Cusae
Cusae
ⲕⲱⲥⲉⲓ ⲕⲟⲥⲉⲓ القوصية | |
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City | |
Old map of Cusae from Description de l'Égypte | |
| Coordinates: 27°26′40″N 30°49′00″E / 27.44444°N 30.81667°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
| ḳsj in hieroglyphs | ||||||
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Cusae (Ancient Greek: Κοῦσαι or Κῶς; Coptic: ⲕⲱⲥⲉⲓ or ⲕⲟⲥⲉⲓ) was a city in Upper Egypt. Its Ancient Egyptian name was qjs (variant qsy), conventionally rendered Qis or Kis, with many further transliterations such as Qosia. Today, the town is known as El Quseyya, and is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Asyut Governorate.