A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt, and an early Christian center from the third century ...
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Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt. Its name is derived from the Ogdoad, eight associated deities residing in Hermopolis. Wikipedia
Coordinates: 27°46′53″N 30°48′14″E / 27.78139°N 30.80389°E
Location: El Ashmunein, Minya Governorate, Egypt
Region: Upper Egypt
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Hermopolis (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μεγάλη Hermou polis megale, Egyptian: Khemenu, Ḫmnw), also known as Hermopolis Magna, was a major city located near ...
7 days ago · Hermopolis Magna, ancient town of Upper Egypt, located on the Nile River south of Al-Minyā in Al-Minyā muḥāfaẓah (governorate).
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Greek name for the most important cult centre for the god Thoth (identified with Hermes by the Greeks), situated in the 15th Upper Egyptian nome, ...
Pliny referred to it as the Town of Mercury (5.9.61). The site and ruins have been surrounded with three villages, of which one, El-Ashmûnein, has preserved the ...
Sep 18, 2014 · This unusual name refers to the Eight (in Greek the 'Ogdoad')—that is, four pairs of frog and snake primordial gods, who were worshiped here ...
Hermopolis, located by a small village called El Ashmunein (derived from Shmun), was the capital of the Fifteenth (Hare) Nome of Upper Egypt, but in ancient ...
May 23, 2023 · Hermopolis Magna, present-day el-Ashmunein, is located in Upper Egypt and was a religious centre for the worship of the god Thoth during the ...
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