Apollonopolis Magna

Title

lat Apollonopolis Magna

grc Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις

eng Behdet

eng Edfou

ara إدفو

ara Idfu

Description

eng The city of Apollonopolis Magna was located on the west bank of the Nile, south of Thebes. As the seat of Horus, Greeks regarded it as a site connected with Apollo. It served as the capital of the second nome of Upper Egypt.

Identifier

Pleiades - 785974

Trismegistos - 269

Wikidata - Q239107

Latitude

24.9778875

Longitude

32.872446