Nomes
nomé/ νομή
𓋴𓊪𓏏𓈈 Sepat
(Cities and Districts of Worship)
𓆥 nisw(t) bity 'He of the sedge and bee' 𓁭'He the King of Upper and Lower Egypt'
Sema-Tawy 'Uniter of the two lands' 𓋍
Red and white crown 'Pschent' 𓋖
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
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Ta-meḥ 𓇾𓇇 Lower Egypt 𓆘
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(UE) Nekhbet𓅒Uadjet (LE)
Ta-res 𓇾𓇔𓊖, Ta-Shemw𓇾𓇗𓂝𓈈 Upper Egypt 𓅐𓎟
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Nomes of Nubia
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Note gods with *are the favored in the nome
Nomes of Lower Egypt
Ta-meḥ 𓇾𓇇, 𓇾𓇖𓎛𓅱𓇉 Northern land
Wadjet 𓆘 Goddess of Lower Egypt
Bastet, Ptah, Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys, Nit/ Neith, Horu/Horus
Meḥeti 𓇉 The North 𓎔𓏏𓏭𓈅
Papyrus and bees
𓆤𓏏𓏭𓀵 bity 'of the bee'
He the King of Lower Egypt
Red Crown 'desheret' 𓋔
King of Lower Egypt
1st Nome Lower Egypt
𓈠 Inbu-hedj / Inebu-hedj, Ineb-Ḥedjet , Aneb Hetch / inbw-HD "White Wall", Mekhat-tawy (Balance of the Two Lands)
Ȧneb-ḥeť [Budge] , Ankh-Tawy (Life of the Twolands MK), Djed-Sut (everlasting places Name of Teti's pyramid) [Alternative names]
Location: 20 km (12 mi) south of Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile
Worshiped: *Horu/ Horus, Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Auset/ Isis, *Nefertem, *Ptah, *Seker/Soker/Sokarisf , *Apis bull, *Sekhmet
White Chapel (Het-net): Horus before Inebhedj
Known for:
Capitol City
Min-Noufer, Men-Nefer, Menefer/ mn-nfr 𓏠𓈖𓄤𓆑𓂋𓉴𓊖, 𓏠𓈖𓄤𓉴𓊖 "Enduring and beautiful" (MK) (Memphis)
inb.w-Hd.w / 𓊅𓊅𓊅𓌉𓊖 "White walls", inb-Hd / 𓊅𓌉𓊖 "White wall" (first name)
Dd-sw.t / 𓊽𓊨𓊨𓊨𓉴𓊖 "Stable of places" (first intermediate period)
Dj.wy-sw.t / 𓊽𓊽𓊨𓊨𓊨 "stables of places" (double)
inb-Hd / 𓊅𓌉𓊖 "White wall"
anx-tA.wy / 𓋹𓇾𓇾𓊖, 𓋹𓈖𓐍𓇾𓇾𓈉"Life of the two lands" (western quarter of the city) (MK)
mxA.t-tA.wy / 𓍝𓇾𓇾𓊖 "Balance of the Two Earths"
Hwt-kA-ptH / 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓉗𓏏𓉐𓂓𓊖 ,𓉗𓂓𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭 "House of the Ka of Ptah", Hwt-kA-ptH / 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓉗𓏏𓉐𓂓𓂓𓂓 "House of the Kas of
Ptah" (district of Ptah's temple)
Men-nefer Pepi, Mery-ra-men-nofer (Meryra is established and perfect Royal burial Pyramid of Pepi) abbr. Men-Nofer [Named during Pep I] , Hikuptah [Amarna LE] , Moph or Noph [Biblical] Menfe [Coptic], Memphis /Μέμφις [Greek], Manf/ منف [Arabic], Mit Rahina [Modern]
Location: 20 km (12 mi) south of Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile
Triads : Ptah (husband), Sekhmet/Bastet (wife), Nefertem (Child)
Triads : Ptah, Sokar, Wesir/Osiris
Triads : Ptah (husband), Hut-Hor/ Hathor (wife), Imhotep (Child)
Worshiped: *Ptah, *Sekhmet/Bastet (wife), Nefertem (Child)], *Hut-Hor/ Hathor (Lady of the southern sycamore), Sekhet (Hur-Hor of Denderah) *Tatjenen/Tatenen (Earth and flood waters), Hemsut (created by Ptah), Auset/ Isis, *Sokar/ Seker (later merged with Wesir and Ptah), Apis bull, Horu/ Horus,* Nit/ Neith, Sokar (patron of the cemetery region) Later merged with Wesir/ Osiris and Ptah, iiemhotep/ Imhotep (Son of Ptah), [Later deities] Baal, Qadesh, Astarte, Ball-Zephon, Bes (Saqqara)
Temple: Hut-ka-Ptah, Ai-gy-ptos/ Aί γυ πτoς "House of the ka of Ptah", Temple to Sekhmet, Temple to the Apis, Temple to Amun, Temple to Aton, Temple to Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Ȧmuntet (goddess of the West)
Known for: Founded by the King Menes who was the first to unite the two lands and made Memphis the capital of Egypt Old Kingdom. It stood for 8 dynasties. Principal port Peru-nefer had many workshops, factories, and warehouses that distributed food and merchandise throughout the ancient kingdom. In the golden age Memphis was the centre for commerce trade and religion. Memphis was believed to be under the protection of the god Ptah, the patron of craftsmen. Ai-gy-ptos/ Aί γυ πτoς later became Aígyptos/ Αἴγυπτος and finally Aegyptvs in Latin which is where we get the word for Egypt. The famed stepped Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, the Memphis necropolis.
𓐂𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹 psDt/ Ennead of Men-Nefer
ptH/Ptaḥ
(masturbated or spat out his children)
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Sw/Shu (air) tfnwt/Tefnut (moisture)
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gb/Geb (earth) nwt/Nut (sky)
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Wesir/Osiris Auset/Isis Sutekh/Set Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys Horu-Ur (Horus the elder)
Ogdoad/ ογδοάς, Khemenu/ xmnw 'eight' (completeness)
female (serpents) and male (frogs)
𓐁𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀭𓏪 xmnyw
from the Primeval mound/ Benben 𓃀𓈖𓃀𓈖𓉴
Tatenen/tA-Tnn , Ptah-Tatenen, Ptah
𓇾𓍿𓏥𓇒𓀭
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Nunu/ nnw, Nu/ nw Nunut/ nnwt, Nut/nwt
𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial watery abyss)
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Ḥeḥu/HH Ḥeḥut/HHt
𓁨 𓎛𓎛𓁨𓏏𓆇𓁐
(One million or infinity and eternity)
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Kuku/kkw Kuket/kkwt
𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓀭 𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial concept darkness)
Or
grH/Ḳerḥ grHt/ Ḳeraḥet
𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓀭 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓏏𓆇𓁐
Alt
Nia, Nenu Niat, Ennit, Nenuit
(Alternative to kkw and kkwt)
ptH/Ptaḥ
(masturbated or spat out his children)
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Sw/Shu (air) tfnwt/Tefnut (moisture)
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gb/Geb (earth) nwt/Nut (sky)
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Wesir/Osiris Auset/Isis Sutekh/Set Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys Horu-Ur (Horus the elder)
Ogdoad/ ογδοάς, Khemenu/ xmnw 'eight' (completeness)
female (serpents) and male (frogs)
𓐁𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀭𓏪 xmnyw
from the Primeval mound/ Benben 𓃀𓈖𓃀𓈖𓉴
Tatenen/tA-Tnn , Ptah-Tatenen, Ptah
𓇾𓍿𓏥𓇒𓀭
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Nunu/ nnw, Nu/ nw Nunut/ nnwt, Nut/nwt
𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial watery abyss)
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Ḥeḥu/HH Ḥeḥut/HHt
𓁨 𓎛𓎛𓁨𓏏𓆇𓁐
(One million or infinity and eternity)
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Kuku/kkw Kuket/kkwt
𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓀭 𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial concept darkness)
Or
grH/Ḳerḥ grHt/ Ḳeraḥet
𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓀭 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓏏𓆇𓁐
Alt
Nia, Nenu Niat, Ennit, Nenuit
(Alternative to kkw and kkwt)
2nd Nome Lower Egypt
𓈡 iwa xpS, Khepesh/xpS 𓄗 (Foreleg) , Khensu
Location: South west Delta apex
Worshiped: *Khenty-irty or Khenty-khem (Horu/Horus/Haroeris in the form of a ram a bull and a lion in other cities, who represented the daily cycle), Horu/ Horus
White Chapel (Het-net): Khenty-khem "foremost of Khem"
Known for:
Capitol City
Khem, Chem 𓐍𓋉𓅓𓊖, 𓋉𓊖, 𓋉𓐍𓐝𓂜𓊖𓉐 / xm , Per-Hor-neb-Sekhem (the house of Horu/ Horus the master of Sekhem); Sekhem 𓊃𓊖𓅓𓂜𓉐𓊖 (Budge)
Khensu, iwni.t [Other names], Oushēm/ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ, Boushēm/ⲃⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ [Coptic], Letopolis / Λητοῦς Πόλις, Leto/ Λητοῦς [Greek], Kom Ausim, Ausim/ اوسيم [Arabic] Ausim [Modern]
Location: north-west 13 km from Cairo
Worshiped: *Khenty-irty or Khenty-khem (Horu/Horus/Haroeris in the form of a ram who represented the daily cycle, Horu of the Letopolis), shrew-mouse and Egyptian mongoose (Ichneumon), Khem (Hellenistic), Auset/ Isis, Horu Wer (Horus the elder), Kherty, Ruty/Ruti
Temples: Temple of Horus-Khenty-Khem
Known for:
𓈡 iwa xpS, Khepesh/xpS 𓄗 (Foreleg) , Khensu
Location: South west Delta apex
Worshiped: *Khenty-irty or Khenty-khem (Horu/Horus/Haroeris in the form of a ram a bull and a lion in other cities, who represented the daily cycle), Horu/ Horus
White Chapel (Het-net): Khenty-khem "foremost of Khem"
Known for:
Capitol City
Khem, Chem 𓐍𓋉𓅓𓊖, 𓋉𓊖, 𓋉𓐍𓐝𓂜𓊖𓉐 / xm , Per-Hor-neb-Sekhem (the house of Horu/ Horus the master of Sekhem); Sekhem 𓊃𓊖𓅓𓂜𓉐𓊖 (Budge)
Khensu, iwni.t [Other names], Oushēm/ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ, Boushēm/ⲃⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ [Coptic], Letopolis / Λητοῦς Πόλις, Leto/ Λητοῦς [Greek], Kom Ausim, Ausim/ اوسيم [Arabic] Ausim [Modern]
Location: north-west 13 km from Cairo
Worshiped: *Khenty-irty or Khenty-khem (Horu/Horus/Haroeris in the form of a ram who represented the daily cycle, Horu of the Letopolis), shrew-mouse and Egyptian mongoose (Ichneumon), Khem (Hellenistic), Auset/ Isis, Horu Wer (Horus the elder), Kherty, Ruty/Ruti
Temples: Temple of Horus-Khenty-Khem
Known for:
3rd Nome Lower Egypt
𓈢 Amenty, Ahment/ imnt.t, imnty (the west)
Location:
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor
White Chapel (Het-net): Hepy of Hut-Ihyt
Known for:
Capitol City
Imu/ Imoe/ Imaoe/ Yamu/ Imaou, Imaout 𓆭𓆭𓆭𓊖 , Pr-nb-ima.w 𓉐𓏤𓎟𓆭𓆭𓆭𓊖 "realm of cattle" (Mommphis)
Apis, Nut-ent-Hap 𓊖𓏏𓏌𓏏𓐑𓊪𓃒 [Other name], Mommphis [Greek] ,Kom el-Hisn (Hill of the Fort) [Arabic]
Location: western edge of the Nile delta roughly midway between Cairo and Alexandria and about 10 km west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile.
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor "Mistress of Imaou", Sekhmet, Nit/Neith, Sobek
Temples: Temple of Hathor-Sekhmet
Known for:
Rakote, Râ-Kedet, Raqote/ raqdt 𓂋𓏺𓂝𓀨𓏏𓊖 (That which is built up) (Alexandria)
Rhacotis, Rhakotis Ῥακῶτις [Ancient Greek], Rakotə/ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ, Rakoti/ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ,Aleksandria/ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ [Coptic],
Alexandria /Ἀλεξάνδρεια [Greek], Eskendereyyah/ اسكندرية, el-Alksinder [Egyptian Arabic], al-ʾIskandarīyah/ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ , Iskandariyyah/ الإسكندرية [Arabic], Alexandria [Modern]
Location: The second largest city and a major economic centre in Egypt, extending about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country.
Traid: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Husband), Auset/ Isis (Wife), Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (Horu/ Horus the Child) (son) [ Isis-Osiris-Horus ] (Hellenistic)
Traid: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Husband), Auset/ Isis (Wife), Apollo as Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (son) (Ptolemaic period )
Worshiped: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Wesir/Osiris and Hapu/Apis)
Temples:
Known for: Capital of the Ptolemaic period. Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos) is the 7th wonder of the Ancient World. The Library was one of the largest in the world. The Necropolis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. Was the intellectual and cultural center of the ancient world. The city was later plundered and lost its significance. Home to a large Jewish and Greek community.
Khito (Rosetta)
ti-Rashit /ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ [Coptic], Bolbitinē/Βολβιτίνη [Ancient Greek], Rashid , Rosetta "little rose" [Middle Ages], Rašīd/ رشيد [Arabic]
Location: port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, i
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
Cities
Per-Djehouty (House of Djehuty/Thoth), Behdet/ bHd.t ?
Hermopolis Parva 'City of Hermes' [Greek], Kom el-Hisn [Arabic]
Location: Near Damanhur/ Taminhor
Worshiped: *Nehem-an, Nehemetaouay (wife of Djehuty/Thoth), *Seshat (Daughter with Djehuty/Thoth ), *Djehuty/Thoth, Hornoufi, (Horus the perfect with Osiris)
Temples:
Known for:
Mefket/mfkt "turquoise" Pr-Hw.t-Hr-nb.t-mfkAt/Per-Hathor-nebet-Mefkat "House of Hur-hor/Hathor Mistress of Turquoises"
pA-Hw.t-tA-Hr-mfky/Per-Hathor-Ta-Hor-Mefkat "House of Hur-hor/Hathor Mistress of Turquoises"
Terenouti/ⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ Terenoutʰi/ⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲑⲓ, Tarrana,Tarana [Coptic],Terenuthis [classical antiquity],Terenuthis Ta-Renenût "the domain of the goddess Renenutet" [Greco-Roman], Terenouthis/Τερενουθις [Greek],Terenuthis,Thenenuthi [Latin], Aṭ-Ṭarrānah/الطرانة [Arabic] , Kom Abu Billo, Kom Abu Bello [Modern]
Location: located in the western Nile Delta, circa 70 km north-west of Cairo, between the southern prehistoric site of Merimde Beni-salame and the northern town of Kom el-Hisn.
Worshiped: Renenutet , Hur-hor/Hathor "Mistress of Turquoises"
Temples: Temple to Hur-hor/Hathor "Mistress of Turquoises"
Known for: Terenuthis’ necropolis
𓈢 Amenty, Ahment/ imnt.t, imnty (the west)
Location:
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor
White Chapel (Het-net): Hepy of Hut-Ihyt
Known for:
Capitol City
Imu/ Imoe/ Imaoe/ Yamu/ Imaou, Imaout 𓆭𓆭𓆭𓊖 , Pr-nb-ima.w 𓉐𓏤𓎟𓆭𓆭𓆭𓊖 "realm of cattle" (Mommphis)
Apis, Nut-ent-Hap 𓊖𓏏𓏌𓏏𓐑𓊪𓃒 [Other name], Mommphis [Greek] ,Kom el-Hisn (Hill of the Fort) [Arabic]
Location: western edge of the Nile delta roughly midway between Cairo and Alexandria and about 10 km west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile.
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor "Mistress of Imaou", Sekhmet, Nit/Neith, Sobek
Temples: Temple of Hathor-Sekhmet
Known for:
Rakote, Râ-Kedet, Raqote/ raqdt 𓂋𓏺𓂝𓀨𓏏𓊖 (That which is built up) (Alexandria)
Rhacotis, Rhakotis Ῥακῶτις [Ancient Greek], Rakotə/ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ, Rakoti/ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ,Aleksandria/ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ [Coptic],
Alexandria /Ἀλεξάνδρεια [Greek], Eskendereyyah/ اسكندرية, el-Alksinder [Egyptian Arabic], al-ʾIskandarīyah/ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ , Iskandariyyah/ الإسكندرية [Arabic], Alexandria [Modern]
Location: The second largest city and a major economic centre in Egypt, extending about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country.
Traid: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Husband), Auset/ Isis (Wife), Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (Horu/ Horus the Child) (son) [ Isis-Osiris-Horus ] (Hellenistic)
Traid: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Husband), Auset/ Isis (Wife), Apollo as Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (son) (Ptolemaic period )
Worshiped: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Wesir/Osiris and Hapu/Apis)
Temples:
Known for: Capital of the Ptolemaic period. Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos) is the 7th wonder of the Ancient World. The Library was one of the largest in the world. The Necropolis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. Was the intellectual and cultural center of the ancient world. The city was later plundered and lost its significance. Home to a large Jewish and Greek community.
Khito (Rosetta)
ti-Rashit /ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ [Coptic], Bolbitinē/Βολβιτίνη [Ancient Greek], Rashid , Rosetta "little rose" [Middle Ages], Rašīd/ رشيد [Arabic]
Location: port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, i
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
Cities
Per-Djehouty (House of Djehuty/Thoth), Behdet/ bHd.t ?
Hermopolis Parva 'City of Hermes' [Greek], Kom el-Hisn [Arabic]
Location: Near Damanhur/ Taminhor
Worshiped: *Nehem-an, Nehemetaouay (wife of Djehuty/Thoth), *Seshat (Daughter with Djehuty/Thoth ), *Djehuty/Thoth, Hornoufi, (Horus the perfect with Osiris)
Temples:
Known for:
Mefket/mfkt "turquoise" Pr-Hw.t-Hr-nb.t-mfkAt/Per-Hathor-nebet-Mefkat "House of Hur-hor/Hathor Mistress of Turquoises"
pA-Hw.t-tA-Hr-mfky/Per-Hathor-Ta-Hor-Mefkat "House of Hur-hor/Hathor Mistress of Turquoises"
Terenouti/ⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ Terenoutʰi/ⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲑⲓ, Tarrana,Tarana [Coptic],Terenuthis [classical antiquity],Terenuthis Ta-Renenût "the domain of the goddess Renenutet" [Greco-Roman], Terenouthis/Τερενουθις [Greek],Terenuthis,Thenenuthi [Latin], Aṭ-Ṭarrānah/الطرانة [Arabic] , Kom Abu Billo, Kom Abu Bello [Modern]
Location: located in the western Nile Delta, circa 70 km north-west of Cairo, between the southern prehistoric site of Merimde Beni-salame and the northern town of Kom el-Hisn.
Worshiped: Renenutet , Hur-hor/Hathor "Mistress of Turquoises"
Temples: Temple to Hur-hor/Hathor "Mistress of Turquoises"
Known for: Terenuthis’ necropolis
4th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈣 Net-Resu/ nt rsw, nt-rs.t (Nit of the Southern shield), Sapi-Res(y)
Location:
Worshiped: *Nit/ Neith, *Sobek
White Chapel (Het-net): Nit/ Neith and Sobek (Sau/Sais)
Known for: During the Ptolemaic Period 12th dynasty the 4th and 5th nomes of Nit was dived they once were one nome.
Capitol City
Ptkheka
Tanta /طنطا [Arabic]
Location: Tanta is located 94 km (58 mi) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 mi) southeast of Alexandria. The capital of the Gharbia Governorate
Worshiped: *Sobek, *Auset/Isis , *Amun, *Neith/Nit
Temples:
Known for:
Sapi-Res(y)
Prosopis [Greek]
Location:
Worshiped: Sobek, Auset/ Isis and Amun
Temples:
Known for:
Djeka/ Dqa/ Dqa-pr 𓆓𓏘𓂝𓉐𓊖, 𓆓𓏘𓂝𓊪𓏭𓂋𓏤𓊖
Location:
Worshiped: Nit/ Neith, Harpare
Temples:
Known for:
Naskaret/ nskArT 𓈖𓊃𓂓𓂋𓍿𓊖, njwt-kAꜣrT 𓊖𓏏𓂓𓂋𓍿𓊖, pr-mryt 𓉐𓏤𓌸𓏏𓇋𓇋𓈗 (Naukratis)
Piemro/ Ⲡⲓⲉⲙⲣⲱ [Coptic] ,Naucratis, Naukratis/Ναύκρατις "Naval Command" [Ancient Greek], el-Gi'eif [Arabic], Kom Gieif [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Nit/ Neith, Amun, *Djehuyt/ Thoth
Temples: Temple of Horu/ Horus (Solar disk with wings)
Known for: Greek city (Late period)
Cities
Sau
sajɘ [Neo-Assyrian cuneiform] , sai ⲤⲀⲒ (S), sa ⲤⲀ (B) [Coptic], Sais [Greek], Sa el Hagar [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Nit/ Neith, Sobek (Sau/Sais)
Temples: Temple of Nit/Neith
Known for:
𓈣 Net-Resu/ nt rsw, nt-rs.t (Nit of the Southern shield), Sapi-Res(y)
Location:
Worshiped: *Nit/ Neith, *Sobek
White Chapel (Het-net): Nit/ Neith and Sobek (Sau/Sais)
Known for: During the Ptolemaic Period 12th dynasty the 4th and 5th nomes of Nit was dived they once were one nome.
Capitol City
Ptkheka
Tanta /طنطا [Arabic]
Location: Tanta is located 94 km (58 mi) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 mi) southeast of Alexandria. The capital of the Gharbia Governorate
Worshiped: *Sobek, *Auset/Isis , *Amun, *Neith/Nit
Temples:
Known for:
Sapi-Res(y)
Prosopis [Greek]
Location:
Worshiped: Sobek, Auset/ Isis and Amun
Temples:
Known for:
Djeka/ Dqa/ Dqa-pr 𓆓𓏘𓂝𓉐𓊖, 𓆓𓏘𓂝𓊪𓏭𓂋𓏤𓊖
Location:
Worshiped: Nit/ Neith, Harpare
Temples:
Known for:
Naskaret/ nskArT 𓈖𓊃𓂓𓂋𓍿𓊖, njwt-kAꜣrT 𓊖𓏏𓂓𓂋𓍿𓊖, pr-mryt 𓉐𓏤𓌸𓏏𓇋𓇋𓈗 (Naukratis)
Piemro/ Ⲡⲓⲉⲙⲣⲱ [Coptic] ,Naucratis, Naukratis/Ναύκρατις "Naval Command" [Ancient Greek], el-Gi'eif [Arabic], Kom Gieif [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Nit/ Neith, Amun, *Djehuyt/ Thoth
Temples: Temple of Horu/ Horus (Solar disk with wings)
Known for: Greek city (Late period)
Cities
Sau
sajɘ [Neo-Assyrian cuneiform] , sai ⲤⲀⲒ (S), sa ⲤⲀ (B) [Coptic], Sais [Greek], Sa el Hagar [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Nit/ Neith, Sobek (Sau/Sais)
Temples: Temple of Nit/Neith
Known for:
5th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈤 Net-Resu/ nt rsw(t) (Nit of the Northern shield), 𓈥 Nit Meḥtet/ nt mHt, Sȧp-Meḥ
Location:
Worshiped: Nit/ Neith, Wadjet, Auset/ Isis
White Chapel (Het-net): Sau/Sais
Known for: Herodotus wrote that Sais is where the grave of Wesir/ Osiris is
Capitol City
Sa, Zau/ zAw 𓊃𓅭𓄿𓅱𓊖, Sau(t)/ sAwt 𓅭𓄿𓏲𓏏𓊖 Djaeo
Sais /Σάϊς [Greek], Sa al-Hagar, San el-Hagar [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Nit/ Neith, Tutu, Hemsut (drawn them from the waters of Nun by Nit/Neith)
Temples: Temple of Nit-Neith, Athena (identified with Nit/ Neith and Auset/ Isis)
Known for: Capital in the late period, also the Capital of Egypt, Sais is the city in which Solon (590 BC) receives the story of Atlantis.
Cities
Per-Wadjet 𓀖𓏏𓊖
Phthenothite nome (Φθενότης , Chemmite nome, Pliny the Elder, Ptenetha [Ptolemic] , Buto Βουτώ, Butus, Boutos, Butosus Βοῦτος [Greek], Butu بوتو [Arabic], Tell al-Fara'in (Pharaohs' mound) [Modern]
Location: near the city of Desouk دسوق [Arabic], was an ancient city located 95 km east of Alexandria in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
Worshiped: Wadjet/ Uto, Auset/ Isis, Horu/ Horus
Temples: Per-Wadjet, Temple of Horu/ Horus with in Per-Wadjet, Oracle of Leto
Known for: Two cites combined Pe and Dep, Wadjet's oracle was in the renowned temple in Per-Wadjet that was dedicated to her worship and gave the city its name. Part of the 5th nome as well.
𓈤 Net-Resu/ nt rsw(t) (Nit of the Northern shield), 𓈥 Nit Meḥtet/ nt mHt, Sȧp-Meḥ
Location:
Worshiped: Nit/ Neith, Wadjet, Auset/ Isis
White Chapel (Het-net): Sau/Sais
Known for: Herodotus wrote that Sais is where the grave of Wesir/ Osiris is
Capitol City
Sa, Zau/ zAw 𓊃𓅭𓄿𓅱𓊖, Sau(t)/ sAwt 𓅭𓄿𓏲𓏏𓊖 Djaeo
Sais /Σάϊς [Greek], Sa al-Hagar, San el-Hagar [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Nit/ Neith, Tutu, Hemsut (drawn them from the waters of Nun by Nit/Neith)
Temples: Temple of Nit-Neith, Athena (identified with Nit/ Neith and Auset/ Isis)
Known for: Capital in the late period, also the Capital of Egypt, Sais is the city in which Solon (590 BC) receives the story of Atlantis.
