The Heliopolite, or Thirteenth Nome (Egyptian
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: ''Heq-At'', "Prospering Scepter
A sceptre (British English
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"), was a nome
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Country subdivision
* Nome (Egypt)
A nome (, from grc, νομός, ''nomós'', "district") was a territorial division in ancient Egypt
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(province or district) of ancient Egypt
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. Its capital was Iunu
Heliopolis (I͗wnw, Iunu or 𓉺𓏌𓊖; egy, I͗wnw, 'the Pillars'; cop, ⲱⲛ; gr, Ἡλιούπολις, Hēlioúpοlis, City of the Sun) was a major city of ancient Egypt
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, which was the Heliopolis of the Ptolemaic era and the modern Ayn Shams
Ain Shams (also spelled Ayn or Ein - ar, عين شمس, , cop, ⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲫⲣⲏ) is a suburb
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(a suburb of Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, , Coptic
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). The district formed part of Lower Egypt
, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Image:Lower Egypt Nomes 01.png, 350px, Map of Lower Egypt with its historical nomes
Lower Egypt ( ar, مصر السفلى '; ''Tsakhet'') is the northernmost region
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.
References
{{ancient-egypt-stub Nomes of ancient Egypt