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