Cities
Per-Wadjet 𓀖𓏏𓊖
Phthenothite nome (Φθενότης , Chemmite nome, Pliny the Elder, Ptenetha [Ptolemic] , Buto Βουτώ, Butus, Boutos, Butosus Βοῦτος [Greek], Butu بوتو [Arabic], Tell al-Fara'in (Pharaohs' mound) [Modern]
Location: near the city of Desouk دسوق [Arabic], was an ancient city located 95 km east of Alexandria in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
Worshiped: Wadjet/ Uto, Auset/ Isis, Horu/ Horus
Temples: Per-Wadjet, Temple of Horu/ Horus with in Per-Wadjet, Oracle of Leto
Known for: Two cites combined Pe and Dep, Wadjet's oracle was in the renowned temple in Per-Wadjet that was dedicated to her worship and gave the city its name. Part of the 5th nome as well.
6th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈦 Khasu, Khaset, Chasuu/ xAsww (Mountain bull), Sebennytic
Location:
Worshiped: Ra, Wadjet
White Chapel (Het-net): Ra, Amun-Ra
Known for: It sat upon an island formed by the Sebennytic and Phatnitic branches of the Nile. It belonged to the Sebennytic Nome, and later was the capital of its own nome, the Xoite nome.
Capitol City
Khasu/ xAsww, Khasut /xAswt 𓆼𓋴𓅱𓏏𓊖 , Khaset, Chaswu, Chasoe, Sakha, Sakkra (Xois)
Skhoo [Old Egyptian] Xeos [Coptic], Xois/ Ξόις [Greek], [Arabic] Sakha [Modern]
Location: Mid-Delta to coast
Worshiped: Wadjet, *Ra, Auset/ Isis and Wesir/ Osiris, *Amun-Ra
Temples: Temple of Ra, Ra the younger (Horu-pa-Khared/ Horus-the-child)
Known for: During Dynasty 14 Capital
City
Wadjet (Buto)
Bouto/Βουτώ [Greek], Tell el-Farain, "The Hill of the Pharaohs, Butu / بوتو [Arabic] , Tell el-Farâˁûn [Current]
Location:
Worshiped: Wadjet , Tayet
Temples: Temple of Ra
Known for: During Dynasty 14 Capital
𓈦 Khasu, Khaset, Chasuu/ xAsww (Mountain bull), Sebennytic
Location:
Worshiped: Ra, Wadjet
White Chapel (Het-net): Ra, Amun-Ra
Known for: It sat upon an island formed by the Sebennytic and Phatnitic branches of the Nile. It belonged to the Sebennytic Nome, and later was the capital of its own nome, the Xoite nome.
Capitol City
Khasu/ xAsww, Khasut /xAswt 𓆼𓋴𓅱𓏏𓊖 , Khaset, Chaswu, Chasoe, Sakha, Sakkra (Xois)
Skhoo [Old Egyptian] Xeos [Coptic], Xois/ Ξόις [Greek], [Arabic] Sakha [Modern]
Location: Mid-Delta to coast
Worshiped: Wadjet, *Ra, Auset/ Isis and Wesir/ Osiris, *Amun-Ra
Temples: Temple of Ra, Ra the younger (Horu-pa-Khared/ Horus-the-child)
Known for: During Dynasty 14 Capital
City
Wadjet (Buto)
Bouto/Βουτώ [Greek], Tell el-Farain, "The Hill of the Pharaohs, Butu / بوتو [Arabic] , Tell el-Farâˁûn [Current]
Location:
Worshiped: Wadjet , Tayet
Temples: Temple of Ra
Known for: During Dynasty 14 Capital
7th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈧 A-ment / Hwy-imnty "Western Harpoon", west half/ wa imnty,
wˁ-m-ḥww-gs-jmntj "String Harpoon-Western Side nome"
Location:
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, Hu/Ha
White Chapel (Het-net): Hu/ Ha, harpoon with cord
Known for:
Capitol City
Damanhur/ Djemi-en-Heru/ Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w 𓂧𓏇𓇋𓇋𓊖𓏌𓅃𓏤 (Village of Horu/ Horus), Behdet
Temenhor, Per-Ha-Nereb/ By Ha-Nereb [Old Egyptian] , Taminhor Ⲧⲙⲉⲛϩⲱⲣ [Coptic], Hermopolis Mikra /Ἑρμοῦ πόλιςμικρά, Hermou Polis Mikra (the lesser city of Hermes) [Ancient Greek], Hermopolis Parva [Greek], Obollenoboles, Apollonopolis [Alt Greek], Hermopolis Parva [Late Roman], Tel Ballamon [Arabic], Damanhur, Damanhūr دمنهور [Modern]
Hermopolis parva (Damahour)
Location: 160 km (99 mi) northwest of Cairo, and 70 km (43 mi) E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta. Capital of the Beheira Governorate. It stood on the banks of a canal which connected the lake Mareotis with the Canopic/Canopus or most westerly arm of the Nile.
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, *Hu/Ha
Temples:
Known for: Capital of the Beheira Governorate. Cult Center of Hu
Cities
Sentinofer, Senti-Nofer, Senty-nefert 𓊃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓍰𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓊖 , mtla/ mtl
psanthōoui/ⲡⲥⲁⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩⲓ, emmetarabos/ⲙ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ, emmetoueinin/ⲙ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ [Coptic], Metelis /Μετηλις, Bechis /Βηχις [Greek], Menelaites, Menzaleh, Milleos [Alt Greek?], Metilis [Latin], Tell el-Nigili, Tell el-Nigîli [Modern] , Basantaway/بسنتاواي [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Hu/Ha
Temples:
Known for:
Ta-Ḥenet/ tA-Hnt/Ḥnt 𓎺𓏏𓂫 (Thonis)
Thōni /Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ [(Coptic] , Thônis/Θῶνις , Hērákleion/Ἡράκλειον [Ancient Greek], Thonis-Heracleion [alt name],
Heracleion [English],
Location: port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea
Worshiped: *Heracles , *Khonsou (son of Amun, Greeks worship him as Heracles), *Amun
Temples: Heracles (reason Greeks call it Heracleion), Amun-Gereb, Large Khonsou temple, Temple dedicated to Wesir/Osirus "Mysteries of Osiris" (Khoiak month), temple of Amun
Known for: visited by Paris and Helen of Troy (Herodotus)
Peguat/ pgwAt 𓊪𓎼𓍯𓍘𓏏𓊖 "Decree of Canopus" (Ptolemaic dynasty); pgsAtit 𓊪𓎼𓐠𓍘𓏏𓊖gnp
𓎼𓏌𓇯𓊖 gAwty 𓎼𓄿𓏲𓏏𓏭𓊖(Canopus)
Canopic, Canobus (from Kah Nub/ golden floor), Heracleotic branch [Other names], Pikuat, Kah Nub 'golden floor' [Old Egyptian], gnwpt, genp, gAwty 𓎼𓏌𓇯𓊖 𓎼𓄿𓏲𓏭𓏏𓊖 [Hellenistic], , pr-gwṱ [Demotic] , Kanopos/ Ⲕⲁⲛⲱⲡⲟⲥ [Coptic], Kanōpos/ Κάνωπος, Canobus - Kanōbos/Κάνωβος [Greek], Peguat , Pikuat [Romen], Canopus [English], Aboukir, Abukir, Aboukir (Father Cyrus) [Arabic], Abu Qir/ابو قير "Father Cyrus" Modern]
Location: located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 kilometers (16 mi) from the center of that city.
Worshiped: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Wesir/Osiris and Hapu/Apis)
Temples: Temple of Wesir/ Osiris as Serapis, temple of Heracles
Known for: Canopus, is a principal port, founded by Menelaus named after pilot of his ship
mwt-nTr "Mother of God" (Horu/Horus) (Menouthis)
Manuti [Egyptian], Ménouthis/Μένουθις [Greek], Menouthis [English], [Arabic],
Location:
Worshiped: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Wesir/Osiris and Hapu/Apis) & Auset/Isis (wife of Serapis)
Temples: temple of Isis
Known for: city's Serapeum, sadly underwater
𓈧 A-ment / Hwy-imnty "Western Harpoon", west half/ wa imnty,
wˁ-m-ḥww-gs-jmntj "String Harpoon-Western Side nome"
Location:
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, Hu/Ha
White Chapel (Het-net): Hu/ Ha, harpoon with cord
Known for:
Capitol City
Damanhur/ Djemi-en-Heru/ Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w 𓂧𓏇𓇋𓇋𓊖𓏌𓅃𓏤 (Village of Horu/ Horus), Behdet
Temenhor, Per-Ha-Nereb/ By Ha-Nereb [Old Egyptian] , Taminhor Ⲧⲙⲉⲛϩⲱⲣ [Coptic], Hermopolis Mikra /Ἑρμοῦ πόλιςμικρά, Hermou Polis Mikra (the lesser city of Hermes) [Ancient Greek], Hermopolis Parva [Greek], Obollenoboles, Apollonopolis [Alt Greek], Hermopolis Parva [Late Roman], Tel Ballamon [Arabic], Damanhur, Damanhūr دمنهور [Modern]
Hermopolis parva (Damahour)
Location: 160 km (99 mi) northwest of Cairo, and 70 km (43 mi) E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta. Capital of the Beheira Governorate. It stood on the banks of a canal which connected the lake Mareotis with the Canopic/Canopus or most westerly arm of the Nile.
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, *Hu/Ha
Temples:
Known for: Capital of the Beheira Governorate. Cult Center of Hu
Cities
Sentinofer, Senti-Nofer, Senty-nefert 𓊃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓍰𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓊖 , mtla/ mtl
psanthōoui/ⲡⲥⲁⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩⲓ, emmetarabos/ⲙ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ, emmetoueinin/ⲙ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ [Coptic], Metelis /Μετηλις, Bechis /Βηχις [Greek], Menelaites, Menzaleh, Milleos [Alt Greek?], Metilis [Latin], Tell el-Nigili, Tell el-Nigîli [Modern] , Basantaway/بسنتاواي [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Hu/Ha
Temples:
Known for:
Ta-Ḥenet/ tA-Hnt/Ḥnt 𓎺𓏏𓂫 (Thonis)
Thōni /Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ [(Coptic] , Thônis/Θῶνις , Hērákleion/Ἡράκλειον [Ancient Greek], Thonis-Heracleion [alt name],
Heracleion [English],
Location: port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea
Worshiped: *Heracles , *Khonsou (son of Amun, Greeks worship him as Heracles), *Amun
Temples: Heracles (reason Greeks call it Heracleion), Amun-Gereb, Large Khonsou temple, Temple dedicated to Wesir/Osirus "Mysteries of Osiris" (Khoiak month), temple of Amun
Known for: visited by Paris and Helen of Troy (Herodotus)
Peguat/ pgwAt 𓊪𓎼𓍯𓍘𓏏𓊖 "Decree of Canopus" (Ptolemaic dynasty); pgsAtit 𓊪𓎼𓐠𓍘𓏏𓊖gnp
𓎼𓏌𓇯𓊖 gAwty 𓎼𓄿𓏲𓏏𓏭𓊖(Canopus)
Canopic, Canobus (from Kah Nub/ golden floor), Heracleotic branch [Other names], Pikuat, Kah Nub 'golden floor' [Old Egyptian], gnwpt, genp, gAwty 𓎼𓏌𓇯𓊖 𓎼𓄿𓏲𓏭𓏏𓊖 [Hellenistic], , pr-gwṱ [Demotic] , Kanopos/ Ⲕⲁⲛⲱⲡⲟⲥ [Coptic], Kanōpos/ Κάνωπος, Canobus - Kanōbos/Κάνωβος [Greek], Peguat , Pikuat [Romen], Canopus [English], Aboukir, Abukir, Aboukir (Father Cyrus) [Arabic], Abu Qir/ابو قير "Father Cyrus" Modern]
Location: located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 kilometers (16 mi) from the center of that city.
Worshiped: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Wesir/Osiris and Hapu/Apis)
Temples: Temple of Wesir/ Osiris as Serapis, temple of Heracles
Known for: Canopus, is a principal port, founded by Menelaus named after pilot of his ship
mwt-nTr "Mother of God" (Horu/Horus) (Menouthis)
Manuti [Egyptian], Ménouthis/Μένουθις [Greek], Menouthis [English], [Arabic],
Location:
Worshiped: Serapis/ Σέραπις (Wesir/Osiris and Hapu/Apis) & Auset/Isis (wife of Serapis)
Temples: temple of Isis
Known for: city's Serapeum, sadly underwater
8th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈨 A bet / Hwy-iAbty (Eastern Harpoon) East half
wˁ-m-ḥww-gs-jȝbtj /String Harpoon-Eastern Side nome
Location: East of Per-Bast
Worshiped:
White Chapel (Het-net): harpoon with cord
Known for: Connects the Delta to the Red Sea
Capitol City
Per-Atum, Peratum / pr-itm(w) 𓉐𓏺𓇋𓏏𓏏𓊖𓍃 , 𓉐𓏺𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓊖(House of Atum) (Pithom)
Tjeku, Tjeket/Tkt 𓍿𓎡𓏏𓊖
Pi-ʔAtōm, Par-ʔAtāma (House of Atum) [Late Egyptian], Atoem [Other names] Pithom/ פתם [Hebrew] , Heroöpolis, Heroonopolis Ἡρώων πόλις, Hro Ἡρώ (treasure cities) [Greek] Tell al-Maskhuta or Tell er-Retabeh [Modern Arabic], Pithom [Modern]
Location: eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 km from the centre of that city.
Worshiped: *Atum/ Temu (of Tell el-Maskhuta)
Temples: Temple of Wesir/ Osiris as Serapis, Temple of Atum
Known for: The cult of Atum
𓈨 A bet / Hwy-iAbty (Eastern Harpoon) East half
wˁ-m-ḥww-gs-jȝbtj /String Harpoon-Eastern Side nome
Location: East of Per-Bast
Worshiped:
White Chapel (Het-net): harpoon with cord
Known for: Connects the Delta to the Red Sea
Capitol City
Per-Atum, Peratum / pr-itm(w) 𓉐𓏺𓇋𓏏𓏏𓊖𓍃 , 𓉐𓏺𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓊖(House of Atum) (Pithom)
Tjeku, Tjeket/Tkt 𓍿𓎡𓏏𓊖
Pi-ʔAtōm, Par-ʔAtāma (House of Atum) [Late Egyptian], Atoem [Other names] Pithom/ פתם [Hebrew] , Heroöpolis, Heroonopolis Ἡρώων πόλις, Hro Ἡρώ (treasure cities) [Greek] Tell al-Maskhuta or Tell er-Retabeh [Modern Arabic], Pithom [Modern]
Location: eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 km from the centre of that city.
Worshiped: *Atum/ Temu (of Tell el-Maskhuta)
Temples: Temple of Wesir/ Osiris as Serapis, Temple of Atum
Known for: The cult of Atum
9th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈩 Ati, Andjeti/ anDty (Andjety)
Location: Mid-Delta to Busiris
Worshiped: Andjeti/ Anezti/ Andjety (Nome god later merged with Wesir), Wesir/ Osiris
White Chapel (Het-net): Wesir/ Osiris of Djedu
Known for:
Capitol City
Pr-wsir 𓉐𓏺𓁹𓊨𓀭, Djedu/ Ddw 𓊽𓊽𓅱𓊖, 𓊽𓂧𓊖𓅱 (Busiris)
Per-Djedu/ pr-Ddw 𓉐𓏤𓊨𓎟𓊽𓂧𓅱𓊖, anDt 𓂝𓈖𓆓𓏏𓊖
Djed(u) [Pharaonic], busiri/ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ [Coptic], Bousiris , Busiris / Βούσιρις, Cynopolis Inferior or Cynum [Greek], Ebōt/ ⲉⲃⲱⲧ [Coptic] Abusir, Busiris/ أبو صير بنا [Arabic], Abu Sir Bara , Meniet ebn Kasib [Modern] El-Queis, Cheikh-Fadl, Banâ, Benâ [Alternate names]
Location: west of Sais, near the Phatnitic mouth on the western bank of the Damietta Branch of the Nile.
Worshiped: Andjety (Merged with Wesir/ Osiris), *Wesir/ Osiris, Anpu/ Anubis?, Shontet (Acacia goddess)
Temples: Temple of Auset/ Isis (Isidis oppidum), Horu/ Horus Khent-khety
Known for: Birthplaces of the god of the underworld Wesir/ Osiris, The festival of Auset/ Isis at Busiris. Capital city late Roman.
𓈩 Ati, Andjeti/ anDty (Andjety)
Location: Mid-Delta to Busiris
Worshiped: Andjeti/ Anezti/ Andjety (Nome god later merged with Wesir), Wesir/ Osiris
White Chapel (Het-net): Wesir/ Osiris of Djedu
Known for:
Capitol City
Pr-wsir 𓉐𓏺𓁹𓊨𓀭, Djedu/ Ddw 𓊽𓊽𓅱𓊖, 𓊽𓂧𓊖𓅱 (Busiris)
Per-Djedu/ pr-Ddw 𓉐𓏤𓊨𓎟𓊽𓂧𓅱𓊖, anDt 𓂝𓈖𓆓𓏏𓊖
Djed(u) [Pharaonic], busiri/ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ [Coptic], Bousiris , Busiris / Βούσιρις, Cynopolis Inferior or Cynum [Greek], Ebōt/ ⲉⲃⲱⲧ [Coptic] Abusir, Busiris/ أبو صير بنا [Arabic], Abu Sir Bara , Meniet ebn Kasib [Modern] El-Queis, Cheikh-Fadl, Banâ, Benâ [Alternate names]
Location: west of Sais, near the Phatnitic mouth on the western bank of the Damietta Branch of the Nile.
Worshiped: Andjety (Merged with Wesir/ Osiris), *Wesir/ Osiris, Anpu/ Anubis?, Shontet (Acacia goddess)
Temples: Temple of Auset/ Isis (Isidis oppidum), Horu/ Horus Khent-khety
Known for: Birthplaces of the god of the underworld Wesir/ Osiris, The festival of Auset/ Isis at Busiris. Capital city late Roman.
10th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈪 Kem-ur/ km-wr (Black Bull), Ka-Khem, Ka-Qem, Ka-Chem/ kA-km
Location: South east Delta
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Hut-her(y)-ib, Hutherib, Ḥet-ta-ḥer-ȧb 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓇾𓁷𓄣𓏏𓊖,Per-nhA "Sycamore tree" 𓉐𓏤𓆭 (Athribis)
Panaḥo/ⲡⲁⲛⲁϩⲟ [Copitc], Athribis /Ἄθλιβις [Greek], Banha/ بنها , Tell Atrib [Arabic]
Location: Between the capital of Cairo and the city of Tanta,
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, Khenty-khem (Horu/Horus/Haroeris in the form of a crocodile who represented the daily cycle), black bull/ Kemur, *Repyt (lioness goddess) and Thryphis/ Anthrebi (associated with Amun Khem) (lioness goddess)
Temples: Temple of Wesir/ Osiris and Auset/ Isis
Known for: One of the most significant city was in the Nile Delta. It seems that the city was so important that it was named Athribiticus Fluvius.
𓈪 Kem-ur/ km-wr (Black Bull), Ka-Khem, Ka-Qem, Ka-Chem/ kA-km
Location: South east Delta
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Hut-her(y)-ib, Hutherib, Ḥet-ta-ḥer-ȧb 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓇾𓁷𓄣𓏏𓊖,Per-nhA "Sycamore tree" 𓉐𓏤𓆭 (Athribis)
Panaḥo/ⲡⲁⲛⲁϩⲟ [Copitc], Athribis /Ἄθλιβις [Greek], Banha/ بنها , Tell Atrib [Arabic]
Location: Between the capital of Cairo and the city of Tanta,
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, Khenty-khem (Horu/Horus/Haroeris in the form of a crocodile who represented the daily cycle), black bull/ Kemur, *Repyt (lioness goddess) and Thryphis/ Anthrebi (associated with Amun Khem) (lioness goddess)
Temples: Temple of Wesir/ Osiris and Auset/ Isis
Known for: One of the most significant city was in the Nile Delta. It seems that the city was so important that it was named Athribiticus Fluvius.
11th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈫 Ḥesebu, Ka-ḥeseb (Fracture Bull)
Location: North of Iunu, Mid east Delta
Worshiped:
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Sdnw/ StAn; Per-Harmerti/ Pr-Hr-mr.ty "House of Horus of two eyes" 𓉐𓅃𓏤𓌻𓂋𓏏𓏭𓁹𓁹𓊖? (Šetennu)
Hurbît, Sheten [Other names], Herculea and Augustamnica [late antiquity Egyptian] Horbeit , pʰrbait/ⲫⲁⲣⲃⲁⲓⲧ [Coptic], Phárbaithos/ Φαρβαιθος [Greek], Pharbaethos [Latin] Horbeit, Hurbeit - Farbeit, San el-Hagar, Deir el-Hager [Arabic]
Location: in the eastern Delta, province of Leontopolis
Worshiped: *Hormerty/Hor-merty, Tutu (Lords of Shedenu), sacred bulls (Wesir/ Osirus), Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Temples: Per-Horu-Merty
Known for:
Cities
Taremu/ tA-rmw 𓇾𓈇𓏤𓂋𓅓𓅱𓆛𓏥𓊖? "Land of Fish" (Leontopolis)
Hsbt/ Hsbw, Ḥebes-ka/ Hbs-kA 𓎛𓃀𓋴𓃒𓏏𓊖 'protect the ka?'
Nay-ta-Hu [Alt Egyptian name], Tatemu 'Land of fish' [Alt name], Leontopolis/ Λεόντων πόλις 'City of Lions' [Greek] ,
oppidum Leontos, Leonto [Latin] Tell el-Muqdam 'mound of the city' [Arabic], Tell el-Yahudiya 'Mound of the Jew',
city of Horbeit [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Shu, Tefnut, Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos, Bastet (lion form), Sekhmet
Temples: Temple Ma'ahes
Known for: Ptolemaic times Capital. Town rebuild in the reign of Ptolemy VI by exiled Jewish high priest Onias and his followers.
𓈫 Ḥesebu, Ka-ḥeseb (Fracture Bull)
Location: North of Iunu, Mid east Delta
Worshiped:
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Sdnw/ StAn; Per-Harmerti/ Pr-Hr-mr.ty "House of Horus of two eyes" 𓉐𓅃𓏤𓌻𓂋𓏏𓏭𓁹𓁹𓊖? (Šetennu)
Hurbît, Sheten [Other names], Herculea and Augustamnica [late antiquity Egyptian] Horbeit , pʰrbait/ⲫⲁⲣⲃⲁⲓⲧ [Coptic], Phárbaithos/ Φαρβαιθος [Greek], Pharbaethos [Latin] Horbeit, Hurbeit - Farbeit, San el-Hagar, Deir el-Hager [Arabic]
Location: in the eastern Delta, province of Leontopolis
Worshiped: *Hormerty/Hor-merty, Tutu (Lords of Shedenu), sacred bulls (Wesir/ Osirus), Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Temples: Per-Horu-Merty
Known for:
Cities
Taremu/ tA-rmw 𓇾𓈇𓏤𓂋𓅓𓅱𓆛𓏥𓊖? "Land of Fish" (Leontopolis)
Hsbt/ Hsbw, Ḥebes-ka/ Hbs-kA 𓎛𓃀𓋴𓃒𓏏𓊖 'protect the ka?'
Nay-ta-Hu [Alt Egyptian name], Tatemu 'Land of fish' [Alt name], Leontopolis/ Λεόντων πόλις 'City of Lions' [Greek] ,
oppidum Leontos, Leonto [Latin] Tell el-Muqdam 'mound of the city' [Arabic], Tell el-Yahudiya 'Mound of the Jew',
city of Horbeit [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Shu, Tefnut, Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos, Bastet (lion form), Sekhmet
Temples: Temple Ma'ahes
Known for: Ptolemaic times Capital. Town rebuild in the reign of Ptolemy VI by exiled Jewish high priest Onias and his followers.
12th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈬 Theb-ka, kA-iw (Calf and Cow), Tjeb-Netjer
Location: North east Delta from Sebennytos to the coast
Worshiped: *Inheret-Shu /Anhuret/ Anhur/ Onuris Shu
White Chapel (Het-net): Mehu / Meht / Matyt and Bat
Known for:
Capitol City
Tjebnutjer, Tjeb-netjer, Theb-neter/ Tbt-nTr/ Tb-nTrt 𓎀𓃀𓃘𓊹𓊖, 𓊹𓎀𓃀𓊖(LP) , 𓎀𓃘𓏏𓊖(LP) "Divine Calf" (Sebennytos)
Sammanud [Alt name], Sebennytos / Σεβέννυτος, Sebennyikv polis /Σεβεννυτικὴ πόλις,
Sebennytus (Later) [Greek], Samannud/ سمنود [Arabic]
Location: due east of Sais, in latitude 31° north.
Worshiped: Anhuret/ Anhur/ Onuris , Anhur-Shu, Shu, Mehit, Auset/ Isis
Temples: Temple of Anhur, Temple of Nakhthorheb, Temple of Auset/ Isis
Known for:
Hebyt, Heby(t), Ḥbj.(t) 𓎛𓃀𓇋𓇋𓎳𓏏𓊖 Perhebyt /Per-Heby(t)/ pr Hbj(t) 𓉐𓏤𓎳𓃀𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖
Iseum [Greek], Behbeit El Hagar, Behbeit el-Hagar/ بهبيت الحجارة [Arabic]
Location: North of Tjeb-netjer
Worshiped: *Auset/ Isis, *Tutu, *Amun, Iaret/Uraeus , Hut-hor/Hathor (sycamore tree),
Temples: Iseion (Temple of Auset/ Isis), Temple of Amun and Tutu
Known for:
Bachm-en-Amun (Pachnamunis)
Pakhnamounis/Παχναμουνίς, Pakhneumounis/Παχνευμουνίς, Pakhnamós/ Παχνεμόης [Greek], بخنامونيس/Bakhnamonis [Arabic], al-Kafr al-Sharqi [Modern]
Location: approximately latitude 31° 6′ North on the eastern shore of Lake Butos.
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
𓈬 Theb-ka, kA-iw (Calf and Cow), Tjeb-Netjer
Location: North east Delta from Sebennytos to the coast
Worshiped: *Inheret-Shu /Anhuret/ Anhur/ Onuris Shu
White Chapel (Het-net): Mehu / Meht / Matyt and Bat
Known for:
Capitol City
Tjebnutjer, Tjeb-netjer, Theb-neter/ Tbt-nTr/ Tb-nTrt 𓎀𓃀𓃘𓊹𓊖, 𓊹𓎀𓃀𓊖(LP) , 𓎀𓃘𓏏𓊖(LP) "Divine Calf" (Sebennytos)
Sammanud [Alt name], Sebennytos / Σεβέννυτος, Sebennyikv polis /Σεβεννυτικὴ πόλις,
Sebennytus (Later) [Greek], Samannud/ سمنود [Arabic]
Location: due east of Sais, in latitude 31° north.
