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Hebenu is an ancient Egyptian city. It was the early capital of the 16th
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 E ...
ian Nome. The modern village of Kom el Ahmar (
Minya Governorate Minya Governorate ( ar, محافظة المنيا ') is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt. Its capital city, Minya, is located on the left bank of the Nile River. Etymology The name originates from the chief city of the governorate, origi ...
) is built on the site where the ancient city stood.


See also

*
List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/. Retrieved on 2016-03-05. T ...


Literature

* Hans Bonnet: ''Hebenu'' in: ''Lexikon der ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte.'' Hamburg 2000, , p. 284. * Farouk Gomaa: ''Die Besiedlung Ägyptens während des Mittleren Reiches, 1. Oberägypten und das Fayyum.'' Wiesbaden 1986, , p. 319–321. * Rainer Hannig: ''Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: (2800-950 v. Chr.)''. By Zabern, Mainz 2006, , p. 1172.


References

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