🏛️ Coptos-Thebes Diospolis Magna
Ancient Roman and Ptolemaic site in Upper Egypt
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern Luxor in Upper Egypt, approximately 670 km south of Cairo
- Served as a major Roman trade hub and administrative center during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods
- Known for extensive inscriptions and graffiti documenting Red Sea trade routes
- Remains largely unexcavated; significant portions lie beneath modern settlement and agricultural land
Coptos, known in antiquity as Diospolis Magna, was a major urban center in Upper Egypt during the Ptolemaic ...