Qaw El Kebir is now a small village in the governorate of Sohag , in Upper Egypt . In ancient times , its name was Tjebu and it had an ancient city dating back to the Middle Kingdom . In the Greco-Roman Period , its name was 'Antaeopolis' . Qaw El Kebir archeological site has many cemeteries of officials of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Dynasties with some well-preserved paintings . Additionally , on its land there was a Ptolemaic temple that was dedicated to Antiwey and
Nephthys
but it was destroyed in the 19th century .
