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Lepidotonpolis ( grc, Λεπιδότων πόλις) is the Greek name of an ancient Egyptian 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 ...
under the modern village Nag' El Mashayikh opposite to modern
Girga
Girga ( arz, جرجا ), alternatively Digirga or Digurga is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River. Metropolitan see of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Name
The name of the city comes from ...
. The ancient Egyptian name of the place was perhaps ''Behedet jabtet'' - or ''Per mehit'' according to
Gauthier Gauthier () is a French name of Germanic origin, corresponding to the English given name Walter (name), Walter.
People with the given name
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*Gauthier de Brienne, Counts Walter III of Brienne, Walter IV ...
. Under the modern village are the remains of a
New Kingdom
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New or NEW may refer to:
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Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
temple. Fragments with the names of the Egyptian kings
Amenophis III
Amenhotep III ( egy, jmn-ḥtp(.w), ''Amānəḥūtpū'' , "Amun is Satisfied"; Hellenized as Amenophis III), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different ...
,
Ramesses II
Ramesses II ( egy, wikt:rꜥ-ms-sw, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is oft ...
, and
Merneptah
Merneptah or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC – May 2, 1203 BC) was the fourth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled Egypt for almost ten years, from late July or early August 1213 BC until his death on May 2, 1 ...
were found. The main deity of the place was the lion goddess
Mehit
Mehit or Mehyt was an ancient Egyptian goddess. In the Early Dynastic period she was depicted as a reclining lioness with three bent poles projecting from her back. In that era she appears in numerous early dynastic sealings and ivory artifact ...
. The lepidotus fish was here worshiped too. Near the temple is an ancient cemetery including the decorated rock cut tomb of
Anhurmose Anhurmose was an ancient Egyptian official of the New Kingdom. He was the ''high priest of Anhur'' under Merenptah, but started his career as a military man, most likely under king Ramesses II (reigned about 1279–1213 BC).
Anhurmose is mainly k ...