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stones; each passes from the centre of one pillar to that of the next, according to a well-known usage with Egyptian builders. The intercolumnation of the centre pillars is wider than that of the others; and the stone over the centre is twenty-five feet and six inches long. These columns were painted yellow, red and blue in alternate bands. There is also a peculiarity in the pillars of the Hermopolitan portico peculiar to themselves, or at least discovered only again in the temple of
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at Hermopolis were on a scale of great extent and magnificence and, although raised by Greek monarchs, are essentially Egyptian in their conception and execution. The portico, the only remnant of the temple, consists of a double row of pillars, six in each row. The architraves are formed of five
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on the opposite bank of the Nile, were the common cemeteries of the Hermopolitans because although the river divided the city from its necropolis, from the wide curve of the western hills at this point, it was easier to ferry the dead over the water than to transport them by land to the hills.
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Sayed Hemeda, Abdulrahman Fahmy, Abbas Moustafa, Mahmoud Abd El Hafez,The Early Basilica Church, El-Ashmonein Archaeological Site, Minia, Egypt: Geo-Environmental Analysis and Engineering Characterization of the Building Materials, Open Journal of Geology 09/03
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and the Cynocephalus monkey, the most conspicuous among the sculptures upon the great portico of the temple of Hermopolis. His designation in inscriptions was "The Lord of Eshmoon". This portico was a work of the
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feet, about five feet from the ground, for they diminish in thickness both towards the base and towards the capital. The widest part of the intercolumnation is 17 feet; the other pillars are 13 feet apart.
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or upper country extended much further to the north than in more recent periods. As the border town, Hermopolis was a place of great resort and opulence, ranking second to
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Moharam Kamal, Excavations in the so-called Agora of El Ashmunein. ASAE - Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 46/1 947, 289–295
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of the 3rd century AD indicates that high-rise buildings with seven stories existed in the town. The collection of Arabic papyri in the
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Excavations at the basilica site at el-Ashmunein/ Hermopolis magna in 1987–1990. Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 3 (1992)
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In 1949 the titular see was suppressed, having had the following incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
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alone. A little to south of the city was the castle of Hermopolis, at which point rivercraft from the Thebaid paid tolls (
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eras, devastated the Heptanomis; but, on the other hand, its structures have undergone severe changes under its
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is 5.6 m. The church was discovered in 1942 by Moharam Kamal, later cleaned by an expedition from the
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Denis-Antoine-Luc de Frayssinous (French) (1822.04.19 – death 1841.12.12) no actual prelature recorded
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rulers, who have burned its stones for lime or carried them away for building materials. A surviving
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Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona (1729.03.23 – death 1758.10.24) (Italian) no actual prelature recorded
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Hermopolis comparatively escaped the frequent wars which, in the decline both of the Pharaonic and
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Silhouette of Hermopolis Magna temple-from A History Of Egypt Volume V by J Graflon Milne
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Its remains are located near the modern town of el-Ashmunein (from the Coptic name) in
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Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 4
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2719, in: Katja Lembke & Cäcilia Fluck, Günter Vittmann,
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Currently there is a small open-air museum in which stand two massive statues of
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This article is about Hermopolis Magna. For other cities called Hermopolis, see
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Father Jan Ignacy Korytkowski (1888.04.27 – 1888.05.14) as Auxiliary bishop of
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Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. (born Italy) (1931.07.14 – 1932.05.24) as
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G. Mussies in: Matthieu Sybrand Huibert, Gerard Heerma van Voss (eds.),
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because they were both gods of magic and writing, was represented by the
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Giorgio Glosauer (1917.07.07 – death 1926.06.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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Raphael Valenza (1889.05.24 – death 1897.12.22) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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John Jeremiah Lawler (1910.02.08 – 1916.01.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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as a baboon worshipping the sun, and a few carved blocks of masonry.
