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Hermopolis
Hermopolis
Hermopolis or Hermopolis Magna is the site of ancient Khmun, and is located near the modern Egyptian town of El Ashmunein in Al Minya governorate. The city was the capital of the Hare nome (the fifteenth Nome of Upper Egypt) in the Heptanomis.
Site Information
Country: Egypt
District: Minya Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Second Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Ancient Egyptians
Later Cultures: Greek + Roman
Site Features: Ancient Egyptian & Ptolemaic & Roman Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period
Date of Submission: 2003
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