A Compendious Grammar of the Egyptian Language as Contained i... by Henry 1789-1868 Tattam6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() It consists of an apse with two rectangular side rooms, the spatial dimensions of which are similar to those of the Nubian churches of the tenth century from the Faras region. The lower area accommodates several buildings with large rooms, among them a church, although only parts of the sanctuary remain. In the eastern section, building development is less dense and runs parallel to the course of the wall. The buildings within consist in the western section predominantly of single-story, two-roomed houses, which are set into the mountainside one above the other. ![]() Both parts have a gate opening on the intermediate slope. ![]() The fortress falls into two parts divided by a middle wall, of which the eastern part is regarded as younger. The unusual, hook-shaped ground plan is determined by the lie of the land. (CE:2035a-2036a) QAL‘AT AL-BABAYN (castle of the two gates), a medieval fortress on the east bank of the Nile (some 12 miles south of Idfu), at which a few sturdy fortification walls with towers and numerous domestic buildings remain. ![]()
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