إخميم

Akhmim: an ancient town laid out on the east bank of the Nile. Ibn Jubayr describes it as having two mosques, remains and workshops built in the Coptic manner, and churches full of the Coptic Christians who were under covenant. ¹

To the east of the town is a site that Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari calls "Barbaa Akhmim", which he counts the most famous of the temples of Upper Egypt. He saw it filled with coloured pictures on the walls, ceilings and corners, inside and outside the building, whose drawings had not faded. ²

Its coordinates are taken from GeoNames at the level of the site. Ibn Jubayr's description needs checking against the scanned edition.