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Catalogue of Arabic Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
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The Ibis-headed god Thoth was, with his accompanying emblems, the
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Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret (1878.07.15 – 1887.03.15) as
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Studies in Egyptian Religion: Dedicated to Professor Jan Zandee
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Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw
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A Checklist of Bishops in Byzantine Egypt (A.D. 325 - c. 750)
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Dominik Józef Kiełczewski (1760.07.21 – death 1776.02.28) as
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The principal Egyptian deities worshipped at Hermopolis were
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center from the third century. It was abandoned after the
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Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski (1842.01.27 – 1856.09.18) as
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A Christian tradition holds it to be the place where the
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The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, British Museum Press
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Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus
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Hermopolis stood on the borders of Upper and 1594:Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica 773:(Latin; 1925-1929 renamed Hermopolis Magna) / 1537: 342:(meanwhile suppressed) and a Coptic Orthodox 1550:GCatholic - (former &) titular Latin see 837:(Italy) (1858.06.15 – 1859) and Ordinary of 582:Hermopolis became a significant city in the 326:, Hermopolis developed into a major city of 93: 37: 1608:Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 1582:, vol. 5, p. 219; vol. 6, p. 234 1324: 870:(Gnesen, Poland) (1888.04.27 – 1888.05.14) 853:Abbey nullius of Saints-Nicholas-et-Benoît 492:" since the Greeks identified Hermes with 49: 1348:"Destruction of Egyptian Monuments"  1175:"Great Hermopolis", for distinction with 1134:List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities 839:Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese 702:of the provincial capital's Metropolitan 679:Learn how and when to remove this message 628: 1454: 1228: 1207: 1205: 962:(Brazil) (1931.01.30 – death 1939.07.24) 863:(Monaco) (1887.03.15 – death 1901.11.11) 695:found refuge during its exile in Egypt. 511: 286: 1573:Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae 1464:Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 524:during the Middle Kingdom era of Egypt. 1616: 1394:. Manchester: the John Rylands Library 1371:Ägyptens späte Blüte. Die Römer am Nil 950:(O.F.M.) (1928.01.07 – 1931.01.30) as 757:The city was a titular diocese in the 1566:Bibliography - Ecclesiastical history 1426: 1424: 1202: 1079:is 14.7 m wide, and the width of the 936:(USA) (1930.08.01 – death 1948.03.11) 809:(Sicily, Italy) (1802.08.09 – ?) 1589:, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 595-596 1480: 1335:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 661:adding citations to reliable sources 632: 710:. Like most, it faded under Islam. 488:, the city was called "The City of 478: 250: 94: 16:Village in Minya Governorate, Egypt 13: 1421: 1139:List of Catholic dioceses in Egypt 1050: 73: 14: 1665: 1325:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). 956:Territorial Prelature of Santarem 877:(Italy) (1889.05.24 – 1897.12.22) 732:Gennadius (circa 444 - after 449) 1634:Former populated places in Egypt 1318: 1110: 1093:Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities 637: 528:The city was the capital of the 72: 65: 23:. For the Hermopolite nome, see 1580:Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi 1509: 1500: 1474: 1448: 1397: 1384: 1363: 1339: 1245:Ian Shaw & Paul Nicholson, 895:(1915.06.01 – death 1916.06.27) 797:Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełm 779:Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Mina 713:List of bishops of Hermopolis: 648:needs additional citations for 322:A provincial capital since the 280:. Its name is derived from the 230:(reconstructed pronunciation), 1312: 1297: 1282: 1252: 1239: 1222: 1169: 1156: 609:. Typhon was represented by a 1: 1629:Archaeological sites in Egypt 1405:"B.C. Archaeology: Ashmunein" 1149: 1009: 901:(1901.12.16 – 1906.12.06) as 899:Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivo 835:Silicia of the Italo-Albanese 829:(1858.06.15 – death 1877) as 744:Johannes II (6th-7th century) 469:, from which the modern name 977:) (1931.07.14 – 1932.05.24). 7: 1575:, Leipzig 1931, p. 461 1127: 1023:, but the erections of the 841:(Italy) (1858.06.15 – 1860) 338:but was restored as both a 261: 232:Egyptological pronunciation 21:Hermopolis (disambiguation) 10: 1670: 1546:retrieved 20:34GMT 27.9.11 1538:Sources and external links 1390:Margoliouth, D. S. 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Index

Hermopolis (disambiguation)
Hare nome

Hermopolis is located in Egypt
Minya Governorate
Egypt
Upper Egypt
27°46′53″N 30°48′14″E / 27.78139°N 30.80389°E / 27.78139; 30.80389
Ancient Greek
Hermes
Ancient Egyptian
ḫmnw
Egyptological pronunciation
Coptic
Arabic
romanized
lit.
Lower
Upper Egypt
Ogdoad

siltstone
obelisk
Nectanebo II
sanctuary
Thoth Thrice-Great
British Museum
London
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Roman Egypt

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