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Kiosk of Qertassi
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Kiosk of Qertassi

Ruins · Egypt

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
23.960, 32.868
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: The Kiosk of Qertassi is "a tiny Roman kiosk with four slender papyrus columns inside, [and] two Hathor columns at the entrance.

History

The Kiosk of Qertassi is "a tiny Roman kiosk with four slender papyrus columns inside, [and] two Hathor columns at the entrance." It is a small but elegant structure that "is unfinished and not inscribed with the name of the architect, but is probably contemporary with Trajan's Kiosk at Philae."

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