Worshiped: Anhuret/ Anhur/ Onuris , Anhur-Shu, Shu, Mehit, Auset/ Isis
Temples: Temple of Anhur, Temple of Nakhthorheb, Temple of Auset/ Isis
Known for:
Hebyt, Heby(t), Ḥbj.(t) 𓎛𓃀𓇋𓇋𓎳𓏏𓊖 Perhebyt /Per-Heby(t)/ pr Hbj(t) 𓉐𓏤𓎳𓃀𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖
Iseum [Greek], Behbeit El Hagar, Behbeit el-Hagar/ بهبيت الحجارة [Arabic]
Location: North of Tjeb-netjer
Worshiped: *Auset/ Isis, *Tutu, *Amun, Iaret/Uraeus , Hut-hor/Hathor (sycamore tree),
Temples: Iseion (Temple of Auset/ Isis), Temple of Amun and Tutu
Known for:
Bachm-en-Amun (Pachnamunis)
Pakhnamounis/Παχναμουνίς, Pakhneumounis/Παχνευμουνίς, Pakhnamós/ Παχνεμόης [Greek], بخنامونيس/Bakhnamonis [Arabic], al-Kafr al-Sharqi [Modern]
Location: approximately latitude 31° 6′ North on the eastern shore of Lake Butos.
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
13th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈭 Heka-At/ HqAt-aD/HqA-anD, Ḥeka-Redj (Prospering Scepter)
Location: South east Delta apex
Worshiped: Atum, Mer-Wer/ Mnevis, Nebet-Hut / Nephthys, Iusaaset (Wife to Tem/Atum), Anpu/Anubis
White Chapel (Het-net): Auset/ Isis, Bast of Shu
Known for:
Capitol City
Iunu, Innu, Ioenoe, Ȧunu/ iwnw, iwn /ja:wunaw/>/ʔa:wnu/ 𓉺𓏌𓊖 'The pillars' (House of Ra) (Heliopolis)
pt-n-Kemet (Heaven of Kemet)
Iunu-Shemau 'Souther Iunu' (merging of Amun, Ra and Waset), Niut No 'The city' [Other names], Kahirā /Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ ,Ōn/ⲱⲛ [Coptic], On Ōn/אֹ֖ן , Onu/אֽוֹן , ʾĀwen /אָ֛וֶן No-Ammon 'City of Amun' [Bible], Beth-shemesh from Per-Rā (House of sun) [Hebrew] Heliopolis/ Ἡλίου πόλις or Ἡλιούπολι (City of the Sun renamed to by Greeks), Diospolis (merging of Amun w/ Zeus) [Greek], Ayn Shams, Ein Shams عين شمس (eye of the sun), Kye-roh القاهرة, al-Qāhirah [Arabic], al-Ḥiṣn, el-Materiya (suburb of Cairo),Cairo [Modern]
Location: lies predominantly in the northern Cairo suburb of Al-Matariyyah as well as the districts of Ain Shams and Tel Al-Hisn east of the Nile.
Triad: Khepri (reborn Sun, dawn, morning) - Ra (Sun at its zenith, highest point), Atum (setting Sun, dusk, evening), Re-Horakhty (noon)
Triad: Wesir/Osirus (Husband), Ause-Hut-hor/Isis-Hathor (Wife), Horu/horus (Son)
Triad: Atum, Tefnut, Shu
Worshiped: *Atum, Ausaaset/Iusaaset/Saosis "Iusaaset at Heliopolis" (Wife to Tem/Atum, primal goddess the grandmother of all of the gods), *Rā, Atum-Ra, Iunu-Shemau 'Souther Iunu' (merging of Amun, Ra and Waset) Ra-Horakhety/ Horakhety (Horu/ Horus of the two horizon), Khepri, Mer-Wer/ Mnevis (Bull w/ Solar disk embodiment of Ra), Ioenoe, Djehuty/ Thoth?, Anpu/Anubis, Hut-Hor/ Hathor (consort daughter of sun god),*Benu (who lives on the Benben stone), Bastet son Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos daughter of Atum,
Temples: Temple of Ra (Benben), Temple of Atum Per-aAt (The great house) and Per-Atum פתם Pithom [Hebrew], Temple of Ra-Atum, Hut-ben-ben (scared stone), Hut-Benu (manifestation of the sun-god as a heron/ Phonix Greco-Romen), Temple of Re-Harakhty (Later highbred of Horu and Ra ' Horu/ Horus of the Two Horizons'), Temple Wetjes Aton /pr-wṯs ỉtn ('Elevating the Sun-disc' Built byAkhenaten), Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for: Imhotep was high priest at the time of Huni (3rd Dynasty). Heliopolitaanse priests were supreme. Center of the Sun cults. Center of Learning and wisdom. The only surviving remnant of Heliopolis is the Temple of Re-Atum obelisk located in Al-Masalla in Al-Matariyyah, Cairo. Where the Ennead, consisting of Shu and Tefnut, Geb and Nut, Wesir/ Osiris, Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, Auset/ Isis and Nebert-Hut/ Nephthys started.
𓈭 Heka-At/ HqAt-aD/HqA-anD, Ḥeka-Redj (Prospering Scepter)
Location: South east Delta apex
Worshiped: Atum, Mer-Wer/ Mnevis, Nebet-Hut / Nephthys, Iusaaset (Wife to Tem/Atum), Anpu/Anubis
White Chapel (Het-net): Auset/ Isis, Bast of Shu
Known for:
Capitol City
Iunu, Innu, Ioenoe, Ȧunu/ iwnw, iwn /ja:wunaw/>/ʔa:wnu/ 𓉺𓏌𓊖 'The pillars' (House of Ra) (Heliopolis)
pt-n-Kemet (Heaven of Kemet)
Iunu-Shemau 'Souther Iunu' (merging of Amun, Ra and Waset), Niut No 'The city' [Other names], Kahirā /Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ ,Ōn/ⲱⲛ [Coptic], On Ōn/אֹ֖ן , Onu/אֽוֹן , ʾĀwen /אָ֛וֶן No-Ammon 'City of Amun' [Bible], Beth-shemesh from Per-Rā (House of sun) [Hebrew] Heliopolis/ Ἡλίου πόλις or Ἡλιούπολι (City of the Sun renamed to by Greeks), Diospolis (merging of Amun w/ Zeus) [Greek], Ayn Shams, Ein Shams عين شمس (eye of the sun), Kye-roh القاهرة, al-Qāhirah [Arabic], al-Ḥiṣn, el-Materiya (suburb of Cairo),Cairo [Modern]
Location: lies predominantly in the northern Cairo suburb of Al-Matariyyah as well as the districts of Ain Shams and Tel Al-Hisn east of the Nile.
Triad: Khepri (reborn Sun, dawn, morning) - Ra (Sun at its zenith, highest point), Atum (setting Sun, dusk, evening), Re-Horakhty (noon)
Triad: Wesir/Osirus (Husband), Ause-Hut-hor/Isis-Hathor (Wife), Horu/horus (Son)
Triad: Atum, Tefnut, Shu
Worshiped: *Atum, Ausaaset/Iusaaset/Saosis "Iusaaset at Heliopolis" (Wife to Tem/Atum, primal goddess the grandmother of all of the gods), *Rā, Atum-Ra, Iunu-Shemau 'Souther Iunu' (merging of Amun, Ra and Waset) Ra-Horakhety/ Horakhety (Horu/ Horus of the two horizon), Khepri, Mer-Wer/ Mnevis (Bull w/ Solar disk embodiment of Ra), Ioenoe, Djehuty/ Thoth?, Anpu/Anubis, Hut-Hor/ Hathor (consort daughter of sun god),*Benu (who lives on the Benben stone), Bastet son Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos daughter of Atum,
Temples: Temple of Ra (Benben), Temple of Atum Per-aAt (The great house) and Per-Atum פתם Pithom [Hebrew], Temple of Ra-Atum, Hut-ben-ben (scared stone), Hut-Benu (manifestation of the sun-god as a heron/ Phonix Greco-Romen), Temple of Re-Harakhty (Later highbred of Horu and Ra ' Horu/ Horus of the Two Horizons'), Temple Wetjes Aton /pr-wṯs ỉtn ('Elevating the Sun-disc' Built byAkhenaten), Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for: Imhotep was high priest at the time of Huni (3rd Dynasty). Heliopolitaanse priests were supreme. Center of the Sun cults. Center of Learning and wisdom. The only surviving remnant of Heliopolis is the Temple of Re-Atum obelisk located in Al-Masalla in Al-Matariyyah, Cairo. Where the Ennead, consisting of Shu and Tefnut, Geb and Nut, Wesir/ Osiris, Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, Auset/ Isis and Nebert-Hut/ Nephthys started.
𓐂𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹 psDt/ Ennead of Iunu (PsDt-wrt)
Rā-Iusaaset, itm/Atum/Atum-Rā/ Amun, Rā-Horakhty
(masturbated or spat out his children)
___|___
Sw/Shu (air) tfnwt/Tefnut (moisture)
___|___
gb/Geb (earth) nwt/Nut (sky)
_____________________|______________________________________
| | | | |
Wesir/Osiris Auset/Isis Sutekh/Set Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys Horu-Ur (Horus the elder)
Ogdoad/ ογδοάς, Khemenu/ xmnw 'eight' (completeness)
female (serpents) and male (frogs)
𓐁𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀭𓏪 xmnyw
Atum, Nefertum (Kepri in the form another form, young Atum)
(from the Primeval mound/ Benben 𓃀𓈖𓃀𓈖𓉴, or Cosmic egg)
or
Ra
(emerged from the lotus)
Rā-Horakhty (in the form of infant Horu)
(emerged from the lotus)
____________|____________
Nunu/ nnw, Nu/ nw Nunut/ nnwt, Nut/nwt
𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial watery abyss)
____________|____________
Ḥeḥu/HH Ḥeḥut/HHt
𓁨 𓎛𓎛𓁨𓏏𓆇𓁐
(One million or infinity and eternity)
____________|____________
Kuku/kkw Kuket/kkwt
𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓀭 𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial concept darkness)
Or
grH/Ḳerḥ grHt/ Ḳeraḥet
𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓀭 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓏏𓆇𓁐
Alt
(Alternative to kkw and kkwt)
Rā-Iusaaset, itm/Atum/Atum-Rā/ Amun, Rā-Horakhty
(masturbated or spat out his children)
___|___
Sw/Shu (air) tfnwt/Tefnut (moisture)
___|___
gb/Geb (earth) nwt/Nut (sky)
_____________________|______________________________________
| | | | |
Wesir/Osiris Auset/Isis Sutekh/Set Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys Horu-Ur (Horus the elder)
Ogdoad/ ογδοάς, Khemenu/ xmnw 'eight' (completeness)
female (serpents) and male (frogs)
𓐁𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀭𓏪 xmnyw
Atum, Nefertum (Kepri in the form another form, young Atum)
(from the Primeval mound/ Benben 𓃀𓈖𓃀𓈖𓉴, or Cosmic egg)
or
Ra
(emerged from the lotus)
Rā-Horakhty (in the form of infant Horu)
(emerged from the lotus)
____________|____________
Nunu/ nnw, Nu/ nw Nunut/ nnwt, Nut/nwt
𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial watery abyss)
____________|____________
Ḥeḥu/HH Ḥeḥut/HHt
𓁨 𓎛𓎛𓁨𓏏𓆇𓁐
(One million or infinity and eternity)
____________|____________
Kuku/kkw Kuket/kkwt
𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓀭 𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial concept darkness)
Or
grH/Ḳerḥ grHt/ Ḳeraḥet
𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓀭 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓏏𓆇𓁐
Alt
(Alternative to kkw and kkwt)
Kheraha
Babylon of Egypt [Greek]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples: Temple of Atum
Known for:
Kheraha
Nai-ta-hout in [Antiquity], Tell el-Yahoudieh or Tell el-Yahûdîya [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Bast/Bastet
Temples:
Known for:
Babylon of Egypt [Greek]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples: Temple of Atum
Known for:
Kheraha
Nai-ta-hout in [Antiquity], Tell el-Yahoudieh or Tell el-Yahûdîya [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Bast/Bastet
Temples:
Known for:
14th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈮 Khent-Abet / Khenty-iabty / xnt(y)-iAbt(i) (Foremost of the East)
Location: Fronteir coastal Delta to Pelusium beyond modern Port Said
Worshiped: iAbt/Ȧ'ahbet (Goddess of the East)
White Chapel (Het-net): Horu/ Horus Hebenu (god of the 16th nome of Upper Egypt)
Known for: Wall of Sneferu
Capitol City
Djanet 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓊖, 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓏺𓈗𓈘𓈅𓊖, Tjaru/TAr(i)/ TArw, 𓅷𓏤𓃭𓏤𓊖 (NK),
TAr(t) 𓅷𓃭𓈉𓏏𓊖 (Ptolemaic)
Edfu of Lower Egypt [Nick name], Zaru, Tharu, Djaru, Tjaru, Tjalu, Tjel [Other name], Zoan [Biblical],
Silu [Amarna letters] ,Selē/Ⲥⲉⲗⲏ , Slē/Ⲥⲗⲏ [Coptic], Zele/Selē/Σελη (Ancient Greek), Tanis/ Τάνις [Greek],
Sile, Sele [Latin],Tell Abu Sefa [Modern], Ṣān al-Ḥagar صان الحجر [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus of Mesen (Form of a lion), Mut, *Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Temples: Temple of Amun
Known for: Sometimes referred to as the Edfu of Lower Egypt. A place of exile for criminals. Frontier zone of the 'ways of Horus' . Start of the Port of Per-Ramesses
Cities
Per-Amun/pr-imn 𓉐𓇋𓏠𓈖𓁩𓊖 (House of Amun), swni/swn/ 𓋴𓇬𓏌𓏏𓊖, 𓊃𓃹𓈉 (LP), (Pelusium)
Saien/ Sena/Senu/sn/ snw 𓋴𓏌 , 𓊃𓏌𓏤 (OK)
Peromi [Other name], Seyân [Aramaic], Sin "the strength of Egypt" [Bible], Sin/סִין [Hebrew], Tell el-Farama [Egyptian Arabic], Sin/Ⲥⲓⲛ, Peremoun /Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Peremouē/Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ (House of Amun) [Coptic], Pelousion/Πηλούσιον [Ancient Greek], Pelousion/ Πηλούσιον [Greek], Peremoun, Pēlousion, Sin/Ⲥⲓⲛ [Romanised] Pelusium, Pēlūsium [Latin], Tell el-Farama/ تل الفرما [Egyptian Arabic], al-Faramā/الفرما [Arabic]
Location: Extreme east of the Nile Delta, 30 km southeast of Port Said. Located on the easternmost bank of the nile called Ostium Pelusiacum.
Worshiped: *Amun , Bastet?
Temples: Temple Amun
Known for: Known as the Thebes of Lower Egypt
tȝ-ḫn(ty)-n(y)-pȝ-nḥs(y) (Tell Defenneh, Taphnis)
Takhpankhes / Takhpenes [Hebrew] , Daphnes/Δάφναι "laurel tree " [Greek], Taphnis , Tell Defenneh
𓈮 Khent-Abet / Khenty-iabty / xnt(y)-iAbt(i) (Foremost of the East)
Location: Fronteir coastal Delta to Pelusium beyond modern Port Said
Worshiped: iAbt/Ȧ'ahbet (Goddess of the East)
White Chapel (Het-net): Horu/ Horus Hebenu (god of the 16th nome of Upper Egypt)
Known for: Wall of Sneferu
Capitol City
Djanet 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓊖, 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓏺𓈗𓈘𓈅𓊖, Tjaru/TAr(i)/ TArw, 𓅷𓏤𓃭𓏤𓊖 (NK),
TAr(t) 𓅷𓃭𓈉𓏏𓊖 (Ptolemaic)
Edfu of Lower Egypt [Nick name], Zaru, Tharu, Djaru, Tjaru, Tjalu, Tjel [Other name], Zoan [Biblical],
Silu [Amarna letters] ,Selē/Ⲥⲉⲗⲏ , Slē/Ⲥⲗⲏ [Coptic], Zele/Selē/Σελη (Ancient Greek), Tanis/ Τάνις [Greek],
Sile, Sele [Latin],Tell Abu Sefa [Modern], Ṣān al-Ḥagar صان الحجر [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus of Mesen (Form of a lion), Mut, *Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Temples: Temple of Amun
Known for: Sometimes referred to as the Edfu of Lower Egypt. A place of exile for criminals. Frontier zone of the 'ways of Horus' . Start of the Port of Per-Ramesses
Cities
Per-Amun/pr-imn 𓉐𓇋𓏠𓈖𓁩𓊖 (House of Amun), swni/swn/ 𓋴𓇬𓏌𓏏𓊖, 𓊃𓃹𓈉 (LP), (Pelusium)
Saien/ Sena/Senu/sn/ snw 𓋴𓏌 , 𓊃𓏌𓏤 (OK)
Peromi [Other name], Seyân [Aramaic], Sin "the strength of Egypt" [Bible], Sin/סִין [Hebrew], Tell el-Farama [Egyptian Arabic], Sin/Ⲥⲓⲛ, Peremoun /Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Peremouē/Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ (House of Amun) [Coptic], Pelousion/Πηλούσιον [Ancient Greek], Pelousion/ Πηλούσιον [Greek], Peremoun, Pēlousion, Sin/Ⲥⲓⲛ [Romanised] Pelusium, Pēlūsium [Latin], Tell el-Farama/ تل الفرما [Egyptian Arabic], al-Faramā/الفرما [Arabic]
Location: Extreme east of the Nile Delta, 30 km southeast of Port Said. Located on the easternmost bank of the nile called Ostium Pelusiacum.
Worshiped: *Amun , Bastet?
Temples: Temple Amun
Known for: Known as the Thebes of Lower Egypt
tȝ-ḫn(ty)-n(y)-pȝ-nḥs(y) (Tell Defenneh, Taphnis)
Takhpankhes / Takhpenes [Hebrew] , Daphnes/Δάφναι "laurel tree " [Greek], Taphnis , Tell Defenneh
15th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈯 Djehuty/Tehuti /Thoth (Ibis)
Location: North East Delta along Dammietta branch of the Nile
Worshiped:
White Chapel (Het-net): *Djehuty/ Thoth (of the Northern Hermopolis)
Known for:
Capitol City
Per-Djehouty/Pr-DHwty/Tehuti 𓉐𓏤𓅝𓏏𓏭𓊖 "House of Djehuty/Thoth" (Hermopolis Magna)
pr-DHwty-wp-rHwy (full name)
Weperhwy/ wp-rḥ.wy,
Ba'h/ Bꜥḥ [Alt Egyptian], Mendesios [Other name] , Hermopolis Magna, "Hermos City" "Hermopolis" Hermos Polis /Ἑρμοῦ πόλις, "Small Hermopolis" Hermopolis Mikra/Ἐρμόπολις Μικρά , "Little Hermos City" Hermos Polis Mikra/ Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρον [Greek], Ermupolis, "Small Hermopolis" Hermopolis Parva, [Latin], Tell el-Rub'a, el-Baqliya/ Tell Baklija, Aszmunein (Tell el-Naqus 'mound of the bell') [Arabic], Tell al-Naqus [Modern]
Location: situated a little below Thmuis
Triad: Banebdjedet (Husband), Hatmehyt (Wife), Harpakhered (Son)
Worshiped: Djehuty/Thoth, Nehemetaouay (wife of Djehuty), Seshat (Daughter with Djehuty/Thoth ), Hornoufi, (Horu/ Horus the perfect with Wesir/ Osiris,) Mut?, Heryshaf ? Seshat?
Temples: Djehuty (Hermes is the Greek Equivalent god)
Known for: Importaint cult center for Djehuty during the Late and Graeco-Roman Periods, graveyards full of ibises.
Demit/ dmj.t "harbour, port?" (Damietta)
[domˈjɑːtˤ] Dumyāṭ/ دمياط [Egyptian Arabic], Tamiati/ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ [Coptic], dɑmˈjɑdi [Late Coptic],
(Hellenistic period) Tamiathis/Ταμίαθις [Ancient Greek], Damiéte/Δαμιέτη [Greek],Tamiati [Romanized],
medīnat dimyāt/ مدينة دمياط , Dumyāṭ/دمياط [Arabic]
Location: port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
16th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈰 Kha/ Cha (Fish), Ḥat Meḥit
Location: North East Delta from Mendes to coast
Worshiped: Banebdjedet (combo souls of Wesir/ Osiris, Ra, Shu and Geb), HA.t-mH.it/ Hatmehyt (fish goddess)
White Chapel (Het-net): He of Djedet
Known for:
Capitol City
Djedety 𓊽𓏏𓏭𓊖 (OK) , Djedet/Ddt 𓊽𓂧𓏏𓊖 (MK) , Djed/Dd 𓊽𓊽𓂧𓊖 (NK) , (Mendes)
Per-Banebdjedet/ ba-neb-djedet 'temple of Ram/Ba of the lord of Djedet' 𓉐𓏤𓅡𓎟𓊽𓂧𓏏𓊖
Anpet , Ā'atjaba (Other names) Mendes /Μένδης [Greek], Tell el-Ruba/ تل الربع [Arabic]
Location:
Triad: Banebdjedet (husband), Hatmehit (wife), Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (Horu/ Horus the Child) (son)
Worshiped: Ba-neb-Djedet/ Banebdjedet 'Lord of djedet' (Ram god, soul of Wesir/ Osirus), Hatmehit/ Hat-mehyt (Wife, connection to Hut-Hor/ Hathor), Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (Horu/ Horus the Child), Shontet (Acacia goddess considered to be Auset), Auset/ Isis, Nebet-Hut/Nephthys
Temples:
Known for: Necropolis of sacred rams, Wesir/ Osirus was resurrected here.
Cities
Anpet-Djedet
Thmuis , Thmouis/Θμοῦις [Greek], Tell El-Timai [Arabic], Timayy al-Imdid [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for: Capital during Roman period
𓈰 Kha/ Cha (Fish), Ḥat Meḥit
Location: North East Delta from Mendes to coast
Worshiped: Banebdjedet (combo souls of Wesir/ Osiris, Ra, Shu and Geb), HA.t-mH.it/ Hatmehyt (fish goddess)
White Chapel (Het-net): He of Djedet
Known for:
Capitol City
Djedety 𓊽𓏏𓏭𓊖 (OK) , Djedet/Ddt 𓊽𓂧𓏏𓊖 (MK) , Djed/Dd 𓊽𓊽𓂧𓊖 (NK) , (Mendes)
Per-Banebdjedet/ ba-neb-djedet 'temple of Ram/Ba of the lord of Djedet' 𓉐𓏤𓅡𓎟𓊽𓂧𓏏𓊖
Anpet , Ā'atjaba (Other names) Mendes /Μένδης [Greek], Tell el-Ruba/ تل الربع [Arabic]
Location:
Triad: Banebdjedet (husband), Hatmehit (wife), Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (Horu/ Horus the Child) (son)
Worshiped: Ba-neb-Djedet/ Banebdjedet 'Lord of djedet' (Ram god, soul of Wesir/ Osirus), Hatmehit/ Hat-mehyt (Wife, connection to Hut-Hor/ Hathor), Horu-pa-khered / Harpocrates (Horu/ Horus the Child), Shontet (Acacia goddess considered to be Auset), Auset/ Isis, Nebet-Hut/Nephthys
Temples:
Known for: Necropolis of sacred rams, Wesir/ Osirus was resurrected here.
Cities
Anpet-Djedet
Thmuis , Thmouis/Θμοῦις [Greek], Tell El-Timai [Arabic], Timayy al-Imdid [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for: Capital during Roman period
17th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈱 Beḥdet /bHdt (Behdet), 𓈲 Semabehdet/smꜣ-bḥdt (The Throne)
Location: North East Delta coast to West of Damietta branch to the Nile
Worshiped: Horu/Horus of Behdet , Amun-Ra
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Pa-khen-en-Amun 𓅮𓈀𓈖𓇋𓏠𓏏𓊖 "The Island of Amun" (Paiuenamun); Per-Amun/ pr-imn 𓉐𓏤𓇋𓏠𓈖𓀭
Pꜣ jw n jmn kꜣ m wꜣst 𓅯𓄿𓏤𓈀𓈇𓈖𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅆𓂓𓏤𓅆𓅓𓌀𓏏𓊖𓅆 "The island of Amun-ka-em-Waset" (Full title)
Waset-mehu, Pa-ju-en-Amun [Other names] , Paiuenamun or Paiuenamon 'island of Ammon' [New Kingdom], Pounemou/ⲡⲟⲩⲛⲉⲙⲟⲩ [Coptic], Diospolis Inferior, Diospolis i Kato /Διοσπόλις ή κάτω [Greek], Diospolis Parva [Latin], Tell el-Balamun/تل البلامون [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Horu, Amun, Sutekh/ Set
Temples: Horu/ Horus of Behdet, Amun-Ra, Pr-imn
Known for: Kingdom Paiuenamun "island of God Amun"
𓈱 Beḥdet /bHdt (Behdet), 𓈲 Semabehdet/smꜣ-bḥdt (The Throne)
Location: North East Delta coast to West of Damietta branch to the Nile
Worshiped: Horu/Horus of Behdet , Amun-Ra
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Pa-khen-en-Amun 𓅮𓈀𓈖𓇋𓏠𓏏𓊖 "The Island of Amun" (Paiuenamun); Per-Amun/ pr-imn 𓉐𓏤𓇋𓏠𓈖𓀭
Pꜣ jw n jmn kꜣ m wꜣst 𓅯𓄿𓏤𓈀𓈇𓈖𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅆𓂓𓏤𓅆𓅓𓌀𓏏𓊖𓅆 "The island of Amun-ka-em-Waset" (Full title)
Waset-mehu, Pa-ju-en-Amun [Other names] , Paiuenamun or Paiuenamon 'island of Ammon' [New Kingdom], Pounemou/ⲡⲟⲩⲛⲉⲙⲟⲩ [Coptic], Diospolis Inferior, Diospolis i Kato /Διοσπόλις ή κάτω [Greek], Diospolis Parva [Latin], Tell el-Balamun/تل البلامون [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: Horu, Amun, Sutekh/ Set
Temples: Horu/ Horus of Behdet, Amun-Ra, Pr-imn
Known for: Kingdom Paiuenamun "island of God Amun"
18th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈳 Am-Khent/ Imu-Khenty/ imty-xnty (Royal Child)
Location: North East Delta around Bubastis
Worshiped: Bast/ Bastet
White Chapel (Het-net): Bast
Known for:
Capitol City
Per-Bast, Per Bastet 'House of Bast' 𓉐𓏤𓎯𓏏𓊖, Bast 𓅡𓊨𓏏𓊖 (Bubastis)
Pi-Beseth, py-bst/ פִּי-בֶסֶת (mouth of loathing) (Ezekiel 30:17) [Hebrew], Pa-Bast [Alt] Boubastis /Βούβαστις, Boubastos /Βούβαστος, Boubastis/ Βούβαστις (Herodotus) [Greek], Poubasti/ Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ (B), pouasti/Ⲡⲟⲩⲁⲥϯ (B), bouasti/Ⲃⲟⲩⲁⲥϯ (B), Poubakhti /Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁϭⲧⲓ ? [Coptic], Per-Bast,Tell Basta/ تل بسطة [Arabic], Zagazig [Modern]
Location: near modern Zagazig, Southwest of Tanis. On the main routes from Memphis to Sinai and Asia/
Triad: *Baste (wife), Ptah (husband), Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos (son)
Triad: *Baste (wife), Atum (husband), Horhekenu (son)
Worshiped: *Bast/Bastet/Artemis, Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos, Ptah, Ba-en-Auset , Hut-Hor/Hathor?
