Middle Ages, it became an important caravan trade center, and today's Kift is known as a town of ruins.

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Japanese:
ルクソールの北方約 40kmのナイル川東岸にあった古代エジプトの都市。現キフト。上エジプトの第5ノモスの都として,また紅海へ抜ける道路ワディハンマーマートの起点として繁栄した。古くからミン神の信仰の中心地で,第1王朝の時代から神殿があったといわれている。 292年ローマのディオクレチアヌス帝に破壊された。その後,7世紀にアラブ人に征服されるまで初期キリスト教の中心地となり,コプト教会が設立された。中世には重要な隊商貿易の集結地となり,現キフトは遺跡の町として知られる。

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