Qus

Qus is a city within the modern Qena Governorate, Egypt, located on the east bank of the Nile. Its present day name is one among many borrowings in Egyptian Arabic from Coptic, the last residing segment of Ancient Egyptian. In Graeco-Roman instances, it changed into referred to as Apollonopolis Parva or Apollinopolis Mikra, or Apollonos minoris. During the Roman Empire it was renamed Diocletianopolis; and it corresponds, probably, to the Maximianopolis of the later Empire. In the past due Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, critical people of Qus have been buried at Naqada at the other aspect of the Nile.

Here were observed numerous stelae belonging to neighborhood governors of Qus, including those of Hetepi. Gesa became an vital town inside the early part of Egyptian history. Because at that time it served as the factor of departure for expeditions to the Red Sea. The metropolis gradually lost its importance, best to regain it in the 13^th century with the outlet of an change commercial direction to the Red Sea.