Temples: Per-Bast, Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos, Atum
Known for: Cult center of Bastet, raising of Cats in her honor, Mummified cats, Calasirian lived here division of the Egyptian war-caste, Oracle of Bast. Importance in the Ramesses II reign. Large number of Libyans lived here and some even became pharaohs.
𓈳 Am-Khent/ Imu-Khenty/ imty-xnty (Royal Child)
Location: North East Delta around Bubastis
Worshiped: Bast/ Bastet
White Chapel (Het-net): Bast
Known for:
Capitol City
Per-Bast, Per Bastet 'House of Bast' 𓉐𓏤𓎯𓏏𓊖, Bast 𓅡𓊨𓏏𓊖 (Bubastis)
Pi-Beseth, py-bst/ פִּי-בֶסֶת (mouth of loathing) (Ezekiel 30:17) [Hebrew], Pa-Bast [Alt] Boubastis /Βούβαστις, Boubastos /Βούβαστος, Boubastis/ Βούβαστις (Herodotus) [Greek], Poubasti/ Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ (B), pouasti/Ⲡⲟⲩⲁⲥϯ (B), bouasti/Ⲃⲟⲩⲁⲥϯ (B), Poubakhti /Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁϭⲧⲓ ? [Coptic], Per-Bast,Tell Basta/ تل بسطة [Arabic], Zagazig [Modern]
Location: near modern Zagazig, Southwest of Tanis. On the main routes from Memphis to Sinai and Asia/
Triad: *Baste (wife), Ptah (husband), Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos (son)
Triad: *Baste (wife), Atum (husband), Horhekenu (son)
Worshiped: *Bast/Bastet/Artemis, Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos, Ptah, Ba-en-Auset , Hut-Hor/Hathor?
Temples: Per-Bast, Mia'hesa/ Maahes/ Mihos, Atum
Known for: Cult center of Bastet, raising of Cats in her honor, Mummified cats, Calasirian lived here division of the Egyptian war-caste, Oracle of Bast. Importance in the Ramesses II reign. Large number of Libyans lived here and some even became pharaohs.
19th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈴 imty-pHw (Prince of the North)
Location: North East Delta incorporating Tanis
Worshiped: Wadjet (of Nabesha)
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Djanet/ḏꜥn.t 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓊖, 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓏺𓈗𓈘𓈅𓊖 (Tanis)
Zoan [Biblical] , ṣa-aʾ-nu [Akkadian], Djani/ϫⲁⲛⲓ , Djaane/ϫⲁⲁⲛⲉ , Djanē/ϫⲁⲛⲏ [Coptic], Tanéōs/Τανέως,
Tanis /Τάνις [Ancient Greek], Leontopolis Tanis [Greek], Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar [Romanised],Soan,
San el-Hagar/ صان الحجر [Arabic], Tell Nebesha [Modern]
Location: located on the Tanitic branch of the Nile which has long since silted up
Triad: Amun-Ra (Husband), Mut (Wife), Khonsu (Son) (Theban)
Triad: Khonsu (Son) (Theban)
Worshiped: *Wadjet, Andjety (Merged with Wesir/ Osiris), Amun-Ra, *Amun, Mut , Khonsu
Temples: Temple of Amun, Temple of Amun-Ra, Temple of Horu/ Horus, Mut , Temple of Khonsu
Known for: Asiatic trade, Center of linen manufacturing
Cities
Imet, imt/ jmy.t
Tell Nebasha, Tell Nebesha, Nebesheh, Faraon or Farun [Arabic]
Location: 10km south of Tanis in the Eastern Nile Delta.
Worshiped: Wadjet (Lady of Imet) later Min and Horu/ Horus
Temples: Temple of Wadjet
Known for: ancient capital
Hawaret/ Ht-wart/ Hut-waret/Ḥaʔət-Waʕrəʔ/ ḥw.t wꜥr.t 𓉞𓏏𓉐𓂾𓏏𓊖 “House of the Region” (Avaris)
Avaris, Athyria [Clement of Alexandria], Auaris/Αὔαρις [Ancient Greek], Hawwara/ حوّارة [Arabic] ,Tel el Dab'a [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: *Sutekh/Setesh/Seth/Set
Temples: Temple of Set
Known for: Capital of Lower Egypt under the Hyksos
Pi-Ramesses/ Per-Ramessu/pr-rꜥ-ms-sw 𓉐𓏤𓇳𓄟𓋴𓋴, 𓉐𓏤𓂋𓂝𓅓𓇓𓅱𓇓 "House of Ramesses"
pr-ra-msy-sw-mry-imn-pA kA-aA-n-pA ra-Hr-AXty𓉐𓏤𓍹𓇳𓄟𓋴𓋴𓌸𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅆𓍺𓅆𓅯𓄿𓂓𓏤𓅆𓉻𓊵𓈖𓄿𓇳𓅆𓄿𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆 "City / house of Ramses II" (name under Ramses II); pr-ra-msy-sw-HqA-iwnw-aA-nXtw "city / house of Ramses III ,
ruler of Iunu , great in victories" (renamed Ramses II)
Qantir [Arabic?]
Location:
Worshiped: Sutekh/Setesh/Seth/Set
Temples: Temple of Set, temple of Amun , Temple to Ramesses II
Known for:
𓈴 imty-pHw (Prince of the North)
Location: North East Delta incorporating Tanis
Worshiped: Wadjet (of Nabesha)
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
Capitol City
Djanet/ḏꜥn.t 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓊖, 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓏺𓈗𓈘𓈅𓊖 (Tanis)
Zoan [Biblical] , ṣa-aʾ-nu [Akkadian], Djani/ϫⲁⲛⲓ , Djaane/ϫⲁⲁⲛⲉ , Djanē/ϫⲁⲛⲏ [Coptic], Tanéōs/Τανέως,
Tanis /Τάνις [Ancient Greek], Leontopolis Tanis [Greek], Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar [Romanised],Soan,
San el-Hagar/ صان الحجر [Arabic], Tell Nebesha [Modern]
Location: located on the Tanitic branch of the Nile which has long since silted up
Triad: Amun-Ra (Husband), Mut (Wife), Khonsu (Son) (Theban)
Triad: Khonsu (Son) (Theban)
Worshiped: *Wadjet, Andjety (Merged with Wesir/ Osiris), Amun-Ra, *Amun, Mut , Khonsu
Temples: Temple of Amun, Temple of Amun-Ra, Temple of Horu/ Horus, Mut , Temple of Khonsu
Known for: Asiatic trade, Center of linen manufacturing
Cities
Imet, imt/ jmy.t
Tell Nebasha, Tell Nebesha, Nebesheh, Faraon or Farun [Arabic]
Location: 10km south of Tanis in the Eastern Nile Delta.
Worshiped: Wadjet (Lady of Imet) later Min and Horu/ Horus
Temples: Temple of Wadjet
Known for: ancient capital
Hawaret/ Ht-wart/ Hut-waret/Ḥaʔət-Waʕrəʔ/ ḥw.t wꜥr.t 𓉞𓏏𓉐𓂾𓏏𓊖 “House of the Region” (Avaris)
Avaris, Athyria [Clement of Alexandria], Auaris/Αὔαρις [Ancient Greek], Hawwara/ حوّارة [Arabic] ,Tel el Dab'a [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: *Sutekh/Setesh/Seth/Set
Temples: Temple of Set
Known for: Capital of Lower Egypt under the Hyksos
Pi-Ramesses/ Per-Ramessu/pr-rꜥ-ms-sw 𓉐𓏤𓇳𓄟𓋴𓋴, 𓉐𓏤𓂋𓂝𓅓𓇓𓅱𓇓 "House of Ramesses"
pr-ra-msy-sw-mry-imn-pA kA-aA-n-pA ra-Hr-AXty𓉐𓏤𓍹𓇳𓄟𓋴𓋴𓌸𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅆𓍺𓅆𓅯𓄿𓂓𓏤𓅆𓉻𓊵𓈖𓄿𓇳𓅆𓄿𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆 "City / house of Ramses II" (name under Ramses II); pr-ra-msy-sw-HqA-iwnw-aA-nXtw "city / house of Ramses III ,
ruler of Iunu , great in victories" (renamed Ramses II)
Qantir [Arabic?]
Location:
Worshiped: Sutekh/Setesh/Seth/Set
Temples: Temple of Set, temple of Amun , Temple to Ramesses II
Known for:
20th Nome Lower Egypt
𓈵 Soped/ Sopedu/Sepdju /spdw (Plumed Falcon)
Location: North East Delta above and West end of Wadi Tummilat
Worshiped: Sopedu (Falcon patron of the east)
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: Wadi was used by seasonal migrants from Sinai into Egypt.
Capitol City
Sopdu 𓏚𓅏𓏏𓊖(Ptolemaic),Per-Sopdu/ Pi-Spot 𓉐𓏤𓏚𓅏𓊖, 𓉐𓋴𓃀𓂧𓏚(Late Period) "House of Sopdu" (Phakusa)
sbxt-nt-pt 𓋴𓃀𓐍𓏏𓊀𓏏𓉐𓈖𓏏 "Gate of heaven"
Hut-nebes/Hwt-nbs 𓉗𓈖𓃀𓋴𓆭𓏏𓊖 "Temple of the thorn of Christ" (flower),
iAt-nbs 𓈏𓏏𓏤𓈖𓃀𓋴𓆭𓏏𓊖 "mound of the thorn of Christ" (flower),
Phacuse, Pi-Sopt [Other names], Pishaptu, Pisapti, [Akkadian], Tirabia/ϯⲁⲣⲁⲃⲓⲁ [Coptic], Phakusa/Φάκουσα, Phakousai/Φάκουσαι, Soped [Greek], Tiarabya [medieval name], Saft al Hinna [Modern], Saft el-Henna, Tarabia/ طرابية [Arabic], Faqous, Tell-Faqous [Current]
Location:
Local God : Herit (Herit-[...]-m-Iat-nebes) (falcon-headed uraeus)
Triad: Sah (constellation of Orion) (God), Sopdet (Mother), Sopedu (Horu Sopdu) (Son)
Worshiped: *Sopdu, Khensit, Shesemtet, *Amun , Shu , Atum
Temples: Temple of Sopdu , Temple of Tefnut
Known for:
Citiies
Per-Amun
Tjeku [Other names], Pithom, Heroönpolis [Greek] , tell el Maskhuta [Arabic]
Qesem 𓍱𓊃𓅓𓊖 ?
Fakussa (Faqus) [Other] , Fakous [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
𓈵 Soped/ Sopedu/Sepdju /spdw (Plumed Falcon)
Location: North East Delta above and West end of Wadi Tummilat
Worshiped: Sopedu (Falcon patron of the east)
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: Wadi was used by seasonal migrants from Sinai into Egypt.
Capitol City
Sopdu 𓏚𓅏𓏏𓊖(Ptolemaic),Per-Sopdu/ Pi-Spot 𓉐𓏤𓏚𓅏𓊖, 𓉐𓋴𓃀𓂧𓏚(Late Period) "House of Sopdu" (Phakusa)
sbxt-nt-pt 𓋴𓃀𓐍𓏏𓊀𓏏𓉐𓈖𓏏 "Gate of heaven"
Hut-nebes/Hwt-nbs 𓉗𓈖𓃀𓋴𓆭𓏏𓊖 "Temple of the thorn of Christ" (flower),
iAt-nbs 𓈏𓏏𓏤𓈖𓃀𓋴𓆭𓏏𓊖 "mound of the thorn of Christ" (flower),
Phacuse, Pi-Sopt [Other names], Pishaptu, Pisapti, [Akkadian], Tirabia/ϯⲁⲣⲁⲃⲓⲁ [Coptic], Phakusa/Φάκουσα, Phakousai/Φάκουσαι, Soped [Greek], Tiarabya [medieval name], Saft al Hinna [Modern], Saft el-Henna, Tarabia/ طرابية [Arabic], Faqous, Tell-Faqous [Current]
Location:
Local God : Herit (Herit-[...]-m-Iat-nebes) (falcon-headed uraeus)
Triad: Sah (constellation of Orion) (God), Sopdet (Mother), Sopedu (Horu Sopdu) (Son)
Worshiped: *Sopdu, Khensit, Shesemtet, *Amun , Shu , Atum
Temples: Temple of Sopdu , Temple of Tefnut
Known for:
Citiies
Per-Amun
Tjeku [Other names], Pithom, Heroönpolis [Greek] , tell el Maskhuta [Arabic]
Qesem 𓍱𓊃𓅓𓊖 ?
Fakussa (Faqus) [Other] , Fakous [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
Nomes of Upper Egypt
Ta-res 𓇾𓇔𓊖 or Ta-shemāu 𓇾𓇔𓂢𓅱𓈗 𓇾𓇗 Southern Land
Nekhbet 𓈖𓐍𓃀𓇑𓏏𓅐 Goddess of Upper Egypt
Auset/ Isis, Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Sekhmet, Sutekh/ Set
resy 𓇔𓏭𓈅 The south land 𓇔
sedge reed and rushes
𓇓𓏏𓈖𓀲 Nisw 'of the sedge'
He the King of Upper Egypt
White Crown of Upper Egypt 'Hedjet' 𓋑
1st Nome Upper Egypt
𓈶 Ta-Sety 𓇾𓏏𓌓𓋰(Land of the bow) or Ta Khentit (Borderland)
Location: border area near Nubia, Stretched Northwards to Kom ombo basin and on to Nubt which was another settlement
Worshiped: Khnemu/ Khnum, Sobek, Anuket/ Anukis, Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Auset/ Isis, Horu wer/ Horus the Elder, Satet/ Satis, Mandulis (Nubian form of Horu/Horus), iri-Hms-nfr /Arensnuphis ('good companion' of Auset Kush Kingdom linked to Anhur and Shu)
White Chapel (Het-net): Horu wer/ Horus the elder
Capitol City
Abu/ Abw 𓋁𓃀𓐎𓈉 ,𓍋𓃀𓃰𓅱𓎵𓈊 , 𓃰𓊖 "Elephant/ivory" (Elephantine)
"the Land of the Bow" or "the Land of Nubia" (tA-sty) [other names] ,Yebu [Other], Kenzi [Nubian],
/ˈʀuːbaw/ [Middle Egyptian], (Ə)iêw/ (Ⲉ)ⲓⲏⲃ [Coptic], yev/ יֵב [Hebrew], Elephantine/ Ελεφαντίνη,
Ieb/ Ἰηβ [Greek], al-kh a rtoum/ألخَرطوم "the elephant trunk" (capital of Sudan, Khartoum) , Elefanteenee Gezîret el-Fantîn/جزيرة الفنتين [Arabic], Sunnu/ Irp-Ḥesp , Aswan [Modern}
Location: island in the Nile Northern Nubia. Souther Egypt
Triads: Khnemu/ Khnum (source of the Nile river) (Husband), Satet/ Satis/ Sothis (floods of the Nile) (Wife), Anuket/Anukis (Nile river) (Daughter)
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum, *Anuket/Anukis, Satet/ Satis/ Sothis (Swenet), Sept
Temples: Temple of Khnum, Temple of Satet/ Satis, Temple of Amenhotep III, Temple to Anuqet/Anuket , Temple of
Auset/Isis
Known for: mummified ram of the Temple of Khnum, Elephantine Calendar of Things, Stone quarry of granite , the island of Elephantine
Cities
Pilak/p-ia rk 𓊪𓈀𓂋𓎡𓏏𓊖/ p-iw-rq 𓊪𓈀𓈇𓏺𓂋𓏘𓊖/ P'aaleq "island of Rek" (Philae)
Pilak/ ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ [Coptic], Philai/ Φιλαί [Greek], Filae/ فيله [Arabic], Philae [Modern]
Worshipped: *Auset/Isis, Wesir/Osiris, Hut-Hor/ Hathor, goddesses of Midwifery, Horu/ Horus, Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys, Imhotep, Anuket, Djer (sun God), Auhut/ iwHt (female Un-Nefer), Ratit/ ritit, Arensnuphis/Anhur/Anhuret
Temples: Temple Per mer dedicated to Auset/Isis Temple (Graeco-Roman), Hut-Hor/ Hathor, (Mandulis and Arensnuphis Nubia god worshiped in Graeco-Romen times)
Known for:
~ Senmet/ sn-mwt / znmwt 𓊃𓈖𓅐𓏏𓈉 (MK), 𓊃𓏌𓐝𓏏𓊖 (Bigeh) (Philae)
Iat-wabet, iAt-wAbt 𓈏𓀆𓈗, 𓈏𓀆𓈗 "Place of Purity", pr-wAb 𓉐𓀆𓈗 "Hours of purity"
per-wab [demotic], Abatos "Unexplored Place",, Sênis/Σῆνις [Greek], Bīǧa/ بيجة, [Arabic]
Location: is an island in the first cataract of the Nile in Egypt. It is located west of Philae Island
Worshipped: Hor-pa-Khered/Horus the Child "Lord of the Abatons", "Lord of Philae", Wesir/Osirus, Auste/Isis
Temples: Temple of Wesir/Osiris, Hor-pa-Khered, Temple of Djehuty/Thoth "Great and
Splendid god in Biggeh" & "He who appeases the Nsr.t in Biggeh", Temple of Bigeh "Pharaoh of Bigga"
Known for: The burial place of Wesir/Osiris, tomb of Wesir iAt wab/ Ὰβατον (Abaton), only the
priest were aloud ot step foot on this place
Sunet/ swntt / swnw (Trade) 𓋴𓃹𓈖𓏏𓊖, Sunu/ swnw 𓋴𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏲𓌕𓊖 "goddess Swenet" (Aswan)
Syene /Suḗnē / Συήνη, Assuan formally [Ancient Greek], Souan/ ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ [Coptic], Aswân/ أسوان,
Aswān muḥāfaẓah [Arabic], Aswan [Modern]
Location: peninsula on the right east bank of the Nile, 585 miles from Cairo
Worshipped: Swenet/ swntt
Triad: Amun-Re, Re-Harakhti , Ptah (Abu Simbel)
Triad: Khonsu, Neferhotep-Khonsu, Wennekhu-Khonsu Pairsekhet) (Three Khonsu of Thebes)
Triad: Horus of Miam-Horu, Baki-Horus Horus of Buhen (Nubian); Horus of Meha (Horemheb) = [tetrad of Nubia]
Temples: Abu Simbel/ Per-Ramesses-Miamon (Ramses II), Temple to Horu/Horus (destroyed and rebuilt) , Temple Auset/ Isis ,
Known for: Temple Abu Simbel
Ref A dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses, by Cf. Hart, G., p113, , Le secret des temples de la Nubie by C. Desroches-Noblecourt, 2001, p59, p165.
Nubet/ nwbyt 𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 (MK), 𓋞𓃀𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 , 𓃩𓋞𓃀𓏏𓏮 , 𓋞𓏏𓊖 "City of Gold" Pa-Sobek (Kom Ombo)
embo/ ⲉⲙⲃⲱ [Coptic], Ombos/Ὄμβος ,Omboi/ Ὄμβοι [Ancient Greek], Ombi, Ambo [Latin], Kom Ombo/ كوم أمبو [Arabic]
Location: own's location on the Nile 50 km north of Aswan
Triad : Sobek (husband), Auset/ Isis (wife), Khonsu (son)
Triad : Sobek (husband), Hut-Hor/Hathor (wife), Khonsu-Hor (son)
Triad : Horu wer/Haroeris (Horus the elder) (husband), Hut-Hor/Hathor (Ta-senet-nefert) (wife), Pa-neb-taui (son)
Worshipped: *Sobek , *Auset/ Isis, Khonsu (son), Hut-hor/Hathor (Ta-senet-nefert) *Horu wer/Haroeris (Horus the elder), Ruty
Temples: Temple Kom Ombo, Per-Sobek (Thutmose III), Temple Horu/Horus , Temple dedicated to Auset/ Isis,
Known for: Agriculture, Temple Kom Ombo, Crocodile mummies
Silsila
Heny [Other]
Location: natural geological boundary
Worshipped: Hapy
Temples:
Known for: New Kingdom major source of sandstone, supplied Thebes. Nile flooding was measured here associated with the God Hapy
𓈶 Ta-Sety 𓇾𓏏𓌓𓋰(Land of the bow) or Ta Khentit (Borderland)
Location: border area near Nubia, Stretched Northwards to Kom ombo basin and on to Nubt which was another settlement
Worshiped: Khnemu/ Khnum, Sobek, Anuket/ Anukis, Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Auset/ Isis, Horu wer/ Horus the Elder, Satet/ Satis, Mandulis (Nubian form of Horu/Horus), iri-Hms-nfr /Arensnuphis ('good companion' of Auset Kush Kingdom linked to Anhur and Shu)
White Chapel (Het-net): Horu wer/ Horus the elder
Capitol City
Abu/ Abw 𓋁𓃀𓐎𓈉 ,𓍋𓃀𓃰𓅱𓎵𓈊 , 𓃰𓊖 "Elephant/ivory" (Elephantine)
"the Land of the Bow" or "the Land of Nubia" (tA-sty) [other names] ,Yebu [Other], Kenzi [Nubian],
/ˈʀuːbaw/ [Middle Egyptian], (Ə)iêw/ (Ⲉ)ⲓⲏⲃ [Coptic], yev/ יֵב [Hebrew], Elephantine/ Ελεφαντίνη,
Ieb/ Ἰηβ [Greek], al-kh a rtoum/ألخَرطوم "the elephant trunk" (capital of Sudan, Khartoum) , Elefanteenee Gezîret el-Fantîn/جزيرة الفنتين [Arabic], Sunnu/ Irp-Ḥesp , Aswan [Modern}
Location: island in the Nile Northern Nubia. Souther Egypt
Triads: Khnemu/ Khnum (source of the Nile river) (Husband), Satet/ Satis/ Sothis (floods of the Nile) (Wife), Anuket/Anukis (Nile river) (Daughter)
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum, *Anuket/Anukis, Satet/ Satis/ Sothis (Swenet), Sept
Temples: Temple of Khnum, Temple of Satet/ Satis, Temple of Amenhotep III, Temple to Anuqet/Anuket , Temple of
Auset/Isis
Known for: mummified ram of the Temple of Khnum, Elephantine Calendar of Things, Stone quarry of granite , the island of Elephantine
Cities
Pilak/p-ia rk 𓊪𓈀𓂋𓎡𓏏𓊖/ p-iw-rq 𓊪𓈀𓈇𓏺𓂋𓏘𓊖/ P'aaleq "island of Rek" (Philae)
Pilak/ ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ [Coptic], Philai/ Φιλαί [Greek], Filae/ فيله [Arabic], Philae [Modern]
Worshipped: *Auset/Isis, Wesir/Osiris, Hut-Hor/ Hathor, goddesses of Midwifery, Horu/ Horus, Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys, Imhotep, Anuket, Djer (sun God), Auhut/ iwHt (female Un-Nefer), Ratit/ ritit, Arensnuphis/Anhur/Anhuret
Temples: Temple Per mer dedicated to Auset/Isis Temple (Graeco-Roman), Hut-Hor/ Hathor, (Mandulis and Arensnuphis Nubia god worshiped in Graeco-Romen times)
Known for:
~ Senmet/ sn-mwt / znmwt 𓊃𓈖𓅐𓏏𓈉 (MK), 𓊃𓏌𓐝𓏏𓊖 (Bigeh) (Philae)
Iat-wabet, iAt-wAbt 𓈏𓀆𓈗, 𓈏𓀆𓈗 "Place of Purity", pr-wAb 𓉐𓀆𓈗 "Hours of purity"
per-wab [demotic], Abatos "Unexplored Place",, Sênis/Σῆνις [Greek], Bīǧa/ بيجة, [Arabic]
Location: is an island in the first cataract of the Nile in Egypt. It is located west of Philae Island
Worshipped: Hor-pa-Khered/Horus the Child "Lord of the Abatons", "Lord of Philae", Wesir/Osirus, Auste/Isis
Temples: Temple of Wesir/Osiris, Hor-pa-Khered, Temple of Djehuty/Thoth "Great and
Splendid god in Biggeh" & "He who appeases the Nsr.t in Biggeh", Temple of Bigeh "Pharaoh of Bigga"
Known for: The burial place of Wesir/Osiris, tomb of Wesir iAt wab/ Ὰβατον (Abaton), only the
priest were aloud ot step foot on this place
Sunet/ swntt / swnw (Trade) 𓋴𓃹𓈖𓏏𓊖, Sunu/ swnw 𓋴𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏲𓌕𓊖 "goddess Swenet" (Aswan)
Syene /Suḗnē / Συήνη, Assuan formally [Ancient Greek], Souan/ ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ [Coptic], Aswân/ أسوان,
Aswān muḥāfaẓah [Arabic], Aswan [Modern]
Location: peninsula on the right east bank of the Nile, 585 miles from Cairo
Worshipped: Swenet/ swntt
Triad: Amun-Re, Re-Harakhti , Ptah (Abu Simbel)
Triad: Khonsu, Neferhotep-Khonsu, Wennekhu-Khonsu Pairsekhet) (Three Khonsu of Thebes)
Triad: Horus of Miam-Horu, Baki-Horus Horus of Buhen (Nubian); Horus of Meha (Horemheb) = [tetrad of Nubia]
Temples: Abu Simbel/ Per-Ramesses-Miamon (Ramses II), Temple to Horu/Horus (destroyed and rebuilt) , Temple Auset/ Isis ,
Known for: Temple Abu Simbel
Ref A dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses, by Cf. Hart, G., p113, , Le secret des temples de la Nubie by C. Desroches-Noblecourt, 2001, p59, p165.
