Kellis
Archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Dakhla / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ancient Kellis, now known as Ismant el-Kharab ('Ismant the ruined' in Arabic), was a village in Upper Egypt during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. It was located about 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) east-southeast of present-day Ismant in the Dakhleh Oasis, and about 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northeast of Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab), which is the capital of the oasis.[1][2] In ancient times, Mut was called Mothis, and thus Kellis was in the Mothite nome.[3]