Hermopolis Magna

Title

grc Hermopolis Magna

grc Schum

grc Ἑρμοῦ πόλις Μεγάλη - Ἑρμοπολιτῶν πόλις - Ζμουν

lat Hermupolis Magna - Mercuri

egy Ḫmnw

cop ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ - ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ

ara El-Ashmunein

Description

eng The capital city of the Hermopolite nome (the fifteenth Nome of Upper Egypt). The ancient Egyptians called the site Khmun after the group of eight divinities (Ogdoad) that represented the primordial world.

Identifier

Pleiades - 756574

Trismegistos - 816

Latitude

27.779620249338002

Longitude

30.803580607161