Nubet/ nwbyt 𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 (MK), 𓋞𓃀𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 , 𓃩𓋞𓃀𓏏𓏮 , 𓋞𓏏𓊖 "City of Gold" Pa-Sobek (Kom Ombo)
embo/ ⲉⲙⲃⲱ [Coptic], Ombos/Ὄμβος ,Omboi/ Ὄμβοι [Ancient Greek], Ombi, Ambo [Latin], Kom Ombo/ كوم أمبو [Arabic]
Location: own's location on the Nile 50 km north of Aswan
Triad : Sobek (husband), Auset/ Isis (wife), Khonsu (son)
Triad : Sobek (husband), Hut-Hor/Hathor (wife), Khonsu-Hor (son)
Triad : Horu wer/Haroeris (Horus the elder) (husband), Hut-Hor/Hathor (Ta-senet-nefert) (wife), Pa-neb-taui (son)
Worshipped: *Sobek , *Auset/ Isis, Khonsu (son), Hut-hor/Hathor (Ta-senet-nefert) *Horu wer/Haroeris (Horus the elder), Ruty
Temples: Temple Kom Ombo, Per-Sobek (Thutmose III), Temple Horu/Horus , Temple dedicated to Auset/ Isis,
Known for: Agriculture, Temple Kom Ombo, Crocodile mummies
Silsila
Heny [Other]
Location: natural geological boundary
Worshipped: Hapy
Temples:
Known for: New Kingdom major source of sandstone, supplied Thebes. Nile flooding was measured here associated with the God Hapy
2nd Nome Upper Egypt
𓈷 Wetjes-Horu, Ts Hrw 𓍟𓅃 (Throne of Horu/Horus)
iw-nSn, nsr-nTrw (Throne of the Gods), nsr-ra (Throne of Ra), nst-Hr (Throne of Horu/Horus), nDm-anx, st-wnp [Other Egyptian names]
Location:
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus (of Mesen)
White Chapel (Het-net) : Horu/ Horus of Behedet
Capitol Cities
Behdet/ bHdt 𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 , Djeba/ DbA 𓌥𓃀𓄿𓊖 (The Perch), Mesen/msn 𓎣𓊖 (Edfu)
Atbō/Ⲁⲧⲃⲱ, Tbō/Ⲧⲃⲱ, Tbo/Ⲧⲃⲟ (S) [Coptic]; Apollonopolis Magna /Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις [Greek], Apollo superior [Latin], 'Adfu إدفو [Arabic], Edfu [Modern],
Location: Between Esna and Aswan, west bank
Triad: 𓅃𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 *Horu-Behdet , (husband), Sekhet/Athor/ Hut-Hor/ Hathor (of Denderah, wife to Horu),
Horu/Horus (the child)
Triad: Hor-Wer "The elder"?, Hut-Hor/ Hathor , horu-sema-tauy "Uniter of the two lands" (Son)
Worshiped: *Horu/Horus (the child), 𓅃𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 *Horu-Behdet ,*Sekhet/Hut-Hor/Athor/ Hut-Hor/ Hathor (of Denderah, wife to Horu)], Hor-Nedj-it /Horus the protector of his father, Hybrid Hor-Senet, Horu-Mekhenty/ Hr-m-xnty irty, Ihy or Hor-sema-tawy (Uniter of the two lands)
Temples: Smaller temple Ptolemaic temple of Horu/Horus the child Tell Edfu/ Temple of Edfu, Larger dedicated to disc of the sun.
Known for: Center of worship for Horu/ Horus, Mastabas dated back to Old Kingdom
Settlement
Wetjeset-Hor [Egyptian] Apollinopolis Magna/ Απολλινόπολις [Greek], Apollo superior [Latin] What was left of Edfu
𓈷 Wetjes-Horu, Ts Hrw 𓍟𓅃 (Throne of Horu/Horus)
iw-nSn, nsr-nTrw (Throne of the Gods), nsr-ra (Throne of Ra), nst-Hr (Throne of Horu/Horus), nDm-anx, st-wnp [Other Egyptian names]
Location:
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus (of Mesen)
White Chapel (Het-net) : Horu/ Horus of Behedet
Capitol Cities
Behdet/ bHdt 𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 , Djeba/ DbA 𓌥𓃀𓄿𓊖 (The Perch), Mesen/msn 𓎣𓊖 (Edfu)
Atbō/Ⲁⲧⲃⲱ, Tbō/Ⲧⲃⲱ, Tbo/Ⲧⲃⲟ (S) [Coptic]; Apollonopolis Magna /Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις [Greek], Apollo superior [Latin], 'Adfu إدفو [Arabic], Edfu [Modern],
Location: Between Esna and Aswan, west bank
Triad: 𓅃𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 *Horu-Behdet , (husband), Sekhet/Athor/ Hut-Hor/ Hathor (of Denderah, wife to Horu),
Horu/Horus (the child)
Triad: Hor-Wer "The elder"?, Hut-Hor/ Hathor , horu-sema-tauy "Uniter of the two lands" (Son)
Worshiped: *Horu/Horus (the child), 𓅃𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 *Horu-Behdet ,*Sekhet/Hut-Hor/Athor/ Hut-Hor/ Hathor (of Denderah, wife to Horu)], Hor-Nedj-it /Horus the protector of his father, Hybrid Hor-Senet, Horu-Mekhenty/ Hr-m-xnty irty, Ihy or Hor-sema-tawy (Uniter of the two lands)
Temples: Smaller temple Ptolemaic temple of Horu/Horus the child Tell Edfu/ Temple of Edfu, Larger dedicated to disc of the sun.
Known for: Center of worship for Horu/ Horus, Mastabas dated back to Old Kingdom
Settlement
Wetjeset-Hor [Egyptian] Apollinopolis Magna/ Απολλινόπολις [Greek], Apollo superior [Latin] What was left of Edfu
3rd Nome Upper Egypt
𓈸 Nekhen/ nxn (Shrine)
Latopolites [Greek] , El Kap [Modern Arbaic]
Location: East bank of the Nile, mouth of Wadi Hillal, 80 km south of Luxor
Worshiped: Nekhbet, Djehuty/ Thoth, Horu/ Horus, Khenmu/ Khnum, Nit/Neith, Hor-Nekheni (Horu/Horus of Nekhen)
White Chapel (Het-net): Nekhbet, Horu/ Horus of Nekhen, Wenu
Temples: Temple of Amenhotep III
Known for: first urban centers of the Early Dynastic period
Capitol city
Nekheb/nxb 𓇑𓅐𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 (OK) , 𓇑𓃀𓈖𓏌𓍢 (MK) , 𓇑𓃀𓏌𓊖 , "Goddess Nekhbet" (El-Kab)
Enkhab/ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲃ [Coptic], Eileithyias polis "city of the goddess Eileithyia", Eileithyiaspolis/ Ειλείθυιας πόλις [Greek],
Lucinae Civitas [Latin], el-Kab/الكاب [Arabic]
Location:
Local God: *Nekhbet
Worshiped: *Nekhbet & Djehuty/Thoth
Temples: Temple of Sobek and Nekhbet, Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor and Shesmetet
Known for: Capital City New Kingdom
Nekhen/ nxn 𓊕𓈖𓊖 (Hierakonpolis)
Hierakonpolis, Hierakōn polis/ Ἱεράκων πόλις "City of Hawks (Horus of Nekhen)"[Greek], El-Kom Al-Aħmar, El-Kab, Elkab الكوم الأحمر "Red mound" [Arabic]
Location:
Traid: Khepri, Re, Atum
Worshiped: *Horu/Horus of Nekhen "White one of Nekhen" (combo of Nekheny (Falcon god) and Wer (a god of light known as “the great one” whose eyes were the sun and moon), Nekhebet
Temples: Temple of Horu/Horus
Known for: Religious and political capital of Upper Egypt end of the Predynastic period , Has the most ancient Temple in Egypt, Location of the Narmer Palette, Known for the Scorpion King, oldest known tomb that is painted, oldest known Zoo.
Iunyt/ iwny.t 𓉺𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 "The Pillar" (NK); Ta-senet/ tA-snt 𓌉𓊨𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆗𓊖 , (Latopolis/ Esna)
Senat/snAt 𓊃𓈖𓄿𓏏𓊖 ,
sny(t) 𓊃𓈖𓏭𓏏𓊖 (LP);
Sekhet-Khenmu/ sxt-Xnmw 𓊨𓐍𓏏𓆇𓄋𓊽 "Fields of Khnum"
Esna/ إسنا [Arabic], Lato [Latin], Latopolis/ Λατόπολις, Láton Pólis/Λάτων Πόλις "city of Latopolis ") (Nole Perch Fish
sacred to Nit/Neith) [Greek], snē/ⲥⲛⲏ , esnē/ⲉⲥⲛⲏ [Coptic], Esns/ إسنا) [Arabic]
Location: West bank of the River Nile, 55km south of Luxor
Triad: Khenmu/ Khnum (husband), Neith/Nit (wife), Heka (son)
Triad: Khenmu/ Khnum (husband), Menhit , Heka (son)/Heka-pa-Khered (Son)
Worshiped: Nit/Neith of Esna, *Khenmu/ Khnum, Heka, Horu of Shedenu at Esna, Aqen/Aken (ferrymen of the dead),
Menhit (consort of Khenmu as well)
Temples: (Temple of Khenmu/ Khnum and Nit/ Netih)
Known for: Ptolemy III Euergetes, the restorer of so many temples, Ritual significance in acts of purity before entering into a temple. Became the Capital after Nekhen.
Cities
Hout-Senefrou /Ḥw.t-Snfrw "House (of Pharaoh) Snofrou", Ḥsfn
Kom Mer, Kome, Asphynites, Asphynis, Asfynis [Other names], Sḥbōn/ⲥϩⲃⲱⲛ , Sbōn/ⲥⲃⲱⲛ [Coptic] ,Asphinis/Ἀσφυνις [Greek], Asfynis [Latin], Kom El-Ahmar, Kom Mer, Asfun el-Mata'ua (Esfun) [Arabic], Asfun [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Horus-Hemen lord of Asphynis
Temples:
Known for:
Hefat /HFAt/ 𓎛𓆑𓄿𓏏𓊖, pr-HfA/ 𓉐𓏤𓎛𓆑𓏭𓄫𓆙𓊖 HfAw "City of Serpent"
El Mo'alla (Elevated area) [Arabic]
Location: East bank of the Nile, 44 km south of Luxor
Worshiped: Hemen of Hefa/Horakhte-Hemen of Hefat (Falcon god, Roman)
Temples: Hut-Sneferu to Hemen?
Known for: King Ankhtifi, served as a necropolis for the nearby city of Djerty/Tod
Per-Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Pathyris [Greek], Gebelein (ref. two hills mark boundry) [Arabic]
Location: Nothern limit of the nome, W bank.
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
𓈸 Nekhen/ nxn (Shrine)
Latopolites [Greek] , El Kap [Modern Arbaic]
Location: East bank of the Nile, mouth of Wadi Hillal, 80 km south of Luxor
Worshiped: Nekhbet, Djehuty/ Thoth, Horu/ Horus, Khenmu/ Khnum, Nit/Neith, Hor-Nekheni (Horu/Horus of Nekhen)
White Chapel (Het-net): Nekhbet, Horu/ Horus of Nekhen, Wenu
Temples: Temple of Amenhotep III
Known for: first urban centers of the Early Dynastic period
Capitol city
Nekheb/nxb 𓇑𓅐𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 (OK) , 𓇑𓃀𓈖𓏌𓍢 (MK) , 𓇑𓃀𓏌𓊖 , "Goddess Nekhbet" (El-Kab)
Enkhab/ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲃ [Coptic], Eileithyias polis "city of the goddess Eileithyia", Eileithyiaspolis/ Ειλείθυιας πόλις [Greek],
Lucinae Civitas [Latin], el-Kab/الكاب [Arabic]
Location:
Local God: *Nekhbet
Worshiped: *Nekhbet & Djehuty/Thoth
Temples: Temple of Sobek and Nekhbet, Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor and Shesmetet
Known for: Capital City New Kingdom
Nekhen/ nxn 𓊕𓈖𓊖 (Hierakonpolis)
Hierakonpolis, Hierakōn polis/ Ἱεράκων πόλις "City of Hawks (Horus of Nekhen)"[Greek], El-Kom Al-Aħmar, El-Kab, Elkab الكوم الأحمر "Red mound" [Arabic]
Location:
Traid: Khepri, Re, Atum
Worshiped: *Horu/Horus of Nekhen "White one of Nekhen" (combo of Nekheny (Falcon god) and Wer (a god of light known as “the great one” whose eyes were the sun and moon), Nekhebet
Temples: Temple of Horu/Horus
Known for: Religious and political capital of Upper Egypt end of the Predynastic period , Has the most ancient Temple in Egypt, Location of the Narmer Palette, Known for the Scorpion King, oldest known tomb that is painted, oldest known Zoo.
Iunyt/ iwny.t 𓉺𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 "The Pillar" (NK); Ta-senet/ tA-snt 𓌉𓊨𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆗𓊖 , (Latopolis/ Esna)
Senat/snAt 𓊃𓈖𓄿𓏏𓊖 ,
sny(t) 𓊃𓈖𓏭𓏏𓊖 (LP);
Sekhet-Khenmu/ sxt-Xnmw 𓊨𓐍𓏏𓆇𓄋𓊽 "Fields of Khnum"
Esna/ إسنا [Arabic], Lato [Latin], Latopolis/ Λατόπολις, Láton Pólis/Λάτων Πόλις "city of Latopolis ") (Nole Perch Fish
sacred to Nit/Neith) [Greek], snē/ⲥⲛⲏ , esnē/ⲉⲥⲛⲏ [Coptic], Esns/ إسنا) [Arabic]
Location: West bank of the River Nile, 55km south of Luxor
Triad: Khenmu/ Khnum (husband), Neith/Nit (wife), Heka (son)
Triad: Khenmu/ Khnum (husband), Menhit , Heka (son)/Heka-pa-Khered (Son)
Worshiped: Nit/Neith of Esna, *Khenmu/ Khnum, Heka, Horu of Shedenu at Esna, Aqen/Aken (ferrymen of the dead),
Menhit (consort of Khenmu as well)
Temples: (Temple of Khenmu/ Khnum and Nit/ Netih)
Known for: Ptolemy III Euergetes, the restorer of so many temples, Ritual significance in acts of purity before entering into a temple. Became the Capital after Nekhen.
Cities
Hout-Senefrou /Ḥw.t-Snfrw "House (of Pharaoh) Snofrou", Ḥsfn
Kom Mer, Kome, Asphynites, Asphynis, Asfynis [Other names], Sḥbōn/ⲥϩⲃⲱⲛ , Sbōn/ⲥⲃⲱⲛ [Coptic] ,Asphinis/Ἀσφυνις [Greek], Asfynis [Latin], Kom El-Ahmar, Kom Mer, Asfun el-Mata'ua (Esfun) [Arabic], Asfun [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Horus-Hemen lord of Asphynis
Temples:
Known for:
Hefat /HFAt/ 𓎛𓆑𓄿𓏏𓊖, pr-HfA/ 𓉐𓏤𓎛𓆑𓏭𓄫𓆙𓊖 HfAw "City of Serpent"
El Mo'alla (Elevated area) [Arabic]
Location: East bank of the Nile, 44 km south of Luxor
Worshiped: Hemen of Hefa/Horakhte-Hemen of Hefat (Falcon god, Roman)
Temples: Hut-Sneferu to Hemen?
Known for: King Ankhtifi, served as a necropolis for the nearby city of Djerty/Tod
Per-Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Pathyris [Greek], Gebelein (ref. two hills mark boundry) [Arabic]
Location: Nothern limit of the nome, W bank.
Worshiped:
Temples:
Known for:
4th Nome Upper Egypt
𓈹 Waset/ wAst 𓋆 (Dominion Scepter)
Capita city
Waset/wAst 𓋆𓏏𓊖 "Dominion Scepter", tA-ipAt "City of the Scpeter" (Thebes /Karnak/ Luxor)
𓊖𓏏𓇔𓏏 niwt-rst "Souther city", 𓊖𓏏𓏤 Niut/ niwt "City"
Iwnw-Sma/ iwnwSmat 𓉺𓏌𓊖𓇗 "Heliopolis of the South"
Ir-t Rā/ Iset-Sekhenu-en-Ākhemu/ Ānkh [Other name], niwt-'imn, the "City of Amun" [End New
Kingdom]ˈloɡsˤor [Upper Egyptian], Ỉp.t "the adyton", tꜣ jpt "the temple" [Demoti],
Pape/ ⲡⲁⲡⲉ [Coptic] Thebes/Θῆβαι or Diospolis [Ancient Greek], Thēbai hekatómpyloi
Θῆβαι ἑκατόμπυλοι (Thebes of the Hundred Gates), Apis/Ἀπις , Ophieion/Ὠφιεῖον
<Aba al-Waqf / أبا الوقف, [Greek], Niut-Amun/ niwt-imn (City of Amun) [Egyptian New
Kingdom], No/נא , Nō Āmôn/ נא אמון [HebrewBible], megálē Dióspolis μεγάλη
Διόσπολις (Great Diospolis) (Used in Ptolemaic dynasty Diospolis, Zeus who was
seen as Amun) [Late Greek], Diospolis Magna "Great Zeus-City" [Latin],
al-ʾuqṣur/الأقصر "the place" (from qasr/قصر "castle" , "palace", or jpt-swt
temple) [Arabic] Thebes , Karnak , Luxor [Modern]
Location: East of the Nile 800 Km south of the Mediterranean, Lies in the Modern city of Luxor and Karnak on the Nile west bank.
Triad: Amun-Ra (husband), Mut (wife), Khonsu (son)
Triad: Amun (husband), Mut (wife), Khonsu (son)
Triad: Montu (husband), Tjenenet (wife), Iunit (Daughter)
Triad: Montu (husband), Tjenenet (wife), Rayttawy (Daughter)
Worshiped: *Amun, Mut, Khonsu, *Amun-Ra, (Anpu/ Anubis, Hut-Horut/ Hathor, Amun at Djeser-djeseru)
Temples: Karnak's Temple complex beside the Necropolis called Ta-opet/ tA-ipt [Egyptian] tA-pe [Demotic], Ipet-Sut /ipt-swt Temple of Amun (The one whcihc counts off places), Hut-Amun, Mut and Khonsu, Chapel of Anubis, Hathor Chapel, Sanctuary of Amun in Hatshepsut Temple/ djeser-djeseru 'holy of hollies' at Deir el-Bahari, Complex of Mut
Known for: Capital city. Valuable mineral resources and trade routs. On the eastern bank of the Nile, where the temples of Karnak and Luxor stand, and the western bank, where are the large private and royal cemeteries and funerary complexes. Temple of Mut was restored by Hatshepsut.
ipet-iswt (most sacred place) [Egyptian] Karnak [Modern]
ipt/Opet [Egyptian] Luxor [Modern]
𓈹 Waset/ wAst 𓋆 (Dominion Scepter)
Capita city
Waset/wAst 𓋆𓏏𓊖 "Dominion Scepter", tA-ipAt "City of the Scpeter" (Thebes /Karnak/ Luxor)
𓊖𓏏𓇔𓏏 niwt-rst "Souther city", 𓊖𓏏𓏤 Niut/ niwt "City"
Iwnw-Sma/ iwnwSmat 𓉺𓏌𓊖𓇗 "Heliopolis of the South"
Ir-t Rā/ Iset-Sekhenu-en-Ākhemu/ Ānkh [Other name], niwt-'imn, the "City of Amun" [End New
Kingdom]ˈloɡsˤor [Upper Egyptian], Ỉp.t "the adyton", tꜣ jpt "the temple" [Demoti],
Pape/ ⲡⲁⲡⲉ [Coptic] Thebes/Θῆβαι or Diospolis [Ancient Greek], Thēbai hekatómpyloi
Θῆβαι ἑκατόμπυλοι (Thebes of the Hundred Gates), Apis/Ἀπις , Ophieion/Ὠφιεῖον
<Aba al-Waqf / أبا الوقف, [Greek], Niut-Amun/ niwt-imn (City of Amun) [Egyptian New
Kingdom], No/נא , Nō Āmôn/ נא אמון [HebrewBible], megálē Dióspolis μεγάλη
Διόσπολις (Great Diospolis) (Used in Ptolemaic dynasty Diospolis, Zeus who was
seen as Amun) [Late Greek], Diospolis Magna "Great Zeus-City" [Latin],
al-ʾuqṣur/الأقصر "the place" (from qasr/قصر "castle" , "palace", or jpt-swt
temple) [Arabic] Thebes , Karnak , Luxor [Modern]
Location: East of the Nile 800 Km south of the Mediterranean, Lies in the Modern city of Luxor and Karnak on the Nile west bank.
Triad: Amun-Ra (husband), Mut (wife), Khonsu (son)
Triad: Amun (husband), Mut (wife), Khonsu (son)
Triad: Montu (husband), Tjenenet (wife), Iunit (Daughter)
Triad: Montu (husband), Tjenenet (wife), Rayttawy (Daughter)
Worshiped: *Amun, Mut, Khonsu, *Amun-Ra, (Anpu/ Anubis, Hut-Horut/ Hathor, Amun at Djeser-djeseru)
Temples: Karnak's Temple complex beside the Necropolis called Ta-opet/ tA-ipt [Egyptian] tA-pe [Demotic], Ipet-Sut /ipt-swt Temple of Amun (The one whcihc counts off places), Hut-Amun, Mut and Khonsu, Chapel of Anubis, Hathor Chapel, Sanctuary of Amun in Hatshepsut Temple/ djeser-djeseru 'holy of hollies' at Deir el-Bahari, Complex of Mut
Known for: Capital city. Valuable mineral resources and trade routs. On the eastern bank of the Nile, where the temples of Karnak and Luxor stand, and the western bank, where are the large private and royal cemeteries and funerary complexes. Temple of Mut was restored by Hatshepsut.
ipet-iswt (most sacred place) [Egyptian] Karnak [Modern]
ipt/Opet [Egyptian] Luxor [Modern]
𓐂𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹 psDt/ Ennead of Waset
Montu > Ȧmun-Rā
(masturbated or spat out his children)
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Sw/Shu (air) tfnwt/Tefnut (moisture)
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gb/Geb (earth) nwt/Nut (sky)
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Wesir/Osiris Auset/Isis Sutekh/Set Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys Horu-Ur (Horus the elder)
Montu > Ȧmun-Rā
(masturbated or spat out his children)
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Sw/Shu (air) tfnwt/Tefnut (moisture)
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gb/Geb (earth) nwt/Nut (sky)
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Wesir/Osiris Auset/Isis Sutekh/Set Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys Horu-Ur (Horus the elder)
Per-Hathor/ Per-Hut-hor 𓉐𓏤𓉡𓊖 (NK), 𓉐𓉗𓏏𓁷𓂋𓅃 (Ptolemaic) "House of Hathor", (Gebelein)
Inerty/ inr.ti/inrty 𓇋𓈖𓂋𓏏𓏭𓈜𓈜 (NK), 𓇋𓈖𓂋𓊌𓏏𓏭 "Two rocks"
Aphoditopolis/Ἀφροδιτόπολις , Pathuris/Παθυρις [Ancient Greek], Aljabalayn/الجبلين "Two Mountains" [Egyptian Arabic], Pathyris or Aphroditopolis [Latin] ,Gebelein or Gebelên, Jabalên , Naga el-Gherira/الغريرة [Modern]
Location: 40 km south of Thebes, modern name is Naga el-Gherira
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Djehuty/ Thoth, Sobek
Temples: Temple of Hut-hor/ Hathor
Known for: Predynastic mummies naturally mummified bodies.
Iuny/ iwni/ Iwnw 𓉺𓈖𓏭𓊖, 𓉺𓈖𓇋𓊖 (Hermonthis/Armant)
Iunu-Montu/ iwnw mnTt/jwn.w-n-mnṯ.w 𓉺𓏌𓊖𓏠𓈖𓍿𓏏𓊖 (Late Period, 664-332 BC)
Iwnw-Sma/ iwnw Smat/jwn.w-šmꜥ.w 𓉺𓏌𓊖𓇘𓏏𓊖, 𓉺𓋑𓏏𓊖 (Amun-Ra Souther Iunu), (Late Period, 664-332 BC)
Per-Montum, per-Ra House of Ra [Other Egyptian], Ȧn Shemā [Budge], r'-m-njwt, >
ri-ia-ma-nu [Akkadian], No-Ammon (City of Amun), On [Biblical], Erment /ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲛⲧ,
ᵉrmount/ⲣ̄ⲙⲟⲛⲧ (S) , Ermont/ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ (B) [Coptic], Ermōnthis/Ἕρμωνθις [Ancient Greek],
Hermonthis, Diospolis Megale (Amun w/ Zeus) [Greek], Armant 'Iunu-Montju >
(ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲛⲧ/ Coptic) [Modern]
Location: West bank of the Nile, 12 miles south of Thebes
Triad: *Montju/ Montu (as the sun god) (Husabnd), *Rāet-Tauy (She of Armant) (Wife), Harpare (son)
Tjenenet,
Worshiped: *Montju/ Montu (as the sun god) , Rāet-Tauy (She of Armant), Harpare, *Iwnit, Amun-Ra
White Temple : Montu
Temples: Temple of Montu, Temple of Harpare
Known for: Was the Capital till the 18th dynasty. Became the Capital under Cleopatra VII. Montu worshiped as abill, Bucheum, the burial place of the sacred Buchis bulls of Hermonthis.
