kom al-rahib, village about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of samalut. The ruins of a large monastery containing a garden of palm trees, a cistern, a church, and monks' cells have been discovered there (Johnson, 1910-1911, p. 13).
In the neighborhood, an ancient cemetery has yielded up a very fine funerary stela (Arif, 1906, pp. 113-14).
M. Ramzi (1953-1954, 1963, Vol. 2, pt. 3, p. 236) identifies Kom al-Rahib with the ancient Pergoush and the Dayr Anba Bakhum, but there is nothing to support this identification.