Archaeological site · Egypt
Athribis (Sohag)
أتريب (الشيخ حمد)
Ptolemaic–Roman temple town west of Sohag, with the Temple of Ptolemy XII, rock tombs, quarries and an open-air display.
Where it is
26.5114, 31.6654
Why go
Athribis, at El-Sheikh Hamad west of Sohag, was founded late, in the fourth century BC. Its centre is the Temple of Ptolemy XII, completed under Roman emperors and later toppled by an earthquake; its sanctuary walls carry a procession of daily gods, each holding a hawk-headed vessel. West of it, an earlier temple of Ptolemy IX is linked by a stone-paved floor, and German–Egyptian excavations have recently exposed a large Ptolemaic pylon. A rock-cut temple, tombs in the hill, quarries and a small open-air museum complete the site.
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