Cities
Madu/mAdw 𓌳𓂧𓅱 / (Medamud)
Pademi/pA-dmi 𓅯𓄿𓂧𓏇𓊖
Deir el-Medina/ Oa-Demi/
Petemout/ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ, Metemout/ⲘⲈⲦⲈⲘⲞⲨⲦ [Coptic], al-Madāmūd/الدامود,
Nadsch' al-Madamud/ نجع المدامود [Arabic], Medamud [Modern]
Triad: Montju/ Montu (husband), Rayt-Tauy "Council of the Two Lands" (wife), Harpocrates (son)
Triad: Qadesh, Astarte, Anat
Local god: Mersegrit "She who loves silence" (worker in Theban necropolis)
Worshiped: *Montju/ Montu, Bull/ baka/ Buchis (white body with black face), Mersegrit
Temples: Temple of Montu , Temple of Harpare
Location: 8 km east-north from Luxor.
Triad : Reshep (Husband), Qadesh (Wife), Min (Son)
Worshiped: *Harpare , Hut-Hor/Hathor
Temples: Temple of Harpare, temple of Hathor
Location:
Known for: workmen's village, artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the18th to 20th
Sement/smn(t) 𓊃𓏠𓈖𓏏𓊖 (Ptolemaic), Sumenu/ Smenu/s(w)mnw 𓅭𓅭𓅭𓊖 (Crocodilopolis)
Nebsyt/ nrbsit 𓈖𓂋𓃀𓋴𓆶𓇋𓏏𓊖 (Alt Name)
Imiotru, ʼIwmìtrw [Alt Ancient Egyptian], Krokodeilōn Pólis/Κροκοδείλων πόλις [Ancient Greek],
el-Mahamid Qibly [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Sobek (ME)
Temples: Temple Sobek "Sobek, lord of Sumenu/Swmnw n(y) Sbk"
Notes: Temple Sobek sits on this location however Imiotru/Crocodilopolis is the name of the whole city and is lcoated in Pa-Ym(a) /pA-ym(a)/Faiyum 21th Nome Upper Egypt and also goes by the name Crocodilopolis, with Amenemhat III "Sobek, lord of Sumenu" located at Sumenu lost its appeal and the city no longer went by Sumenu, and Crocodilopolis 21th Nome Upper Egypt of Faiyum became better known. Eventually Temple Sobek "Sobek, lord of Sumenu/Swmnw n(y) Sbk" was demaleshed in favor for "Sobek of Shedyt" Faiyum. Situated on a hill
Known for:
Djerty/ Drty 𓇥𓂋𓏏𓏭𓊖, 𓇥𓂋𓇋𓇋𓅧 "Kite bird" (Falcon form) "Isis&Nephthys" (El Tod, Tuphium)
Thouôt/ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧ, Taut/ⲧⲁⲩⲧ, Tuot [Coptic], Tuphiom/Τουφιον [Greek], Tuphium [Latin], El Tod/ aṭ-Ṭūd/ طود [Arabic] Tod, Tuphium [Modern]
Location: 20 km southwest of Luxor near the Settlement of Hermonthis, opposite bank to Hermonthis
Traid: Montju/ Montu (as the sun god) (husband), *Rāet-Tauy "She of Armant" (Wife), Harpare (son),
Worshiped: *Montju/ Montu, *Rāet-Tauy (She of Armant), Harpare, *Iwnit/Iunit/Junit, Hemen of Tuphium (Falcon god, Romen), Sobek, Tjenenyet
Temples: Temple of Montu, Temple of Iunit/Junit, Temple of Hemen, Temple of Harpare, Temple of Montu& Rāet
Known for:
Djamet / Dsr-st
Dsrt-imntt 'The Western Holy place' / Medinet Habu [Modern]
Location: West bank of Luxor
Worshiped: Amun, Auset
Temples: Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, Cult center of Amun, Temple of Esna, Deir el-Shelwit/ Temple of Auset/Isis Graeco-Roman)
Known for:
Imiotru
Rizeiqat [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples: Temple of Sobek
Known for:
Inerty/ inr.ti/inrty 𓇋𓈖𓂋𓏏𓏭𓈜𓈜 (NK), 𓇋𓈖𓂋𓊌𓏏𓏭 "Two rocks"
Aphoditopolis/Ἀφροδιτόπολις , Pathuris/Παθυρις [Ancient Greek], Aljabalayn/الجبلين "Two Mountains" [Egyptian Arabic], Pathyris or Aphroditopolis [Latin] ,Gebelein or Gebelên, Jabalên , Naga el-Gherira/الغريرة [Modern]
Location: 40 km south of Thebes, modern name is Naga el-Gherira
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Djehuty/ Thoth, Sobek
Temples: Temple of Hut-hor/ Hathor
Known for: Predynastic mummies naturally mummified bodies.
Iuny/ iwni/ Iwnw 𓉺𓈖𓏭𓊖, 𓉺𓈖𓇋𓊖 (Hermonthis/Armant)
Iunu-Montu/ iwnw mnTt/jwn.w-n-mnṯ.w 𓉺𓏌𓊖𓏠𓈖𓍿𓏏𓊖 (Late Period, 664-332 BC)
Iwnw-Sma/ iwnw Smat/jwn.w-šmꜥ.w 𓉺𓏌𓊖𓇘𓏏𓊖, 𓉺𓋑𓏏𓊖 (Amun-Ra Souther Iunu), (Late Period, 664-332 BC)
Per-Montum, per-Ra House of Ra [Other Egyptian], Ȧn Shemā [Budge], r'-m-njwt, >
ri-ia-ma-nu [Akkadian], No-Ammon (City of Amun), On [Biblical], Erment /ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲛⲧ,
ᵉrmount/ⲣ̄ⲙⲟⲛⲧ (S) , Ermont/ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ (B) [Coptic], Ermōnthis/Ἕρμωνθις [Ancient Greek],
Hermonthis, Diospolis Megale (Amun w/ Zeus) [Greek], Armant 'Iunu-Montju >
(ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲛⲧ/ Coptic) [Modern]
Location: West bank of the Nile, 12 miles south of Thebes
Triad: *Montju/ Montu (as the sun god) (Husabnd), *Rāet-Tauy (She of Armant) (Wife), Harpare (son)
Tjenenet,
Worshiped: *Montju/ Montu (as the sun god) , Rāet-Tauy (She of Armant), Harpare, *Iwnit, Amun-Ra
White Temple : Montu
Temples: Temple of Montu, Temple of Harpare
Known for: Was the Capital till the 18th dynasty. Became the Capital under Cleopatra VII. Montu worshiped as abill, Bucheum, the burial place of the sacred Buchis bulls of Hermonthis.
Cities
Madu/mAdw 𓌳𓂧𓅱 / (Medamud)
Pademi/pA-dmi 𓅯𓄿𓂧𓏇𓊖
Deir el-Medina/ Oa-Demi/
Petemout/ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ, Metemout/ⲘⲈⲦⲈⲘⲞⲨⲦ [Coptic], al-Madāmūd/الدامود,
Nadsch' al-Madamud/ نجع المدامود [Arabic], Medamud [Modern]
Triad: Montju/ Montu (husband), Rayt-Tauy "Council of the Two Lands" (wife), Harpocrates (son)
Triad: Qadesh, Astarte, Anat
Local god: Mersegrit "She who loves silence" (worker in Theban necropolis)
Worshiped: *Montju/ Montu, Bull/ baka/ Buchis (white body with black face), Mersegrit
Temples: Temple of Montu , Temple of Harpare
Location: 8 km east-north from Luxor.
Triad : Reshep (Husband), Qadesh (Wife), Min (Son)
Worshiped: *Harpare , Hut-Hor/Hathor
Temples: Temple of Harpare, temple of Hathor
Location:
Known for: workmen's village, artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the18th to 20th
Sement/smn(t) 𓊃𓏠𓈖𓏏𓊖 (Ptolemaic), Sumenu/ Smenu/s(w)mnw 𓅭𓅭𓅭𓊖 (Crocodilopolis)
Nebsyt/ nrbsit 𓈖𓂋𓃀𓋴𓆶𓇋𓏏𓊖 (Alt Name)
Imiotru, ʼIwmìtrw [Alt Ancient Egyptian], Krokodeilōn Pólis/Κροκοδείλων πόλις [Ancient Greek],
el-Mahamid Qibly [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Sobek (ME)
Temples: Temple Sobek "Sobek, lord of Sumenu/Swmnw n(y) Sbk"
Notes: Temple Sobek sits on this location however Imiotru/Crocodilopolis is the name of the whole city and is lcoated in Pa-Ym(a) /pA-ym(a)/Faiyum 21th Nome Upper Egypt and also goes by the name Crocodilopolis, with Amenemhat III "Sobek, lord of Sumenu" located at Sumenu lost its appeal and the city no longer went by Sumenu, and Crocodilopolis 21th Nome Upper Egypt of Faiyum became better known. Eventually Temple Sobek "Sobek, lord of Sumenu/Swmnw n(y) Sbk" was demaleshed in favor for "Sobek of Shedyt" Faiyum. Situated on a hill
Known for:
Djerty/ Drty 𓇥𓂋𓏏𓏭𓊖, 𓇥𓂋𓇋𓇋𓅧 "Kite bird" (Falcon form) "Isis&Nephthys" (El Tod, Tuphium)
Thouôt/ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧ, Taut/ⲧⲁⲩⲧ, Tuot [Coptic], Tuphiom/Τουφιον [Greek], Tuphium [Latin], El Tod/ aṭ-Ṭūd/ طود [Arabic] Tod, Tuphium [Modern]
Location: 20 km southwest of Luxor near the Settlement of Hermonthis, opposite bank to Hermonthis
Traid: Montju/ Montu (as the sun god) (husband), *Rāet-Tauy "She of Armant" (Wife), Harpare (son),
Worshiped: *Montju/ Montu, *Rāet-Tauy (She of Armant), Harpare, *Iwnit/Iunit/Junit, Hemen of Tuphium (Falcon god, Romen), Sobek, Tjenenyet
Temples: Temple of Montu, Temple of Iunit/Junit, Temple of Hemen, Temple of Harpare, Temple of Montu& Rāet
Known for:
Djamet / Dsr-st
Dsrt-imntt 'The Western Holy place' / Medinet Habu [Modern]
Location: West bank of Luxor
Worshiped: Amun, Auset
Temples: Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, Cult center of Amun, Temple of Esna, Deir el-Shelwit/ Temple of Auset/Isis Graeco-Roman)
Known for:
Imiotru
Rizeiqat [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped:
Temples: Temple of Sobek
Known for:
5th Nome Upper Egypt
𓈺 Bikwy, netjeruy, Horuy/Herui/Harawî/Hrwy (Two flacons, "Min and Horu/Horus")
Location: Area around Koptos
Worshiped: Min/ Amsu, Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
White Chapel (Het-net): Min of Coptos
Temples:
Known for:
Capital City
Gebtu/ gb.tiw /gbtyw 𓎤𓃀𓏏𓏭𓅂𓏏𓊖, 𓎤𓃀𓅂𓊖 , Iter-Shemā (Coptos)
Keft/ Ⲕⲉϥⲧ, Kebto [Coptic], Coptos, Koptos /Κόπτος [Ancient Greek], Justinianopolis (Roman) , Qift/ قفط [Arabic]
Location: starting-point of the two great caravan routes leading to the coast of the Red Sea
Worshiped: *Min/Khem, Amun-Min/ Min-Amun, Min-Amen-ka-Mut-ef "Min-Amen-bull of his
mother" (Huthor/Hathor-Auset/Isis), *Huthor/Hathor-Auset/Isis, *Horu-sa-Auset , Ȧmsu , Hut-Horet-Auset, Geb
Temples: Nother Temple (Min & Auset/Isis) (Ptolemaic period); chapel of Wesir/Osiris; Middle Temple (Min);
Southern temple (Geb); Temple of Claudius at El-Qala (Min, Auset/Isis, and Horus, Hathor)
Known for: Capital city of Horuy, most important religious center in the area
Iushenshen/ jw-šnšn/Iwšnšn 𓈀𓏤𓍲𓈖𓍲𓈖𓊖 (Iushenshen)
Khozam , Iushenshen
Location: 25 Kilometers South of Coptos, there is the modern town called Khozam
Worshiped: Min, Auset/ Isis, Horu sa Auset ( Horus the child)
Temples:
Known for: Capital during (OK)
Cities
Gesa/Gesy/gis/ gsA 𓎼𓋴𓐟𓄿𓊖, Qesa/qsA 𓎤𓋴𓐟𓄿𓊖 (Qus)
Kōs berbir/ⲕⲱⲥ ⲃⲉⲣⲃⲓⲣ “burning Kôs” [Coptc], Apollinopolis/ Απολλινόπολις, Apóllon Mikrós/ Ἀπόλλων μικρός "Apollo the younger" ,, Apollonos minoris (older name) [Greek], Apollonopolis Parva, Apollinopolis Mikra, Apóllonos i Mikra /Ἀπόλλωνος ἡ μικρά "Apollo the little ones" [Graeco-Romen], Diocletianopolis, Apollo inferior [Romen], Gesy, qus warwir/ قوص واروير, (older name) [Arabic], Qūṣ/قوص, [current Arabic name], Qus [Modern]
Location: east bank of the nile
worshiped: *Horu/Horus-Haroeris "Her-wer', Heqet
Temples: Temple of Haroeris (Horu/Horus) and Heqet (Ptolemaic period)
Known for: point of departure for expeditions to the Red Sea. 13th century commercial route to the Red sea.
Nubet/ Nebut/ nbwt/ Nubt 𓃫𓋞𓃀𓏏𓊖, 𓋟𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖, 𓋞𓃀𓏏𓅱𓊖 (MK) "City of gold" (Ombos/Naqada)
Ombos, South Town [Other names], Nekatērion/ⲛⲉⲕⲁⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ [Coptic],
Παμπανις/Pampanis [Ancient Greek], Ombos/Ὀμβος [Greek], Kom Ombo “The Hill Of Gold” [Greco-Romen],
Naqāda/نقادة [Egyptian Arabic],Tuj/Tukh/Ṭūkh [Arabic],
Negade, Naqada [Modern]
Location: west bank of the nile, 25 km north of Thebes.
Triad: Hor-Wer/Haroeris (Husband), Tasenetnofert "the beautiful/good sister (Wife), Panebtawy "the lord of the Two Lands" (Son)
Worshiped: *Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Temples: Temple of Setesh
Known for: Naqada culture, huge cemetery near Naqādah, pottery, the main predynastic centre in UE
Shenhur, pA-S-n-Hr "The lake of Horu/Horus"
pshenhōr ⲡϣ(ⲉ)ⲛϩⲱⲣ [Coptic], Shenhur [Arabic]
Location: East bank of the Nile, 20km north of Luxor
Worshiped: (Auset/Isis) , Horudja, Tutu, Min, Nit/ Neith, Amun
Temples: Temple of Auset/ Isis (Roman period) , Temple of Horudja (dedicated to Tut), House of Amun/ Temple of Wadi el-Sebua, Temple build by Amenhotep III dedicated to Horu/Horus and Amun, Temple built by Ramesses II dedicated to Amun-Ra and Ra-Horakhty
Known for:
6th Nome Upper Egypt
𓈻 Meseḥ/msH, Iqer/iqr (Crocodile)
Location: Most of the east to west bend of the Nile
Worshiped: (Hut-hor/ Hathor)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for:
Capital City
Iunet/ iwnt 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓊖 "The pillar" (OK), Tantarer/ Tentyra/ Tantere/ Tentura/ tA-n-tA-rr(t) 𓇾𓈖𓇾𓂋𓂋𓏏𓊖 (Dendera)
Taentem/ tA-n-tm 𓇾𓈖𓄟𓎵𓏏𓊖 "Land of ancestress, mother" ?,
ı͗wnt-tꜣ-ntrt 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓏏𓄿𓊹𓏏𓂋𓏏𓆗𓊖 "The pillar of the goddess",
pr-Axt-kA 𓉐𓏤𓅜𓐍𓏏𓃽𓏏𓊖 "house of the female soul of the bull"
Ta-Iunu-ta-netjeret "Pillar of the Goddess", Ta-ynt-netert "she of the Devine pillar", Nikentori or Nitentori "Willow Wood" [Original Egyptian Site], Aw-HApt, s.t-Wrt, s.t-msxnt, tA-n-itm, tA-rr, tꜣ-ntrt "of the goddess" [Other Egyptian names], (from ı͗wnt-tꜣ-ntrt) Nitentōri/ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ [Coptic], (from ı͗wnt-tꜣ-ntrt) Tenturis/Τεντυρις [Koinē Greek], Tentyris, Tentyra/Τέντυρα, Kainepolis [Greek], Dendera [English] Dandarah /دندرة, Qena [Arabic], Denderah [Modern]
Location: West bank of the Nile 5 km South of Qena, 60 km North of Luxor
Triad: Horu/Horus of Edfu (husband), Hut-Hor/ Hathor (wife), Ihy (son)
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Horu/Horus of Edfu, Ihy, Auset/ Isis, Crocodiles/ Sobek, Sekhet (Hur-Hor of Denderah), Horu-Shu, Tayet
Temple: Dendara Temple-Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor (one of the best preserved), Temple of Auset/ Isis (celebrates her birth), Temple of Ihy, Temple of Mammisi (Birth) ; House of the Repit
Known for: Best-preserved Temple (Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor), Dendera zodiac
𓈻 Meseḥ/msH, Iqer/iqr (Crocodile)
Location: Most of the east to west bend of the Nile
Worshiped: (Hut-hor/ Hathor)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for:
Capital City
Iunet/ iwnt 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓊖 "The pillar" (OK), Tantarer/ Tentyra/ Tantere/ Tentura/ tA-n-tA-rr(t) 𓇾𓈖𓇾𓂋𓂋𓏏𓊖 (Dendera)
Taentem/ tA-n-tm 𓇾𓈖𓄟𓎵𓏏𓊖 "Land of ancestress, mother" ?,
ı͗wnt-tꜣ-ntrt 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓏏𓄿𓊹𓏏𓂋𓏏𓆗𓊖 "The pillar of the goddess",
pr-Axt-kA 𓉐𓏤𓅜𓐍𓏏𓃽𓏏𓊖 "house of the female soul of the bull"
Ta-Iunu-ta-netjeret "Pillar of the Goddess", Ta-ynt-netert "she of the Devine pillar", Nikentori or Nitentori "Willow Wood" [Original Egyptian Site], Aw-HApt, s.t-Wrt, s.t-msxnt, tA-n-itm, tA-rr, tꜣ-ntrt "of the goddess" [Other Egyptian names], (from ı͗wnt-tꜣ-ntrt) Nitentōri/ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ [Coptic], (from ı͗wnt-tꜣ-ntrt) Tenturis/Τεντυρις [Koinē Greek], Tentyris, Tentyra/Τέντυρα, Kainepolis [Greek], Dendera [English] Dandarah /دندرة, Qena [Arabic], Denderah [Modern]
Location: West bank of the Nile 5 km South of Qena, 60 km North of Luxor
Triad: Horu/Horus of Edfu (husband), Hut-Hor/ Hathor (wife), Ihy (son)
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Horu/Horus of Edfu, Ihy, Auset/ Isis, Crocodiles/ Sobek, Sekhet (Hur-Hor of Denderah), Horu-Shu, Tayet
Temple: Dendara Temple-Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor (one of the best preserved), Temple of Auset/ Isis (celebrates her birth), Temple of Ihy, Temple of Mammisi (Birth) ; House of the Repit
Known for: Best-preserved Temple (Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor), Dendera zodiac
7th Nome Upper Egypt
𓈼 Bat, Seshesh/ sSS (Sistrum)
Location: Around Nag Hammadi.
Worshiped: *Bat, Hut-Hor/ Hathor (replaced Bat New Kingdom), Hu
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Bat
Known for:
Cities
Hut-Sekhem/Hwt-sxm(w) 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓊃𓈙𓅓𓌂𓏥𓉐𓊖, Hut-Sekhem-Senusret, Hut/Hwt 𓉗𓏏𓊖 (Diospolis Parva)
Seshesh/ Pa-Khen-Iment/ Uas-Meḥ [Other names],Cologne Lucia Septimia Severia Diospolis, Diospolis of Palestine [other names], Diospolis Parva "Little Zeus-City", Diospolis Superior "Upper Zeus-City" [Greek Ptolemaic], Hiw, Hu/ هُ [Arabic] Hiw, Lod [Modern]
Location: 18 kilometers south-east of Joppa , in the Plain of Sharon.
Local God: Neferhotep, Hut-Sekhem
Worshiped: Bat (first then Hathor who later became her, (-12th D) *Hut-Hor/Hathor (18th D+) , *Hut-Sekhem (form of Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys), Hu , Neferhotep, Amun (later which gave the Greeks name Zeus, was equated to Amun)
Temple: Temple of Amun
Known for: Temple goose herders (27th dynasty )
𓈼 Bat, Seshesh/ sSS (Sistrum)
Location: Around Nag Hammadi.
Worshiped: *Bat, Hut-Hor/ Hathor (replaced Bat New Kingdom), Hu
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Bat
Known for:
Cities
Hut-Sekhem/Hwt-sxm(w) 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓊃𓈙𓅓𓌂𓏥𓉐𓊖, Hut-Sekhem-Senusret, Hut/Hwt 𓉗𓏏𓊖 (Diospolis Parva)
Seshesh/ Pa-Khen-Iment/ Uas-Meḥ [Other names],Cologne Lucia Septimia Severia Diospolis, Diospolis of Palestine [other names], Diospolis Parva "Little Zeus-City", Diospolis Superior "Upper Zeus-City" [Greek Ptolemaic], Hiw, Hu/ هُ [Arabic] Hiw, Lod [Modern]
Location: 18 kilometers south-east of Joppa , in the Plain of Sharon.
Local God: Neferhotep, Hut-Sekhem
Worshiped: Bat (first then Hathor who later became her, (-12th D) *Hut-Hor/Hathor (18th D+) , *Hut-Sekhem (form of Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys), Hu , Neferhotep, Amun (later which gave the Greeks name Zeus, was equated to Amun)
Temple: Temple of Amun
Known for: Temple goose herders (27th dynasty )
8th Nome Upper Egypt
𓈽 tA-wr (Great Land)
Location: Area around Abydos
Worshiped: Khentamentiu, Wesir/ Osiris, Anhur/ Onuris
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Khenty-Imentiu/ Khentamentiu/ Khentamenthes (Chief of the Westerners)
Known for:
Capital City
Tjenyt 𓍿𓈖𓏭𓌙𓏏𓊖, Teny/Tny 𓏏𓈖𓏭𓌙𓊖, 𓍿𓈖𓇋𓊖 Tjenu, Tnt.tn, Tjeny (Thinis)
This, Thinis/Θίνις [ancient Greek], Girga [Modern], Thinis [English]
Location: on the border of the competing Heracleopolitan and Theban
Worshiped: Khentamentiu/Khenty-Amentiu "bull of Thinis" (Anhur/bull after death) , Menhit/ mnHyt (consort of Anhur), Inheret-Shu (son of Ra), *Anhur/ Onuris "bull of Thinis"
Temple: Temple of the resting place of Anhur/ Khenti-Amentiu "bull of Thinis" (Anhur/bull after death)
Known for: Capital City (of first dynasties of Egypt) relocated to Memphis in the 3rd Dynasty, Narmer or Menes United Egypt.
Cities
Ta-Ur/ Ta-wer/tA-wr 𓇾𓅨𓂋𓋅, 𓋃 "great land"; Abdju/ AbDw 𓍋𓃀𓈋𓊖 (Abydos)
Ebōt /Ⲉⲃⲱⲧ [Coptic], Aboudos /Ἄβυδος [Greek] , Al-Arabah, Al-Birba, el-Madfuna, Abīdūs/ أبيدوس [Arabic] , Abydos [Modern]
Location: 11 km West of the Nile
Triads : Wesir/Osirus (Husband), Auste/Isis (wife), Horu/Horus (Son)
Local God : Khentiamentiu
Worshiped: Khenty-Amentiu/ Khentamentiu/ Khentamenthes (Chief of the Westerners, manifestation of the dead pharaoh in the underworld as well as a god), Ȧmuntet (goddess of the West), Wesir/ Osiris (Later absorbed Khentamentiu), *Auset/ Isis, Anpu/ Anubis, Bes (temple pf Seti I), Anhur
Temple: Temple Wesir/ Osiris Khentamentiu, Royal Necropolis rA-pkr (District of Poker-tree)/Umm el-Qa'ab/ أم القعاب (Mother of Pots), Temple of Seti I, Seti I had temples built for Ptah, Re-Horakhty, Amun-Re, Horu/ Horus, Auset/Isis and Wesir/ Osiris.
Known for: One of the oldest Ancient Egyptian cites. Considered one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, A tradition developed that the Early Dynastic cemetery was the burial place of Osiris and the tomb of Djer was reinterpreted as that of Osiris. Abydos King List written by Seti I Reine. Abydos is a name in refrence to Milesian colony of Abydos
𓈽 tA-wr (Great Land)
Location: Area around Abydos
Worshiped: Khentamentiu, Wesir/ Osiris, Anhur/ Onuris
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Khenty-Imentiu/ Khentamentiu/ Khentamenthes (Chief of the Westerners)
Known for:
Capital City
Tjenyt 𓍿𓈖𓏭𓌙𓏏𓊖, Teny/Tny 𓏏𓈖𓏭𓌙𓊖, 𓍿𓈖𓇋𓊖 Tjenu, Tnt.tn, Tjeny (Thinis)
This, Thinis/Θίνις [ancient Greek], Girga [Modern], Thinis [English]
Location: on the border of the competing Heracleopolitan and Theban
Worshiped: Khentamentiu/Khenty-Amentiu "bull of Thinis" (Anhur/bull after death) , Menhit/ mnHyt (consort of Anhur), Inheret-Shu (son of Ra), *Anhur/ Onuris "bull of Thinis"
Temple: Temple of the resting place of Anhur/ Khenti-Amentiu "bull of Thinis" (Anhur/bull after death)
Known for: Capital City (of first dynasties of Egypt) relocated to Memphis in the 3rd Dynasty, Narmer or Menes United Egypt.
