Qubbet el-Hawa
Description
Qubbet el-Hawa ('Dome of the Wind') is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt. The necropolis in use from the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt until the Roman Period. There have been about 100 tombs discovered.
The hill is also the site of a Coptic monastery of Saint Anthony and some of the tombs were reused as a Coptic church.
The site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the 'Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae'.