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Dishna, Egypt

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Dishna
ⲧⲉϣⲛⲏ
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CountryFile:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
GovernorateQena
Named aftertree garden[1]
Area
 • Total
211.4 km2 (81.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
447,430
 • Density2,117/km2 (5,482/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EGY)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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File:埃及 运河上的渔夫 - panoramio.jpg
Dishna, Egypt panorama

Dishna (Arabic: دشنا, from Coptic: ⲧⲉϣⲛⲏ, lit.'the tree garden'[1]) is a settlement west of Qena situated on the north bank of the river Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt.

Geography

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Dishna is 453 km (281 mi) from Cairo.[3][4]

History

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An expedition of the Southern University of Texas explored the Sebilian culture on the Dishna plains.[5] The Ain Khoman tools of Oasis Baharia were identified as similar to the Esnan industry of the Dishna dated to c.12,300 B.P, differing only with respect to bifacial tools.[6] Several sites between Wadi Kubbaniya and the plains contained assemblages also of Esnan industrial production.[7] 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.[8]

See also

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References

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  5. ^ Jozef M. A. Janssen, International Association of Egyptologists, Josef Janssen 1947 - Annual Egyptological bibliography Brill Archive, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). & F. Hassan - © UCL 1999–2012 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine f.hassan@ucl.ac.uk - Retrieved 2012-01-14
  6. ^ Kathryn A. Bard (Steven Blake Shubert ed.) - Encyclopedia of the archaeology of ancient Egypt - 938 pages Routledge, 1999 Retrieved 2012-01-14 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). & ed. P.L. Shinnie - page 6. of NYAME AKUMA November 1978 - F.A..Hassan of Washington State University Newsletter of the Africanist Archaeologists in America Retrieved 2012-01-14
  7. ^ Ian Shaw - The Oxford history of ancient Egypt - 525 pages Oxford University Press, 2003 Retrieved 2012-01-14 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ 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 Retrieved 2012-01-14
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  • 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 pages library of Yale University Retrieved 2011-10-16 - books.google Retrieved 2012-01-14