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Akoris
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by Einsamer Schütze, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Akoris
Akoris or Dehenet, modern Tihna al-Jabal, is an archaeological site located about 12 km north of Al Minya, Egypt. The site was settled since the Old Kingdom and was an important administrative town in the 17th upper-Egyptian nome in all ancient Egyptian times. Akoris became an important town during the Greek and Roman periods.
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Country: Egypt
District: Minya Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Third Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Ancient Egyptians
Later Cultures: Ptolemaic + Roman
Site Features: Ancient Egyptian & Ptolemaic & Roman Monuments
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