Apollonopolis Parva or Apollinopolis Parva ( grc, Ἀπόλλωνος ἡ μικρά,
Steph. B. ''s. v.''; ,
Hierocl. p. 731) or Apollonos minoris
rbs
RBS may refer to:
Organisations Banking
* The Royal Bank of Scotland, a retail banking subsidiary of NatWest Group
** RBS International, the offshore banking arm of NatWest Group
Education
* Regent's Business School
* Rotterdam Business School
...
'' (
It. Anton. p. 158), was an ancient town in
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south.
In ancient ...
, in latitude 27° North, upon the western bank of the
Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
. It stood between
Hypselis
Hypselis or Hypsela ( grc, Ύψηλή; cop, ϣⲱⲧⲡ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the Asyut Governorate ...
(Hypsela) and
Lycopolis, and belonged to the
Hypseliote nome.
References
*{{SmithDGRG
Cities in ancient Egypt