Herakleopolis Magna

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ancient Egyptian city archaeological site

Herakleopolis Magna was an ancient Egyptian city in Middle Egypt that served as a major political and religious center, particularly prominent as the seat of a ruling dynasty during periods of fragmentation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Herakleopolis Magna canonical	16
Heracleopolis Magna	5
Herakleopolitan Nome	1
Herakleopolitan nome	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName	Henen‑nesut ⓘ Hnes ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy	Flinders Petrie ⓘ Spanish Archaeological Mission ⓘ Édouard Naville ⓘ
associatedWithText	Herakleopolitan king lists ⓘ
coordinateLocation	29.0°N 30.9°E ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
cultCenterOf	Heryshef ⓘ
declineRelativeTo	Thebes ⓘ
function	administrative center ⓘ provincial capital ⓘ religious center ⓘ
governedByDynasty	Ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Tenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
greekName	Herakleopolis Magna self-link ⓘ
hasNearbySite	Ihnasya el‑Medina necropolis ⓘ
hasStructureType	necropolis ⓘ palatial buildings ⓘ temple complex ⓘ
historicalPeriod	First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: First Intermediate Period Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic period Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman period in Egypt
languageUsed	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
laterLanguageUsed	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
latinName	Herakleopolis Magna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heracleopolis Magna
locatedIn	central Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Egypt
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Beni Suef Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear	Bahr Yussef canal ⓘ modern Ihnasya el‑Medina ⓘ
locatedOn	edge of the Faiyum region ⓘ
majorDeity	Herishef ⓘ Heryshef ⓘ
namedAfter	Heracles ⓘ
partOf	ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
politicalRole	capital of a rival kingdom to Thebes during the First Intermediate Period ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing	First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: First Intermediate Period early Middle Kingdom ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	20th nome of Upper Egypt ⓘ First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: First Intermediate Period Herakleopolitan dynasties Herakleopolis Magna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herakleopolitan Nome
wasSeatOfGovernmentDuring	Ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Tenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Intermediate Period of Egypt → capital → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → alsoKnownAs → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → ancientGreekName → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah

Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → hasRegionalPowerCenter → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Ninth Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Ninth Dynasty of Egypt → basedIn → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Ninth Dynasty of Egypt → dynasticSeat → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Ninth Dynasty of Egypt → associatedWithCity → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Tenth Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Tenth Dynasty of Egypt → ruledFrom → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Tenth Dynasty of Egypt → hasSeatOfPower → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Tenth Dynasty of Egypt → mainUrbanCenter → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Herakleopolis Magna → greekName → Herakleopolis Magna self-link ⓘ

Herakleopolis Magna → latinName → Herakleopolis Magna self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heracleopolis Magna

Herakleopolis Magna → wasCapitalOf → Herakleopolis Magna self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herakleopolitan Nome

Herakleopolitan dynasties → capital → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Herakleopolitan dynasties → seatOfPower → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Herakleopolitan dynasties → namedAfter → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

Herakleopolitan dynasties → region → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herakleopolitan nome

Ihnasya al-Madinah → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heracleopolis Magna

Ihnasya al-Madinah → hasNearbyAncientCity → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heracleopolis Magna

Heryshef → hasMajorCultCenter → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heracleopolis Magna

Heryshef → veneratedIn → Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heracleopolis Magna