Baris, Egypt

City in New Valley, Egypt

Baris (Arabic: باريس) is a town in Egypt. It contains the ancient Egyptian temple of Dosh.^[1]

It is south of the New Valley Governorate, 90 km (56 mi) from the Kharga Oasis.

The name of the town comes from Coptic: ⲡⲁⲣⲏⲥ, lit. 'the one of the south'.^[2]

References

^ معبد دوش من واحة باريس - الوادي الجديد new-valley
^ Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 33, 49.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)