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This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1] The list is for sites intended for permanent settlement and does not include fortresses and other locations of intermittent habitation. a capital of ancient Egypt
This is a list of ancient Egyptian sites, throughout Egypt and Nubia. Sites are listed by their classical name whenever possible, if not by their modern name, and lastly with their ancient name if no other is available.
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Possible illustration of the conflict between Abydos and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, Louvre Museum, 3300–3200 BCE. [1]Nekhen (/ ˈ n ɛ k ə n /, Ancient Egyptian: nḫn), also known as Hierakonpolis (/ ˌ h aɪər ə ˈ k ɒ n p ə l ɪ s /; Greek: Ἱεράκων πόλις, romanized: Hierákōn pólis, meaning City of Hawks or City of Falcons, [2] [3] a reference ...
Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs Sohag: 2003 iv, vi (cultural) Abydos was declared the city of Osiris, god of the afterlife, under Intef II of the Eleventh Dynasty. Due to its significance as a cult site, numerous pharaohs visited the city and constructed temples there, including Seti I and Ramesses II (temple pictured).
Letopolis (Greek: Λητοῦς Πόλις) was an ancient Egyptian city, the capital of the second nome of Lower Egypt. Its Egyptian name was Khem 𓋊𓐍𓐝𓂜𓊖𓉐 (ḫm), [ 2 ] and the modern site of its remains is known as Ausim ( Arabic : اوسيم , from Coptic : ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ, ⲃⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ ).
In Plato's Timaeus and Critias (around 395 BC, 200 years after the visit by the Greek legislator Solon), Sais is the city in which Solon receives the story of Atlantis, its military aggression against Greece and Egypt, its eventual defeat and destruction by gods-punishing catastrophe, from an Egyptian priest. Solon visited Egypt in 590 BC.
Rhacotis (Egyptian: r-ꜥ-qd(y)t, Greek Ῥακῶτις; also romanized as Rhakotis) was the name for a city on the northern coast of Egypt at the site of Alexandria. Classical sources from the Greco-Roman era in both Ancient Greek and the Egyptian language suggest Rhacotis as an older name for Alexandria before the arrival of Alexander the Great.