Hermopolis (other)
Hermopolis may refer to: * Hermopolis (Hermopolis Magna), the capital of the 15th nome of Upper Egypt * Hermopolis Parva, a large city of the 7th nome of Lower Egypt * Hermopolis (Lower Egypt), the capital of the 15th nome of Lower Egypt * Hermopolis (Butosos), a smaller city downstream from Butos * Ermoupoli Ermoupoli ( el, Ερμούπολη), also known by the formal older name Ermoupolis or Hermoupolis ( el, < "Town of "), is a to ...

Hermopolis
Hermopolis ( grc, Ἑρμούπολις ''Hermoúpolis'' "the City of Hermes", also ''Hermopolis Magna'', ''Hermoû pólis megálẽ'', egy, ḫmnw , Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu"; cop, Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ''Shmun''; ar, الأشمونين) was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt. A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt, and an early Christian center from the third century. It was abandoned after the Muslim conquest but was restored as both a Latin Catholic (meanwhile suppressed) and a Coptic Orthodox titular see. Its remains are located near the modern town of el Ashmunein (from the Coptic name) in Mallawi, Minya Governorate, Egypt. Name ''Khemenu'' ('), the Egyptian language name of the city, means "Eight-Town", after the Ogdoad, a group of eight "primordial" deities whose cult was situated there. The name survived as Coptic ''Shmun'', from which ...
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Damanhur
Damanhur ( ar, دمنهور ', ; Egyptian: ''Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w''; cop, ⲡϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ '; ; grc, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά ') is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cairo, and E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta. Etymology Damanhur was known in the ancient Egyptian language as ''The City of (the god) Horus'', on the grounds that it was a center for the worship of this god. It was also known by other names: in the Egyptian texts, "Behdet"; in the Greek texts "Hermou Polis Mikra" (the lesser city of Hermes), translated to Latin by the Romans as "Hermopolis Parva"; the name "Obollenoboles" (or Apollonopolis) associated it with the Greek god Apollo, and it was also called "Tel Ballamon". Now it is known by its oldest name, which was rendered in Bohairic cop, Ⲡⲓϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ or Ⲡⲧⲓⲙⲉⲛϩⲱⲣ, and thus rendered in Arabic as "Damanhur" following the Islamic ...
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Hermopolis (Lower Egypt)
Hermopolis (Greek: ), also known as Hermopolis Parva, was the Greek name for two cities in ancient Egypt. One was the capital of Tehuti, the 15th nome of Lower Egypt, situated a little below Thmuis ( Strabo xvii. p. 802; Steph. B. ''s. v.''). The site is currently at Tell al-Naqus near Baqliya. The ancient Egyptian names of this city were Ba'h and Weprehwy or Rehehui. The other Hermopolis Parva was the capital of the 7th nome of Lower Egypt, and is now known as Damanhur Damanhur ( ar, دمنهور ', ; Egyptian: ''Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w''; cop, ⲡϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ '; ; grc, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά ') is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cai .... The ancient Egyptian name of this city was A-ment or Iment. References * {{coord, 30, 57, 00, N, 31, 25, 00, E, source:eswiki_region:EG, display=title Cities in ancient Egypt Former populated places in Egypt ...
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Hermopolis (Butosos)
Hermopolis (Greek: ) also known as Hermopolis Mikra () and Hermopolis Parva was an ancient city of Egypt. It was located on an island near the city ''Butosos'' now Buto ( Strabo xvii. p. 802). See also * List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities.
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