Qaw el-Kebir

Qaw el-Kebir (Arabic: قاو الكبير) or El Etmannyieh (Arabic: العتمانية) is a village in the Asyut Governorate of Egypt. An old settlement, it was known in Ancient Egypt as Tjebu or Tkow (Coptic: ⲧⲕⲱⲟⲩ, Ancient Egyptian: Ḏw-qȝw, lit.'high mountain'). In Greek and Roman Egypt, its name was Antaeopolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀνταίου πόλις) after its tutelary deity, the war god known by the Hellenized name Antaeus.

Qaw el-Kebir
ⲧⲕⲱⲟⲩ
ⲧⲕⲟⲟⲩ
قاو الكبير
The Ptolemaic temple of Antaepolis in the early 1800s, from the Description de l'Égypte
Nickname: 
العتمانية
Qaw el-Kebir
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°54′N 31°31′E
Country Egypt
GovernorateAsyut
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
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