Beni Suef
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Beni Suef is the capital city of the Beni Suef Governorate in Egypt. The city is the location of Beni Suef University. An important agricultural trade centre on the west bank of the Nile River, the ci
Beni Suef University main bldg
Beni Suef Aziz Mosque
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Beni Suef Church Hl Virgin
Heracleopolis Magna
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Heracleopolis Magna, Heracleopolis or Herakleoupolis, known in Ancient Egyptian as nn nswt, is the Roman name of the capital of Noret-Khent, the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt. The site is located a
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…the place of..."); however, its exact etymology is unknown. From the early Pharaonic era to the Roman period, the area was home to the city of Heracleopolis, 10 miles west of the modern city. which also served as the capital of Lower and Middle Egypt during the 9th and 10th dynasties. The modern city rose…
Partial view of the bas-relief from the north wall of a funerary chapel containing the tombs of district governor Neferkhau-(Nfr-khaU) and a woman named Sat-Bahetep (probably his wife)-(Sa-t, Ba-htp), dated between 9th and 11th Dynasties. It shows a funerary food-offering ritual for Sat-Baheteps's ka (between 2160 and 1990 BC).
Pottery ushabti from Heracleopolis Magna with linen grave clothes of T3y-ms. 19th Dynasty. (Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London)