Dishna, Egypt Explained

Dishna (from ^[1]) is a settlement west of Qena situated on the north bank of the river Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt.

Geography

Dishna is 453km (281miles) from Cairo.^{[2] [3]}

History

An expedition of the Southern University of Texas explored the Sebilian culture on the Dishna plains.^[4] The Ain Khoman tools of Oasis Baharia were identified as similar to the Esnan industry of the Dishna dated to c.12,300 B.P, differing only with respect to bifacial tools.^[5] Several sites between Wadi Kubbaniya and the plains contained assemblages also of Esnan industrial production.^[6] The Esnan industry, also known as Mesnian, employed a non-levallois technique, productions composed largely of end-scrapers, though also including a much smaller number of arch-backed bladelets and trapezoid.^[7]

See also

• List of cities and towns in Egypt
• Dishna Papers

External links

• Fekri A. Hassan 1974 - The archaeology of the Dishna Plain, Egypt: a study of a late palaeolithic settlement, Issues 57-60 Ministry of petroleum and Mineral Wealth, Geological Survey of Egypt and Mining Authority - Social Science - 174 pages library of Yale University Retrieved 2011-10-16 - books.google Retrieved 2012-01-14

26.12°N 32.48°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peust . Carsten . Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten . 37.
2. Web site: places-in-the-world . A.Markowski. 2011-10-16 .
3. http://www.distancefromto.net/map/Dishna © 2009-2011 distancefromto.net
4. Jozef M. A. Janssen, International Association of Egyptologists, Josef Janssen 1947 - Annual Egyptological bibliography Brill Archive, & F. Hassan - © UCL 1999–2012 [e-mail] - Retrieved 2012-01-14
5. Kathryn A. Bard (Steven Blake Shubert ed.) - Encyclopedia of the archaeology of ancient Egypt - 938 pages Routledge, 1999 Retrieved 2012-01-14 & ed. P.L. Shinnie - page 6. of NYAME AKUMA November 1978 - F.A..Hassan of Washington State University Newsletter of the Africanist Archaeologists in America Retrieved 2012-01-14
6. [Ian Shaw (Egyptologist)|Ian Shaw]
7. page 160 of Butzer Karl W.. Late Quaternary problems of the Egyptian Nile : stratigraphy, environments, prehistory.. In: Paléorient. 1997, Vol. 23 N°2. Paléoenvironnement et sociétés humaines au moyen-orient de 20 000 BP à 6 000 BP. pp. 151-173. doi : 10.3406/paleo.1997.4658 Retrieved 2012-01-14