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  • Deir Mustafa Kashef

  • Deir Mustafa Kashef

    Deir Mustafa Kashef is a historic Coptic monastery located in Kharga oasis, Egypt. It was built in the 6th century AD over the remains of an older Roman fortress dating back to the 3rd century AD. The monastery was named after a tax collector called Mustafa lived during the Ottomans rule.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Kharga Oasis and the Small Southern Oases.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Deir Mustafa Kashef
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Deir Mustafa Kashef
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Deir Mustafa Kashef
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 107 m

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    Deir Mustafa Kashef

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2015

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    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Egypt

    New Valley

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    3rd Century AD

    Roman

    Christian

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    Christian Monuments

     

     

     

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