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Antinopolis
by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Antinopolis
Antinopolis or Antinoöpolis, modern Sheikh Ibada, was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinous, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upper Egypt where Antinous drowned in 130 AD.
Site Information
Country: Egypt
District: Minya Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: 2nd Century AD
Oldest Culture: Roman
Later Cultures: Roman
Site Features: Roman Monuments
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Elevation: 56 m
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