Cities
Ta-Ur/ Ta-wer/tA-wr 𓇾𓅨𓂋𓋅, 𓋃 "great land"; Abdju/ AbDw 𓍋𓃀𓈋𓊖 (Abydos)
Ebōt /Ⲉⲃⲱⲧ [Coptic], Aboudos /Ἄβυδος [Greek] , Al-Arabah, Al-Birba, el-Madfuna, Abīdūs/ أبيدوس [Arabic] , Abydos [Modern]
Location: 11 km West of the Nile
Triads : Wesir/Osirus (Husband), Auste/Isis (wife), Horu/Horus (Son)
Local God : Khentiamentiu
Worshiped: Khenty-Amentiu/ Khentamentiu/ Khentamenthes (Chief of the Westerners, manifestation of the dead pharaoh in the underworld as well as a god), Ȧmuntet (goddess of the West), Wesir/ Osiris (Later absorbed Khentamentiu), *Auset/ Isis, Anpu/ Anubis, Bes (temple pf Seti I), Anhur
Temple: Temple Wesir/ Osiris Khentamentiu, Royal Necropolis rA-pkr (District of Poker-tree)/Umm el-Qa'ab/ أم القعاب (Mother of Pots), Temple of Seti I, Seti I had temples built for Ptah, Re-Horakhty, Amun-Re, Horu/ Horus, Auset/Isis and Wesir/ Osiris.
Known for: One of the oldest Ancient Egyptian cites. Considered one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, A tradition developed that the Early Dynastic cemetery was the burial place of Osiris and the tomb of Djer was reinterpreted as that of Osiris. Abydos King List written by Seti I Reine. Abydos is a name in refrence to Milesian colony of Abydos
9th Nome Upper Egypt
𓈾 Minu/ mnw, Khenet-Min (named after the God)
Location: Area around Akhmim
Worshiped: Min, Ȧ'ahbet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Min (Strong Horus)
Known for: Chief sources of the beautiful textiles
Capital City
Ȧpu/ ipw/ ip 𓇋𓊪𓅱𓊖 , Khent-min 𓋉𓊾𓁤𓊖, xnt-mnw 𓏅𓈖𓏏𓐍𓋉𓐝𓊖 (NK) (Akhmim)
Khemenu/ Ārty-Ḥeru [Other name], Khmin/ⳉⲙⲓⲙ (A), Shmin/ϣⲙⲓⲛ (B, S) [Coptic], Khemmis/ Chemmis /Χέμμις, Anòs Pólis/ανὸς πόλις , Panópolis/Πανόπολις [Ancient Greek], Panopolis/ Πανων πόλις, Πανόπολις [Greek], Akhmim/ أخميم [Arabic], Shmim/ Ϣⲙⲓⲙ, Shmin/ϣⲙⲓⲛ (B, S) , Khmin/Shmin/ϣⲙⲓⲛ, Khmin/ⲭⲙⲓⲛ Khmim/ⲭⲙⲓⲙ (S), Khmim/ⳉⲙⲓⲙ (A) [Coptic] Akhmim, Sohag [Modern]
Location: East bank of the nile, 5 miles to the north east of Sohag
Triad : Min (husband), Aper-set/Aperetaset (wife) , 𓈎𓄓𓍑𓄿𓏤𓀔/qrnDA-pA-Xrd /Kolanthes/ Κολάνθης (son)
2) Min (husband), Repyt (lioness goddess) , qrnDA-pA-Xrd /Kolanthes (son)
Worshiped: *Min and his consort Ȧ'ahbet (goddess of the East), Min's Consort as well Repyt (lioness goddess) and Thryphis/Anthrebi (associated with Amun-Khem) (lioness goddess), Ȧmsu , Lynkeus/Λυγκέα, Perseus, Pan (Greeks identified w/Min as The Strong Horu/Horus) ,
Temple: Temple to Min, Temple to Perseus the son of Danae
Known for: Fertility worship, Horu/ Horus was born to Auset/ Isis in Khemmis (~ref Horus in the Pyramid Texts by Thomas George Allen)
Cities
Hut-repyt/ Hut-Repit/ Hwt-rpyt 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓂋𓊪𓇋𓇋𓏏𓆇𓊖,Hut-Reput/Hwt-rpwt, H.t-tA-Hr.t-ib (Athribis)
Atepe/ⲁⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉ, Atʰrēbi/ⲁⲑⲣⲏⲃⲓ [Coptic], Triphieion, Tripheion [Ancinet Greek] , Athribis [Greek], Adriba/أدريبة [Arabic],
Wannina, Nag' Hamad [Modern]; Panopolite nome
Location: 10 km (6 mi) southwest of the city of Akhmim
Worshiped: Repyt/Repit
Temple: Temple Athribis, Temple for Repyt/Repit
Known for:
Neshau
Sohag [Modern]
𓈾 Minu/ mnw, Khenet-Min (named after the God)
Location: Area around Akhmim
Worshiped: Min, Ȧ'ahbet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Min (Strong Horus)
Known for: Chief sources of the beautiful textiles
Capital City
Ȧpu/ ipw/ ip 𓇋𓊪𓅱𓊖 , Khent-min 𓋉𓊾𓁤𓊖, xnt-mnw 𓏅𓈖𓏏𓐍𓋉𓐝𓊖 (NK) (Akhmim)
Khemenu/ Ārty-Ḥeru [Other name], Khmin/ⳉⲙⲓⲙ (A), Shmin/ϣⲙⲓⲛ (B, S) [Coptic], Khemmis/ Chemmis /Χέμμις, Anòs Pólis/ανὸς πόλις , Panópolis/Πανόπολις [Ancient Greek], Panopolis/ Πανων πόλις, Πανόπολις [Greek], Akhmim/ أخميم [Arabic], Shmim/ Ϣⲙⲓⲙ, Shmin/ϣⲙⲓⲛ (B, S) , Khmin/Shmin/ϣⲙⲓⲛ, Khmin/ⲭⲙⲓⲛ Khmim/ⲭⲙⲓⲙ (S), Khmim/ⳉⲙⲓⲙ (A) [Coptic] Akhmim, Sohag [Modern]
Location: East bank of the nile, 5 miles to the north east of Sohag
Triad : Min (husband), Aper-set/Aperetaset (wife) , 𓈎𓄓𓍑𓄿𓏤𓀔/qrnDA-pA-Xrd /Kolanthes/ Κολάνθης (son)
2) Min (husband), Repyt (lioness goddess) , qrnDA-pA-Xrd /Kolanthes (son)
Worshiped: *Min and his consort Ȧ'ahbet (goddess of the East), Min's Consort as well Repyt (lioness goddess) and Thryphis/Anthrebi (associated with Amun-Khem) (lioness goddess), Ȧmsu , Lynkeus/Λυγκέα, Perseus, Pan (Greeks identified w/Min as The Strong Horu/Horus) ,
Temple: Temple to Min, Temple to Perseus the son of Danae
Known for: Fertility worship, Horu/ Horus was born to Auset/ Isis in Khemmis (~ref Horus in the Pyramid Texts by Thomas George Allen)
Cities
Hut-repyt/ Hut-Repit/ Hwt-rpyt 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓂋𓊪𓇋𓇋𓏏𓆇𓊖,Hut-Reput/Hwt-rpwt, H.t-tA-Hr.t-ib (Athribis)
Atepe/ⲁⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉ, Atʰrēbi/ⲁⲑⲣⲏⲃⲓ [Coptic], Triphieion, Tripheion [Ancinet Greek] , Athribis [Greek], Adriba/أدريبة [Arabic],
Wannina, Nag' Hamad [Modern]; Panopolite nome
Location: 10 km (6 mi) southwest of the city of Akhmim
Worshiped: Repyt/Repit
Temple: Temple Athribis, Temple for Repyt/Repit
Known for:
Neshau
Sohag [Modern]
10th Nome Upper Egypt
𓈿 Wadj, wAD 𓉀 Wadjet, Uatchet/ wADy.t Cobra Goddess Wadjet)
Location: Lay between Gebel Haridi and Gebel Selim. North of Qaw el Kebir
Worshiped: Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, mAi-HsA/ Ma'ahes; Anti /Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus as Hr-sA-Ast/Harsiese), Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Bau
Known for:
Capital City
Tjebta/ TbtA 𓋸𓏏𓊖𓋸 ,Tjebu/Tbw,𓋸𓋸𓏲𓏲𓊖, 𓋸𓅱𓊖 "Sandal"; Djew-Qa/Dw-qA(t) 𓈋𓈎𓀠𓏏𓊖 (Qua)
Tkōou/ ⲧⲕⲱⲟⲩ, Tkoou /ⲧⲕⲟⲟⲩ [Coptic] , Aphroditopolis (Thebian)[Ptolemaic period ], Antaeopolis/Ανταιοπολιτης, Τιεμπού? [Greek], Antaíou pólis/ Ἀνταίου Πόλις [Ancient Greek],
Anteu [Latin], Qau el-Kebir/قاو الكبير [Arabic]
Location: Eastern bank of the Nile in Sohag
Local God : Nemty/Antaeus
Worshiped: *Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set , mAi-HsA/ Ma'ahes/Mihos , Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys , *Hut-Hor/Hathor , Ruty
Temple: Temple of Nemty
White Chapel (Het-net): Bau
Known for: Cult Center for Sutekh/Set from Tjebu, nearby necropolis was named Djou-Qa/Dw-qA
Cities
Pashen, Pashena / pASn 𓅮𓃭𓂝𓉐𓊖 "The Store" (Apotheke)
Apothēkē/Ⲁⲡⲟⲑⲏⲕⲏ [Coptic], Apotheke/Ἀποθήκη [Ancient Greek], Aboutig/: أبو تيج [Arabic]
Location: located 350 kilometers south of Cairo , twenty kilometers from Assiut
Worshiped:
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
10bth Nome Upper Egypt
𓊹𓊹𓊾 Neteruy (The two gods)
Djew-Qa /Du-qat/ Dw-qAw/ Dw-qA(t) 𓈋𓈎𓀠𓏏𓊖 (High mountain)
Antaeopolis/Ανταιοπολιτης [Greek]
Location:
Worshiped: *Horu/Horus
𓈿 Wadj, wAD 𓉀 Wadjet, Uatchet/ wADy.t Cobra Goddess Wadjet)
Location: Lay between Gebel Haridi and Gebel Selim. North of Qaw el Kebir
Worshiped: Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, mAi-HsA/ Ma'ahes; Anti /Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus as Hr-sA-Ast/Harsiese), Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Bau
Known for:
Capital City
Tjebta/ TbtA 𓋸𓏏𓊖𓋸 ,Tjebu/Tbw,𓋸𓋸𓏲𓏲𓊖, 𓋸𓅱𓊖 "Sandal"; Djew-Qa/Dw-qA(t) 𓈋𓈎𓀠𓏏𓊖 (Qua)
Tkōou/ ⲧⲕⲱⲟⲩ, Tkoou /ⲧⲕⲟⲟⲩ [Coptic] , Aphroditopolis (Thebian)[Ptolemaic period ], Antaeopolis/Ανταιοπολιτης, Τιεμπού? [Greek], Antaíou pólis/ Ἀνταίου Πόλις [Ancient Greek],
Anteu [Latin], Qau el-Kebir/قاو الكبير [Arabic]
Location: Eastern bank of the Nile in Sohag
Local God : Nemty/Antaeus
Worshiped: *Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set , mAi-HsA/ Ma'ahes/Mihos , Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys , *Hut-Hor/Hathor , Ruty
Temple: Temple of Nemty
White Chapel (Het-net): Bau
Known for: Cult Center for Sutekh/Set from Tjebu, nearby necropolis was named Djou-Qa/Dw-qA
Cities
Pashen, Pashena / pASn 𓅮𓃭𓂝𓉐𓊖 "The Store" (Apotheke)
Apothēkē/Ⲁⲡⲟⲑⲏⲕⲏ [Coptic], Apotheke/Ἀποθήκη [Ancient Greek], Aboutig/: أبو تيج [Arabic]
Location: located 350 kilometers south of Cairo , twenty kilometers from Assiut
Worshiped:
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for:
10bth Nome Upper Egypt
𓊹𓊹𓊾 Neteruy (The two gods)
Djew-Qa /Du-qat/ Dw-qAw/ Dw-qA(t) 𓈋𓈎𓀠𓏏𓊖 (High mountain)
Antaeopolis/Ανταιοπολιτης [Greek]
Location:
Worshiped: *Horu/Horus
11th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉁 Tjay, Set/stX, Sha/SA (Set animal), 𓉂
Location: West bak of the Nile around Deir Rifa
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Temple: Temple of Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, Temple of Ma'āt
White Chapel (Het-net): Bau
Known for:
Capital City
Shashotep /Shas-Hotep/ SAs Htp 𓃫𓆷𓋴𓊵𓏏𓊖, 𓆷𓄿𓋴𓊵𓊖, 𓆷𓊃𓊵𓊖(MK), 𓆷𓇋𓋴𓊵𓏏𓊪𓏏𓊖 (MK) (Hypselis)
Shotep [Coptic] , Hypselis/ Hypsele /Hypselis/ Hypsela, Apollonopolis Parva Ἀπόλλωνος ἡ μικρά, Apotheke [Greek],
Shutb, Qus قوص [Arabic]
Location: West bank of the Nile, 8 km southeast of Asyut
Worshiped: Khnum "Lord of Shashotep/Lord of SAs Htp", Sutekh/StX or Khnum/Xnmw?
Temple:
Known for:
𓉁 Tjay, Set/stX, Sha/SA (Set animal), 𓉂
Location: West bak of the Nile around Deir Rifa
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus, Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Temple: Temple of Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, Temple of Ma'āt
White Chapel (Het-net): Bau
Known for:
Capital City
Shashotep /Shas-Hotep/ SAs Htp 𓃫𓆷𓋴𓊵𓏏𓊖, 𓆷𓄿𓋴𓊵𓊖, 𓆷𓊃𓊵𓊖(MK), 𓆷𓇋𓋴𓊵𓏏𓊪𓏏𓊖 (MK) (Hypselis)
Shotep [Coptic] , Hypselis/ Hypsele /Hypselis/ Hypsela, Apollonopolis Parva Ἀπόλλωνος ἡ μικρά, Apotheke [Greek],
Shutb, Qus قوص [Arabic]
Location: West bank of the Nile, 8 km southeast of Asyut
Worshiped: Khnum "Lord of Shashotep/Lord of SAs Htp", Sutekh/StX or Khnum/Xnmw?
Temple:
Known for:
12th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉃 Du-ef/ Dw-f/ Dw-f.t (Viper mountain)
Apotheke, Abutig
Location: East bank of the Nile around Deir el-Gebrawi opposite Asyut
Worshiped: Anti (god of ferrymen, form of Horu?), Khnemu/ Khnum, Nemty (as Adfet-Gau)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Matyt or Bat
Known for:
Capital City
Per-Nemty/ pr-nmty 𓉐𓅈𓏏𓏭𓊖𓏏 (Hieracon)
Hierakon, Hieracon/ Ἱεράκων, Hieracon Kōmi /Ἱεράκων κώμη, Theracon [Greek], el-Ataula , al-Atawla لعتاولة ? [Arabic ]
Location: It stood nearly midway between the western extremity of Mons Alabastrites and the city of Lycopolis, latitude 27° 15′North
Worshiped: Anti /Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty/ Duen-anwy, Hor-nubti 'Horu/ Horus of gold' (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus)
Temple: Temple of Nemty
Known for:
Cities
Nen-ent-bak
Antaeoplis /Ανταιόπολις, Ada city Ἀνταίου πόλις, Ada coma Ανταίου κώμη [Greek], Tiempou Τιεμπού or Ντιέου Κα [Modern Greek] Kau el Cebu [Modern]
Location: east bank of the Nile, Belongs to the Sohag government
Worshiped: Anti /Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), Nebet- Hut/ Nephthys, Wesir/ Osiris, Ada ?
Temple:
Known for: According to Diodorus claimed this city is where the battle between Horu/Horus and Setesh/ Set happened, known for their 'prophet of Nephthys'.
𓉃 Du-ef/ Dw-f/ Dw-f.t (Viper mountain)
Apotheke, Abutig
Location: East bank of the Nile around Deir el-Gebrawi opposite Asyut
Worshiped: Anti (god of ferrymen, form of Horu?), Khnemu/ Khnum, Nemty (as Adfet-Gau)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Matyt or Bat
Known for:
Capital City
Per-Nemty/ pr-nmty 𓉐𓅈𓏏𓏭𓊖𓏏 (Hieracon)
Hierakon, Hieracon/ Ἱεράκων, Hieracon Kōmi /Ἱεράκων κώμη, Theracon [Greek], el-Ataula , al-Atawla لعتاولة ? [Arabic ]
Location: It stood nearly midway between the western extremity of Mons Alabastrites and the city of Lycopolis, latitude 27° 15′North
Worshiped: Anti /Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty/ Duen-anwy, Hor-nubti 'Horu/ Horus of gold' (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus)
Temple: Temple of Nemty
Known for:
Cities
Nen-ent-bak
Antaeoplis /Ανταιόπολις, Ada city Ἀνταίου πόλις, Ada coma Ανταίου κώμη [Greek], Tiempou Τιεμπού or Ντιέου Κα [Modern Greek] Kau el Cebu [Modern]
Location: east bank of the Nile, Belongs to the Sohag government
Worshiped: Anti /Antiwey/ Antaeus /Nemtiwey /Nemty (Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), Nebet- Hut/ Nephthys, Wesir/ Osiris, Ada ?
Temple:
Known for: According to Diodorus claimed this city is where the battle between Horu/Horus and Setesh/ Set happened, known for their 'prophet of Nephthys'.
13th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉄 Nedjfet-Khentet/ Df.t-xnt (Upper Sycamore and Viper)
Nedjfet Khentet/ nDf.t-xnt.t [Other names]
Location: West bank of the Nile around Asyut
Worshiped: Anpu/ Anubis, Wepwawet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Wepwawet
Known for: mummies of wolves
Capital City
Zauty, Zawty, zAwi-ti/zAwty 𓊃𓅭𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏲𓏏𓊖 "son of this city?" (OK), (Asyut, Lycopolis)
ZAwt 𓊃𓅭𓅱𓏏𓊖, ZATw 𓊃𓅭𓄿𓍿𓅱𓊖
Sauti / Sauty/ Syut / , Səyáwt (LK)
Lycos, Lyco [Other names] , Saiut [Budge], Seyáwt, Saut [Late Egyptian] , Sioout /ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲧ, Siōwt/ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲧ "Guardian" [Coptic],
Lycopolis/ Lykopolis / Λυκόπολις , Lykópolis i Lýkon pólis/Λυκόπολις ἡ Λύκων πόλις "Lykopolis, the city of wolvesThe Wolves city" [Greek], Asyut/ أسيوط [Arabic]
Location:
Triad: Anpu/Anubis/Osiris, Hut-Hor/Hathor/Isis, Wepwawet
Worshiped: *Wepwawet "protector of this city", *Anpu/ Anubis "Lord of the Necropolis" (MK), Wesir/Osiris (Symbol of the wolf)
Temple: Temple of Wepwawet
Known for: Mummies of wolves. Coptics spoke a dialect called "Lycopolitan" also known as Sub-Akhmimic" and "Assiutic". Largest population of Coptics in Egypt, Lycopolitan Coptic was spoken here
𓉄 Nedjfet-Khentet/ Df.t-xnt (Upper Sycamore and Viper)
Nedjfet Khentet/ nDf.t-xnt.t [Other names]
Location: West bank of the Nile around Asyut
Worshiped: Anpu/ Anubis, Wepwawet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Wepwawet
Known for: mummies of wolves
Capital City
Zauty, Zawty, zAwi-ti/zAwty 𓊃𓅭𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏲𓏏𓊖 "son of this city?" (OK), (Asyut, Lycopolis)
ZAwt 𓊃𓅭𓅱𓏏𓊖, ZATw 𓊃𓅭𓄿𓍿𓅱𓊖
Sauti / Sauty/ Syut / , Səyáwt (LK)
Lycos, Lyco [Other names] , Saiut [Budge], Seyáwt, Saut [Late Egyptian] , Sioout /ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲧ, Siōwt/ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲧ "Guardian" [Coptic],
Lycopolis/ Lykopolis / Λυκόπολις , Lykópolis i Lýkon pólis/Λυκόπολις ἡ Λύκων πόλις "Lykopolis, the city of wolvesThe Wolves city" [Greek], Asyut/ أسيوط [Arabic]
Location:
Triad: Anpu/Anubis/Osiris, Hut-Hor/Hathor/Isis, Wepwawet
Worshiped: *Wepwawet "protector of this city", *Anpu/ Anubis "Lord of the Necropolis" (MK), Wesir/Osiris (Symbol of the wolf)
Temple: Temple of Wepwawet
Known for: Mummies of wolves. Coptics spoke a dialect called "Lycopolitan" also known as Sub-Akhmimic" and "Assiutic". Largest population of Coptics in Egypt, Lycopolitan Coptic was spoken here
14th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉅 Nedjefet-Peḥutet/ nDf.t-pHt.t, narf-f-pH (Lower Sycamore and Viper)
Nedjefet Pehetet/ nart-f-pH [Other names]
Location: West bank of the Nile
Worshiped:
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for:
Capital City
Qesy/qsy/qsj 𓀫𓋴𓏭𓊖, 𓀫𓊖,𓀬𓋴𓏭𓊖 Kis/ qis/ Ḳis/ qs 𓈎𓇋𓋴𓊖, qsiA (Cusae)
kōs /ⲕⲱⲥ, Kōsei/ⲕⲱⲥⲉⲓ ,kōskam /ⲕⲱⲥⲕⲁⲙ [Coptic], Kousai/κουσαι [Ancient Gree], Kusai, Koussai/ Κουσσαι [Greek], Chusis, Cusae [Latin], Meir [Other names], El-Qusiya/El Quseyya, Qis [Arabic]
Location: West bank of the Nile, 7 km southwest of el-Qusiya
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Temple:
Known for: Cult center of Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Akhetaton/Akhetaten/ Akhet-Aton/ Axt-itn 'Horizon of the Aton' 𓈌𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓊖, 𓈌𓊖 "Horizont des Aton" (Amarna)
Amarna (comes from the tribe Beni Amran who lived in the region) [Alternative name], Amárna/Αμάρνα [Greek] ,el-Amarna/العمارنة, Tell el-Amarna [Arabic]
Location: East bank of the river partly in 15th Nome UE Wenet. Located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km (36 mi) south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km (194 mi) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor.
Traid: Re-Harakhti, Akhenaten, Aten ?
Worshiped: Aton/ Aten (aspect of Ra) , other gods were found here, Bes, Taweret, Auset and Shed (identified with Horu the child he was the symbol of salvation)
Temple: Temple to Aton
Cult: Amarna heresy/ Atenism/ Atenist (Lasted about 20 years)
Known for: The new Capital during the reigns of Akhenaten, 18th dynasty, 14th century BC. The capital was moved from Thebes to here by Akhenaten and covered approximately 8 miles. All kings had patron gods but this was the first time that other deities were exclude . To speed up construction of the city most of the buildings were constructed out of mud-brick, and white washed. The most important buildings were faced with local stone. There was a semi-circular bay 10 kl long in the cliffs reminiscent of his god Aton. Famous for it's highly realistic Amarna art style which broke with long-established Egyptian conventions of strict idealistic forms. Tutankhamun, decided to leave the city and return to his birthplace in Thebes or modern Luxor.
𓉅 Nedjefet-Peḥutet/ nDf.t-pHt.t, narf-f-pH (Lower Sycamore and Viper)
Nedjefet Pehetet/ nart-f-pH [Other names]
Location: West bank of the Nile
Worshiped:
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for:
Capital City
Qesy/qsy/qsj 𓀫𓋴𓏭𓊖, 𓀫𓊖,𓀬𓋴𓏭𓊖 Kis/ qis/ Ḳis/ qs 𓈎𓇋𓋴𓊖, qsiA (Cusae)
kōs /ⲕⲱⲥ, Kōsei/ⲕⲱⲥⲉⲓ ,kōskam /ⲕⲱⲥⲕⲁⲙ [Coptic], Kousai/κουσαι [Ancient Gree], Kusai, Koussai/ Κουσσαι [Greek], Chusis, Cusae [Latin], Meir [Other names], El-Qusiya/El Quseyya, Qis [Arabic]
Location: West bank of the Nile, 7 km southwest of el-Qusiya
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Temple:
Known for: Cult center of Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Akhetaton/Akhetaten/ Akhet-Aton/ Axt-itn 'Horizon of the Aton' 𓈌𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓊖, 𓈌𓊖 "Horizont des Aton" (Amarna)
Amarna (comes from the tribe Beni Amran who lived in the region) [Alternative name], Amárna/Αμάρνα [Greek] ,el-Amarna/العمارنة, Tell el-Amarna [Arabic]
Location: East bank of the river partly in 15th Nome UE Wenet. Located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km (36 mi) south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km (194 mi) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor.
Traid: Re-Harakhti, Akhenaten, Aten ?
Worshiped: Aton/ Aten (aspect of Ra) , other gods were found here, Bes, Taweret, Auset and Shed (identified with Horu the child he was the symbol of salvation)
Temple: Temple to Aton
Cult: Amarna heresy/ Atenism/ Atenist (Lasted about 20 years)
Known for: The new Capital during the reigns of Akhenaten, 18th dynasty, 14th century BC. The capital was moved from Thebes to here by Akhenaten and covered approximately 8 miles. All kings had patron gods but this was the first time that other deities were exclude . To speed up construction of the city most of the buildings were constructed out of mud-brick, and white washed. The most important buildings were faced with local stone. There was a semi-circular bay 10 kl long in the cliffs reminiscent of his god Aton. Famous for it's highly realistic Amarna art style which broke with long-established Egyptian conventions of strict idealistic forms. Tutankhamun, decided to leave the city and return to his birthplace in Thebes or modern Luxor.
15th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉆 Wenet, Unut, Unit (The hare) more info
Antinoupolis, Shejkh Abada
Location: Area around el-Ashmunein
Worshiped: Bes (Greco-Romen period)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Bes and Unut, Aha, Djehuty/ Thoth (of the Hermopolis Middle Kingdom)
Known for: alabaster quarrying at Hatnub in the Eastern Desert
Capital City
Khemenu/Shmoun/ Khmun/ xnmw 𓐋𓏌𓊖, 𓐋𓊖, 𓐋𓏌𓅱𓊖𓏏𓏤 (MK) "City of Eight" (Hermopolis Magna)
wnw/ Unu 𓃪𓃹𓈖𓏲𓊖 [Other Egyptian], Shmounein/ Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉⲓⲛ, Shmoun/ Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ [Coptic], Hermopolis/Ἑρμούπολις, Hermopolis Magna, Hermoû pólis megálẽ/ Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μεγάλη [Greek Ptolemaic] , el-Eshmûnên الأشمونين , al-Ashmunayn [Arabic], Aszmunein, El Ashmunein [Modern]
Location: East bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km north of Luxor. In Al Minya governorate.
