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Qift

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Qift is a small metropolis in the Qena Governorate of Egypt about 43 km north of Luxor, on the east financial institution of the Nile. In historic instances its proximity to the Red Sea made it an crucial buying and selling emporium between India, Punt, Felix Arabia and the North. It become essential for nearby gold and quartzite mines within the Eastern Desert, and as a starting point for expeditions to Punt.

In historical Egypt, Qift, recognized then as Gebtu, become an essential middle for management, religion, and trade, being the chief city of the 5th Upper Egyptian nome of Harawi. From Qift and Qus, trading expeditions heading for the Red Sea and plenty of mining expeditions into the Eastern Desert left the Nile Valley. Gebtu become at the beginning-point of the 2 first rate caravan routes main to the coast of the Red Sea, the one in the direction of the port Taaou, the opposite more southerly, toward the port of Shashirit.

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