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Location

Egypt, Al Laqīţah
geo:25.914301,33.167389

Period or year

50? / unknown

Classification

watchtower
Visible

Phoenicon - Qasr el-Banat Tower

data access 103014

The Towers on the Roman Coptos–Myos Hormos Road in Egypt: Communication Signals or Surveillance Towers? Bérangère Redon, Louis Manière https://hal.science/hal-05334896v1/file/EGA-24-0025.R1_Proof_hi.pdf

Nearby sites

Phoenicon (El Laqeita)
Roman fortress.
Egypt, Al Laqīţah
Phoenicon - Qasr el-Banat
Roman period? watchtower
Egypt, Al Laqīţah
Qasr el-Banat
Qasr el-Banat - Fort; 30 BC - AD 2100; Pleiades #786095
Egypt, Al Laqīţah
Qasr el-Banat - Krokodilo Tower
Roman period? watchtower
Egypt, Al Laqīţah

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Creators: Entry created by p. jeffries (2026-01-23) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
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Suggested citation: Jeffries, P. , Phoenicon - Qasr el-Banat Tower. https://vici.org/vici/103014, accessed 2026-11-11.