Shibin El Qanater (Arabic: شبين القناطر), previously known as Shaybin al-Qasr (Arabic: سيبين القصر) and Scenae Veteranorum[2] is a region (markaz) in Egypt situated in the center of the Qalyubia Governorate.
The modern town used to be a Roman army encampment serving as a station of cavalry units "Equites Saraceni Thamudeni" and "Ala quinta Raetorum".
[3] The town of Shibin El Qanater is one of the ancient villages, where it appeared in the name of “Shibin Al-Qasr”[4] in the book “The Laws of Diwans of Al-Asaad Bin Mattati” from the works of Al-Sharqiya, which is the name given to it in the Salahi rock conducted by the Ayyubid Sultan Al-Nasir Salah Al-Din in the year 572 AH / 1176 AD, as it was mentioned in the name “Shibin Al-Qasr One of Qalubia’s works in the book “A Sunni Masterpiece in the Names of the Egyptian Countries” by Ibn Al-Jiaan who surrounded the Egyptian villages after the Nasserite rock that was conducted by the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun in 715 AH / 1315AD.
[5] Ramzi connects the first part of the name to Arabic: أشيب ʾašyab "grey-coloured, old" akin to the Latin: veteranorum "old".
[6][7] Among the most important monuments found in the region are huge ruins that were used in building a weird style on the Egyptian architecture.