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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2871#0024
6 MED I NET HABOO.
The larger temple was taken possession of by the early Christians,
who converted a portion of it into a church, and built their habitations
around. At one period Thebes must have held a prominent position
amongst the dioceses of the Coptic Church, though at the time of the Arab
invasion, about a.d. 600, the inhabitants fled to Esneh.
The larger temple was taken possession of by the early Christians,
who converted a portion of it into a church, and built their habitations
around. At one period Thebes must have held a prominent position
amongst the dioceses of the Coptic Church, though at the time of the Arab
invasion, about a.d. 600, the inhabitants fled to Esneh.