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About Ibshawāy
Ibsheway (Arabic: إبشواي; Coptic: ⲡⲓϣⲁⲉⲓ) is a city in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt.
From the Wikipedia article Ibsheway (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship2
History
Linguistic analysis links Ibsheway to the ancient village of Pisais (Greek: Πιϲάιϲ, Coptic: ⲡⲓϣⲁⲉⲓ). The association of the modern name with the Egyptian deity Shaï, along with its geographical location, strongly supports this identification.
Historical records mention Pisais 52 times, with the majority of references from the 1st to 3rd centuries and the 7th century. The earliest known mention of Pisais dates back to around 244 BC, during the Ptolemaic period, while the latest reference is found in a Coptic manuscript colophon from the 10th century. Until the 3rd century AD, Pisais is typically referred to as an epioikion rather than a village (κώμη).
No archaeological remains from antiquity have been discovered at the site.
From the History section of Ibsheway on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Ibshawāy
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sphinx International Airport (SPX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 86 km away.
- Yūsuf aṣ-Ṣiddīq 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Al Fayyum 17 km east, about 17 min by car
- Iţsā 17 km southeast, about 17 min by car
- Sinnūris 19 km east, about 19 min by car
- Ţāmiyah 30 km northeast, about 30 min by car
- Ihnāsyā al Madīnah 39 km southeast, about 39 min by car
- Banī Suwayf 51 km southeast, about 51 min by car
- 6th of October City 62 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Ḩalwān 80 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Giza 89 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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