Opposite Mallawi on the east bank of the Nile, some distance from the river, lies the Coptic village of Deir el-Bersha, with an old church. To the east of the village, at a Coptic cemetery, is the mouth of a ravine running from northwest to southeast, the Wadi Nakhla of Wadi Deir el-Bersha, in the steep sides of which are many quarries and
ancient tombs. The valley is chiefly noted for the rock tombs of the Middle Kingdom in its northern slopes, belonging to Princes of the 15th nome of Upper Egypt, the Hare nome.