Minya, Egypt
Videos
Minya is the capital of the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located approximately 245 km south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile River, which flows north through the city.
Seal
Akhenaten museum in Minya Egypt
نهر النيل بمينة المنيا شتاءا
محطة المنيا
Antinoöpolis
Videos
Antinoöpolis was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinoüs, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upp
Minya, Egypt
…of a Greek temple, similar to the Parthenon, can be still found. The tomb and chapel of Petosiris are found near the modern village of Tuna el-Gebel. Antinoöpolis was built in 130 A.D. by the Roman emperor Hadrian in memory of his eromenos Antinous, who drowned on the banks of the Nile river and was considered a…
Antinoöpolis: 19th century AD view of the triumphal arch, from Description de l'Égypte.
Bust of Antinoüs-Osiris from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli (Louvre)
Fragment of a cloth from the tomb of Sabina, a 4–5th century woman in Antinoöpolis, showing Bellerophon and Pegasus trampling on the Chimera. (Louvre)
Late Roman column capital from the north necropolis (National Archaeological Museum, Florence)