Ihnāsyā el-Madīna - Ihnāsyā el-Madīna

Ihnāsyā el-Madīna · ‏إهناسيا المدينة‎
Herakleopolis Magna
Ἡρακλέους Πόλις Μεγάλη
GovernorateBeni Suef
Residents
40.001 (2006)
height
30 m, 32 m
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Ihnāsyā el-Madīna

Ihnasya el-Madina (also Ehnasya, Arabic:إهناسيا المدينة‎, Ihnāsyā al-Madīna) is a district capital with 40,000 inhabitants[1] and an archaeological site in the egyptian Governorate Beni Suef. In the area of ​​the city are the remains of the former ancient Egyptian city Herakleopolis Magna. The most important remains come from the temple of Herischef, who was equated with the Greek god Heracles.

getting there

mobility

Tourist Attractions

The archaeological site is not accessible without a permit.

In the city center is an extensive archaeological site, the Kōm ed-Dinār. The local temple of Herischef was built in the 12th dynasty under Amenemhet I and Sesostris I and was extensively expanded under Ramses II.

  • 1  Temple of the Herischef(29 ° 5 ′ 7 ″ N.30 ° 56 ′ 4 ″ E)
  • 2  Entrance gate. The temple itself is destroyed.(29 ° 5 ′ 1 ″ N.30 ° 56 '12 "E)
  • 3  basilica. Four columns still stand upright from the basilica from Byzantine times. To the west of it are further columns and building fragments.(29 ° 5 ′ 5 ″ N.30 ° 56 '23 "E)
  • 4  Dig house(29 ° 5 ′ 6 ″ N.30 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E)

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kitchen

accommodation

Accommodation options are available in Cairo or Beni Suef.

trips

literature

  • Reference books:
    • Gomaà, Farouk: Herakleopolis magna. In:Helck, Wolfgang; Westendorf, Wolfhart (Ed.): Lexicon of Egyptology; Vol. 2: Harvest Festival - Hordjedef. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1977, ISBN 978-3-447-01876-0 , Col. 1124-1127.
    • Gomaà, Farouk: Heracleopolis. In:Bard, Kathryn A. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. London, New York: Routledge, 1999, ISBN 978-0-415-18589-9 , Pp. 368-370.
    • Timm, Stefan: Himās (īya al-Madīna). In:Christian Coptic Egypt in Arab times; Vol. 3: G - L. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1985, Supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East: Series B, Geisteswissenschaften; 41.3, ISBN 978-3-88226-210-0 , Pp. 1161-1172.
    • Török, László: Ahnas. In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 1: Abab - Azar. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897023-3 , Pp. 73-77.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed December 16, 2014.
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