Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna)

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ancient city archaeological site settlement in Egypt

Ihnasya al-Madinah, known in antiquity as Herakleopolis Magna, is an important ancient Egyptian city that served as the capital of the 20th nome of Upper Egypt and a significant religious and political center.

Aliases (1)

Ihnasya al-Madinah ×48

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city → archaeological site → settlement in Egypt →
alsoKnownAs	Henen-nesut → Herakleopolis Magna → Hnes →
ancientEgyptianName	Henen-nesut →
ancientGreekName	Herakleopolis Magna →
associatedWithDynasty	Ninth Dynasty of Egypt → Tenth Dynasty of Egypt →
capitalOf	20th nome of Upper Egypt →
country	Egypt →
culture	Ancient Egypt →
declinePeriod	Late Period of Egypt →
dedicatedToDeity	Heryshef →
excavatedBy	Flinders Petrie →
excavationStartCentury	19th century →
functionedAs	political center → religious center →
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Ihnasiya al-Madina →
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf	city walls → residential quarters → temples → tombs →
hasFeature	large temple enclosure → necropolis →
locatedIn	20th nome of Upper Egypt → Beni Suef Governorate NERFINISHED → Middle Egypt →
locatedInAncientRegion	Upper Egypt →
locatedNear	Faiyum region →
locatedNearModernTown	Ihnasiya →
locatedSouthOf	Cairo →
locatedWestOf	Nile River →
mainTempleDeity	Heryshef →
modernArabicName	Ihnasya al-Madinah →
periodOfFlourishing	First Intermediate Period →
periodOfImportance	Middle Kingdom of Egypt →
politicalRole	capital of a nome → regional administrative center →
regionType	nome capital →
religiousRole	major cult center of Heryshef →
religiousSignificance	center of local ram-god worship →
timeOfOrigin	Old Kingdom period (approximate) →
wasCapitalDuring	First Intermediate Period → Ninth Dynasty of Egypt → Tenth Dynasty of Egypt →
wasCapitalOf	Herakleopolitan dynasties →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beni Suef Governorate →	hasArchaeologicalSite