Worshiped: *Djehuty/ Thoth (of the Hermopolis Middle Kingdom), Hermes (Greek times), Nehmetaway (New Kingdom consort of Djehuty), *Aton, Aten (During Amarna period), Heka, Tenem (Husband), Tenemu (Wife), Ogdoad
Temple: Temple of Djehuty, Temples of the Aten, Hwt-ibTt (bird trap)? (needs ref.)
Known for: Main cult of Djehuty located here, Mummified Ibises and baboons. 6th Dynasty nomarchs were buried in the necropolis of El-Sheikh Sa'id. It's Governers were responsible for quarrying Alabster at Hatnub as well as High Priests of Djehuty/ Thoth Middle Kingdom. The Abode of Xmnw the eight Primeval gods and Djehuty/Thoth the scribe
Nomatchs : Ahanakht, Djehutynakht or Neheri. The last known among them, Djehutihotep
Akhetaten, Akhetaton, axt-itn, Amarna 𓈌𓏏𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓊖 (Horizon of the Aten)
العمارنة al-‘amārnah [Arabic], El-Amarna, Tell el-Amarna [Modern]
Location: Same as Khemenu, The area is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km (36 mi) south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km (194 mi) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor.
Worshiped: Aton
Temple: Per-Aton
Known for: Akhenaten in the 18th Dynasty build the City of Akhetaten better known as Amarna here named after the Beni Amran tribe who lived in the region. He moved the Capital here and made a religious center to replace Thebes. Birth place of the highly realistic style of Amarna and the unpopular monotheistic view of worshiping only one god the Aten.
𓉆 Wenet, Unut, Unit (The hare) more info
Antinoupolis, Shejkh Abada
Location: Area around el-Ashmunein
Worshiped: Bes (Greco-Romen period)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Bes and Unut, Aha, Djehuty/ Thoth (of the Hermopolis Middle Kingdom)
Known for: alabaster quarrying at Hatnub in the Eastern Desert
Capital City
Khemenu/Shmoun/ Khmun/ xnmw 𓐋𓏌𓊖, 𓐋𓊖, 𓐋𓏌𓅱𓊖𓏏𓏤 (MK) "City of Eight" (Hermopolis Magna)
wnw/ Unu 𓃪𓃹𓈖𓏲𓊖 [Other Egyptian], Shmounein/ Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉⲓⲛ, Shmoun/ Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ [Coptic], Hermopolis/Ἑρμούπολις, Hermopolis Magna, Hermoû pólis megálẽ/ Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μεγάλη [Greek Ptolemaic] , el-Eshmûnên الأشمونين , al-Ashmunayn [Arabic], Aszmunein, El Ashmunein [Modern]
Location: East bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km north of Luxor. In Al Minya governorate.
Worshiped: *Djehuty/ Thoth (of the Hermopolis Middle Kingdom), Hermes (Greek times), Nehmetaway (New Kingdom consort of Djehuty), *Aton, Aten (During Amarna period), Heka, Tenem (Husband), Tenemu (Wife), Ogdoad
Temple: Temple of Djehuty, Temples of the Aten, Hwt-ibTt (bird trap)? (needs ref.)
Known for: Main cult of Djehuty located here, Mummified Ibises and baboons. 6th Dynasty nomarchs were buried in the necropolis of El-Sheikh Sa'id. It's Governers were responsible for quarrying Alabster at Hatnub as well as High Priests of Djehuty/ Thoth Middle Kingdom. The Abode of Xmnw the eight Primeval gods and Djehuty/Thoth the scribe
Nomatchs : Ahanakht, Djehutynakht or Neheri. The last known among them, Djehutihotep
Akhetaten, Akhetaton, axt-itn, Amarna 𓈌𓏏𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓊖 (Horizon of the Aten)
العمارنة al-‘amārnah [Arabic], El-Amarna, Tell el-Amarna [Modern]
Location: Same as Khemenu, The area is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km (36 mi) south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km (194 mi) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor.
Worshiped: Aton
Temple: Per-Aton
Known for: Akhenaten in the 18th Dynasty build the City of Akhetaten better known as Amarna here named after the Beni Amran tribe who lived in the region. He moved the Capital here and made a religious center to replace Thebes. Birth place of the highly realistic style of Amarna and the unpopular monotheistic view of worshiping only one god the Aten.
Ogdoad/ ογδοάς, Khemenu/ xmnw 'eight' (completeness)
female (serpents) and male (frogs)
𓐁𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀭𓏪 xmnyw
from the Primeval mound , Primeval Lotus or Cosmic Egg
Amun/imn Amunet/imnt
𓇋𓏠𓈖𓀭 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓁐
(Air and invisibility)
____________|____________
Nunu/ nnw, Nu/ nw Nunut/ nnwt, Nut/nwt
𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial watery abyss)
____________|____________
Ḥeḥu/HH Ḥeḥut/HHt
𓁨 𓎛𓎛𓁨𓏏𓆇𓁐
(One million or infinity and eternity)
____________|____________
Kuku/kkw Kuket/kkwt
𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓀭 𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial concept darkness)
Or
grH/Ḳerḥ grHt/ Ḳeraḥet
𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓀭 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓏏𓆇𓁐
Alt
Nia, Nenu Niat, Ennit, Nenuit
(Alternative to kkw and kkwt)
female (serpents) and male (frogs)
𓐁𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀭𓏪 xmnyw
from the Primeval mound , Primeval Lotus or Cosmic Egg
Amun/imn Amunet/imnt
𓇋𓏠𓈖𓀭 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓁐
(Air and invisibility)
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Nunu/ nnw, Nu/ nw Nunut/ nnwt, Nut/nwt
𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial watery abyss)
____________|____________
Ḥeḥu/HH Ḥeḥut/HHt
𓁨 𓎛𓎛𓁨𓏏𓆇𓁐
(One million or infinity and eternity)
____________|____________
Kuku/kkw Kuket/kkwt
𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓀭 𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓏏𓆇𓁐
(Primordial concept darkness)
Or
grH/Ḳerḥ grHt/ Ḳeraḥet
𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓀭 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓏏𓆇𓁐
Alt
Nia, Nenu Niat, Ennit, Nenuit
(Alternative to kkw and kkwt)
Cities
meḥ
Antinoë, Antinoöpolis [Greek], el-Sheikh Ibada [Arabic]
Location: East bank of the river North of Hermopolis. Lies between 15th and 14th nome
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for: Founded by Emperor Hadrian dedicated to his drowned Antinous, flushing city Late Antique period.
Hat-nubu/ Hat-nub /Hwt-nbw (House of gold)
Location: 65 km southeast of modern el-Minya, South East of Akhetaten
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for: To the South East of the city of Akhetaten lay quarries called Hut-nebu/ Hat-nub 'house of gold'. Egyptian alabaster used on sarcophagi, ointment jars and cosmetic containers came from here. Known for Egyptian alabaster (Calcite) quarrying at Hatnub in the Eastern Desert.
Cities
meḥ
Antinoë, Antinoöpolis [Greek], el-Sheikh Ibada [Arabic]
Location: East bank of the river North of Hermopolis. Lies between 15th and 14th nome
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for: Founded by Emperor Hadrian dedicated to his drowned Antinous, flushing city Late Antique period.
Hat-nubu/ Hat-nub /Hwt-nbw (House of gold)
Location: 65 km southeast of modern el-Minya, South East of Akhetaten
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for: To the South East of the city of Akhetaten lay quarries called Hut-nebu/ Hat-nub 'house of gold'. Egyptian alabaster used on sarcophagi, ointment jars and cosmetic containers came from here. Known for Egyptian alabaster (Calcite) quarrying at Hatnub in the Eastern Desert.
16th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉇 Ma-Hedj/mA-HD (Oryx)
meḥ-Maḥet [Budge]
Location: From Beni Hasan to north of el-Minya
Worshiped: *Pakhet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Horu/ Horus of Hebenu (Also worshiped at 14th Nome of Lower Egypt)
Known for: tombs at Beni Hasan
Capital City
Hebenu 𓎛𓃀𓈖𓏌𓏲𓊖 , 𓎛𓃀𓏌𓅱𓊖 "To triumph"
Hebe or Hippónón/ Hipponon / Hipponos Ἱππώνων [Greek] , possibly Kom el-Ahmar (Red hill) [Arabic]
Location: 10 km south of the modern Al-Minya , about 4 km from the necropolis of Zawyet el-Maiyitin/ Zawiyet el-Amwat. In Minya Governorate
Local god: "Horus of Hebenu"
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus "Horus of Hebenu"
Temple: Temple of Horu/ Horus, Temple to Pakhet (lion goddess daughter of Ra) Related to Sekhmet, Bastet and Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for: Tomb of Nefer-Sekeru, the great royal scribe.
Cities
Beni Hassan "tribe of Ḥassān"
Beni Hasan , Bani Hasan/بني حسن [Arabic]
Location: 18 kilometers south of Al-Minya on the east bank of the Nile
Local God: Pachet (goddess, combo of Bast & Sekhmet)
Worshiped: Pachet
Temple: Temple of Pachet (Thutmose III& Hatshepsut) (Cave of Artemis, Greek name, they likened her to Artemis) temple is underground
Known for: tomb of Khnumhotep II, Name of two towns Beni Hasan ash-shuruq "the eastern" and Beni Hasan al-qadim "the old man"
Mer-Neferet/mr-nfrt (OK) "Beautiful channel", Per-Imen-mAt-khenty "house of Amun the foremost lion" (NK) (Akoris)
TA-dehenet, Tadehnet "the cliff top" [Egyptian LK], Akōris/ Ἄκωρις Akoris/Ἀκορίς ,Tēnis/Τῆνις , Ṭihnā al-Ǧabal, Théodosiopolis [Greek], Akoris, Acoris [Latin], Akoris طهنا الجبل, Tihna el-Gebel, al-Wādī, aṭ-Ṭihnāwī, الوادي الطهناوي, Tehna [Arabic]
Location: east bank of the Nile, at and below the limestone cliffs about 12 km north of Al Minya
Worshiped: Lioness Goddess (Shape of the rocks)? Hut-Hor/ Hathor (mistress of the valley entrance), (Sobek lord of Behet) (Lord of the mouth of the Desert path) Became the main god. Djehuty/ Thoth, Auset/ Isis, or Mut, Wesir/ Osiris, Horu/ Horus, Khonsu (Greek Roman time)
Temple: Temple of Amun (NK) (foremost lion), Sobek?
Known for: The Southern rocks look like a lion laying down, Part of the 16th and 17th nome.
Men'at Khufu/mnat xwfw 𓏠𓈖𓂝𓏏𓁖𓍹𓐍𓂤𓆑𓅱𓍺𓊖𓏏𓏤 "nursing city of Khufu"
Tmoone /ⲧⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ (S), Thmonē/ ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ (B), Tmōnē/ⲧⲙⲱⲛⲏ (B) "The residence" [Coptic], Mone/μονή 'stopping-place, station, monastery' [Ancient Greek], Al-Minya, Minya / المنيا [Arabic]
Location: 245 km south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile
Worshiped: Djehuty/Thoth
Temple:
Known for: Pharaoh Khufu or Cheops, builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Known as the 'Bride of Upper Egypt', High Coptic Population. Name of the Nome was changed to Men'at Khufu, linking it to the Pharaoh Khufu or Cheops. Later capital in (ME).
Nefrusy
Location: Noth of Cause and north of Khmunu (El-Ashmunein)
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:Location:
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Herwer/ Heruer/ Hr-wr 𓁷𓅨𓂋𓊖 (OK), Herweryt/Hr-wryt 𓁷𓅨𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 (MK),
𓁷𓏤𓅨𓂋𓊖 (NK),
𓁷𓂋𓏲𓐡𓈐𓂋𓊖
Ḥowōr/Ϩⲟⲩⲱⲣ [Coptic], Hur [Greek], Hur/ Hour/هور) [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum "Lord of Herwer", Heqet "Lady of Herwer"
Temple:
Known for: Middle Kingdom became the capital. The East cliffs at Beni Hasan stood tombs where Middle Kingdom nomarches were barrier south of the Nome.
Seret
Speos Artemidos [Greek]
Location: Slightly south of Beni Hasan
Worshiped: Pakht (wild cat nome goddess)
Temple:
Known for: The Valley there had a quarry. Hatshepsut ordered a shrine cut for the local goddess Pakht. Lat period mummified cats buried here as offerings to Pakht.
𓉇 Ma-Hedj/mA-HD (Oryx)
meḥ-Maḥet [Budge]
Location: From Beni Hasan to north of el-Minya
Worshiped: *Pakhet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Horu/ Horus of Hebenu (Also worshiped at 14th Nome of Lower Egypt)
Known for: tombs at Beni Hasan
Capital City
Hebenu 𓎛𓃀𓈖𓏌𓏲𓊖 , 𓎛𓃀𓏌𓅱𓊖 "To triumph"
Hebe or Hippónón/ Hipponon / Hipponos Ἱππώνων [Greek] , possibly Kom el-Ahmar (Red hill) [Arabic]
Location: 10 km south of the modern Al-Minya , about 4 km from the necropolis of Zawyet el-Maiyitin/ Zawiyet el-Amwat. In Minya Governorate
Local god: "Horus of Hebenu"
Worshiped: Horu/ Horus "Horus of Hebenu"
Temple: Temple of Horu/ Horus, Temple to Pakhet (lion goddess daughter of Ra) Related to Sekhmet, Bastet and Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Known for: Tomb of Nefer-Sekeru, the great royal scribe.
Cities
Beni Hassan "tribe of Ḥassān"
Beni Hasan , Bani Hasan/بني حسن [Arabic]
Location: 18 kilometers south of Al-Minya on the east bank of the Nile
Local God: Pachet (goddess, combo of Bast & Sekhmet)
Worshiped: Pachet
Temple: Temple of Pachet (Thutmose III& Hatshepsut) (Cave of Artemis, Greek name, they likened her to Artemis) temple is underground
Known for: tomb of Khnumhotep II, Name of two towns Beni Hasan ash-shuruq "the eastern" and Beni Hasan al-qadim "the old man"
Mer-Neferet/mr-nfrt (OK) "Beautiful channel", Per-Imen-mAt-khenty "house of Amun the foremost lion" (NK) (Akoris)
TA-dehenet, Tadehnet "the cliff top" [Egyptian LK], Akōris/ Ἄκωρις Akoris/Ἀκορίς ,Tēnis/Τῆνις , Ṭihnā al-Ǧabal, Théodosiopolis [Greek], Akoris, Acoris [Latin], Akoris طهنا الجبل, Tihna el-Gebel, al-Wādī, aṭ-Ṭihnāwī, الوادي الطهناوي, Tehna [Arabic]
Location: east bank of the Nile, at and below the limestone cliffs about 12 km north of Al Minya
Worshiped: Lioness Goddess (Shape of the rocks)? Hut-Hor/ Hathor (mistress of the valley entrance), (Sobek lord of Behet) (Lord of the mouth of the Desert path) Became the main god. Djehuty/ Thoth, Auset/ Isis, or Mut, Wesir/ Osiris, Horu/ Horus, Khonsu (Greek Roman time)
Temple: Temple of Amun (NK) (foremost lion), Sobek?
Known for: The Southern rocks look like a lion laying down, Part of the 16th and 17th nome.
Men'at Khufu/mnat xwfw 𓏠𓈖𓂝𓏏𓁖𓍹𓐍𓂤𓆑𓅱𓍺𓊖𓏏𓏤 "nursing city of Khufu"
Tmoone /ⲧⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ (S), Thmonē/ ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ (B), Tmōnē/ⲧⲙⲱⲛⲏ (B) "The residence" [Coptic], Mone/μονή 'stopping-place, station, monastery' [Ancient Greek], Al-Minya, Minya / المنيا [Arabic]
Location: 245 km south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile
Worshiped: Djehuty/Thoth
Temple:
Known for: Pharaoh Khufu or Cheops, builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Known as the 'Bride of Upper Egypt', High Coptic Population. Name of the Nome was changed to Men'at Khufu, linking it to the Pharaoh Khufu or Cheops. Later capital in (ME).
Nefrusy
Location: Noth of Cause and north of Khmunu (El-Ashmunein)
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:Location:
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Herwer/ Heruer/ Hr-wr 𓁷𓅨𓂋𓊖 (OK), Herweryt/Hr-wryt 𓁷𓅨𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 (MK),
𓁷𓏤𓅨𓂋𓊖 (NK),
𓁷𓂋𓏲𓐡𓈐𓂋𓊖
Ḥowōr/Ϩⲟⲩⲱⲣ [Coptic], Hur [Greek], Hur/ Hour/هور) [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum "Lord of Herwer", Heqet "Lady of Herwer"
Temple:
Known for: Middle Kingdom became the capital. The East cliffs at Beni Hasan stood tombs where Middle Kingdom nomarches were barrier south of the Nome.
Seret
Speos Artemidos [Greek]
Location: Slightly south of Beni Hasan
Worshiped: Pakht (wild cat nome goddess)
Temple:
Known for: The Valley there had a quarry. Hatshepsut ordered a shrine cut for the local goddess Pakht. Lat period mummified cats buried here as offerings to Pakht.
17th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉈 Ȧnpu/ Anupu/ inpu/ inpw/ inpwt "Anubis" (named after Jackal god)
Kynopolites/ κυνοπολίτης "The City of the dogs", Kunōn Polis/κυνῶν πολις ,O Kynopolítis nomós/Ὁ Κυνοπολίτης νομός [Greek], Cynopolis Superior, Cynopolites [Latin]
Location: The City lies between Nikafar and 20 miles South of Oxyrhinchus, south of Fayum near modern Beni Mazar.
Triad: Anpu/Anubis (Husband), Anupet (Wife), qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter)
Worshiped: *Anpu/Anubis, Anput, Hr-m-inpw Hermanubis, Bata, qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter of Anpu)
Temple: Temple of Anpu, Temple of Bata
White Chapel (Het-net): Temple to Anpu Hwt-nTr Anpu 𓊹𓉗𓃢𓊖, Anpu/ Anubis of Henu
Known for: Burial ground for dogs. Dog mummies have been found on the opposite bank near Sheykh Fodi in the vicinity of Hamátha. Cynopolis was destroyed by the vice-roy of Nubia Pinehesy during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses XI, and the survivors were enslaved. Agricultureal district of the west bank. The inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos 19th nome of UE and those of a neighboring town called Cynopolis 17th Nome of UE were engaged in a dispute because a person from the Cynopolis town ate the sacred fish to Wesir/Osirus Oxyrhynchos, after which the inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos started catching and eating dogs this erupted into a civil war which had to be ended by the Romans. ~Plutarch
Capital City
Ḥōrudy/ Hardai/ Hardaï/ Ḥeru-ṭi(Budge)/ Hr-dy/ Hr-di/ Hrdi/ 𓅃𓂧𓏮𓈐𓊖 (Horus is here); Hr Dw (Horus Sits on the Hill)
thy khahet in Hor-dy (Hordaï) [Other Egyptian], Kynopolis or Cynopolis / Κυνῶν πόλις, κυνῶν πόλις (The City of the dogs) [Greek], Kinopolis [Ptolemaic] Sheikh Fadel [Modern]
Location: island in the river, both sides of the main Nile river bed, and included a part of the current Minya Governorate. The south was Machedž (16), and in the north - Nemta (18) Noma.
Triad: Anpu/Anubis (Husband), Anupet (Wife), qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter)
worshiped: Anpu, Anput, Bata, qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter of Anpu)
Temple: Temple of Bata(w), Temple of Anpu/ Anubis, nb dwn anwy (Lord of the Cynopolis)
Known for: Cult center of Anpu, Burial ground for dogs
Saka / sA-kA 𓐠𓃒𓊖, 𓐠𓏤𓂓𓂺𓏏𓊖 "Back of the Bull" or Wten-ha (Kasa)
Kais/Ⲕⲁⲓⲥ, Koeis/Ⲕⲟⲉⲓⲥ [Coptic], Kō/ Κῶ, Sko/Σκω [Greek], El-Kays, El-Kaïs, al-Qes or Al-Qays القيس (in the Region of Al Minya) [Arabic modern], Kasa [Alternative], El-Kais [Modenr]
Location: West bank
Triad: Anpu/Anubis (Husband), Anupet (Wife), qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter)
Triad: Menkaura, Hut-Hor/Hathor, Bat
worshiped: *Anpu/Anubis, *Bat/Bata "bullfighting god" (Tale of the Two Brothers) (Became main god LK)
Temple: Temple to Anpu Hwt-nTr Anpu/ Πανούβηϲ?, Temple of Bata “Dwelling of Bata, master of Saka” (Later)
Known for:
Cities
Henou/ Hnw
Houtnésou
Location:
worshiped: Anpu/ Anubis, Dounânouy/ dwAanw/ dwn anwi
Temple:
Known for:
Hut-Benu/ Hwt-bnw (House of the Phenix)
Location: western shore
worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Hut-Redjou/ Hwt-rDw
Location:
worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Mer-neferet (OK-MK) "Beautiful channel", Per-Imen-mat-khent(j) (NK), Dehenet (Dynasty 26) (Akoris)
Per-Imen-mAt-khenty (house of Amun the foremost lion) [Egyptian NK] , TA-dehenet (the cliff top) [Egyptian LK] Akoris/ Ἄκωρις or Τῆνις (Tēnis), Ṭihnā al-Ǧabal [Greek], Akoris, Acoris [Latin], Akoris/ طهنا الجبل, Tihna el-Gebel, al- Wādī aṭ-Ṭihnāwī/ الوادي الطهناوي [Arabic]
Location: east bank of the Nile, at and below the limestone cliffs about 12 km north of Al Minya
Worshiped: Lioness Goddess (Shape of the rocks)? Hut-Hor/ Hathor (mistress of the valley entrance), (Sobek lord of Behet) (Lord of the mouth of the Desert path) Became the main god. Djehuty/ Thoth, Auset/ Isis, or Mut, Wesir/ Osiris, Horu/ Horus, Khonsu (Greek Roman time)
Temple: Temple of Amun (NK) (foremost lion)
Known for: The Southern rocks look like a lion laying down, Part of the 16th and 17th nome.
𓉈 Ȧnpu/ Anupu/ inpu/ inpw/ inpwt "Anubis" (named after Jackal god)
Kynopolites/ κυνοπολίτης "The City of the dogs", Kunōn Polis/κυνῶν πολις ,O Kynopolítis nomós/Ὁ Κυνοπολίτης νομός [Greek], Cynopolis Superior, Cynopolites [Latin]
Location: The City lies between Nikafar and 20 miles South of Oxyrhinchus, south of Fayum near modern Beni Mazar.
Triad: Anpu/Anubis (Husband), Anupet (Wife), qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter)
Worshiped: *Anpu/Anubis, Anput, Hr-m-inpw Hermanubis, Bata, qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter of Anpu)
Temple: Temple of Anpu, Temple of Bata
White Chapel (Het-net): Temple to Anpu Hwt-nTr Anpu 𓊹𓉗𓃢𓊖, Anpu/ Anubis of Henu
Known for: Burial ground for dogs. Dog mummies have been found on the opposite bank near Sheykh Fodi in the vicinity of Hamátha. Cynopolis was destroyed by the vice-roy of Nubia Pinehesy during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses XI, and the survivors were enslaved. Agricultureal district of the west bank. The inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos 19th nome of UE and those of a neighboring town called Cynopolis 17th Nome of UE were engaged in a dispute because a person from the Cynopolis town ate the sacred fish to Wesir/Osirus Oxyrhynchos, after which the inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos started catching and eating dogs this erupted into a civil war which had to be ended by the Romans. ~Plutarch
Capital City
Ḥōrudy/ Hardai/ Hardaï/ Ḥeru-ṭi(Budge)/ Hr-dy/ Hr-di/ Hrdi/ 𓅃𓂧𓏮𓈐𓊖 (Horus is here); Hr Dw (Horus Sits on the Hill)
thy khahet in Hor-dy (Hordaï) [Other Egyptian], Kynopolis or Cynopolis / Κυνῶν πόλις, κυνῶν πόλις (The City of the dogs) [Greek], Kinopolis [Ptolemaic] Sheikh Fadel [Modern]
Location: island in the river, both sides of the main Nile river bed, and included a part of the current Minya Governorate. The south was Machedž (16), and in the north - Nemta (18) Noma.
Triad: Anpu/Anubis (Husband), Anupet (Wife), qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter)
worshiped: Anpu, Anput, Bata, qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter of Anpu)
Temple: Temple of Bata(w), Temple of Anpu/ Anubis, nb dwn anwy (Lord of the Cynopolis)
Known for: Cult center of Anpu, Burial ground for dogs
Saka / sA-kA 𓐠𓃒𓊖, 𓐠𓏤𓂓𓂺𓏏𓊖 "Back of the Bull" or Wten-ha (Kasa)
Kais/Ⲕⲁⲓⲥ, Koeis/Ⲕⲟⲉⲓⲥ [Coptic], Kō/ Κῶ, Sko/Σκω [Greek], El-Kays, El-Kaïs, al-Qes or Al-Qays القيس (in the Region of Al Minya) [Arabic modern], Kasa [Alternative], El-Kais [Modenr]
Location: West bank
Triad: Anpu/Anubis (Husband), Anupet (Wife), qb-Hwt/ Kebechet (Daughter)
Triad: Menkaura, Hut-Hor/Hathor, Bat
worshiped: *Anpu/Anubis, *Bat/Bata "bullfighting god" (Tale of the Two Brothers) (Became main god LK)
Temple: Temple to Anpu Hwt-nTr Anpu/ Πανούβηϲ?, Temple of Bata “Dwelling of Bata, master of Saka” (Later)
Known for:
Cities
Henou/ Hnw
Houtnésou
Location:
worshiped: Anpu/ Anubis, Dounânouy/ dwAanw/ dwn anwi
Temple:
Known for:
Hut-Benu/ Hwt-bnw (House of the Phenix)
Location: western shore
worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Hut-Redjou/ Hwt-rDw
Location:
worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Mer-neferet (OK-MK) "Beautiful channel", Per-Imen-mat-khent(j) (NK), Dehenet (Dynasty 26) (Akoris)
Per-Imen-mAt-khenty (house of Amun the foremost lion) [Egyptian NK] , TA-dehenet (the cliff top) [Egyptian LK] Akoris/ Ἄκωρις or Τῆνις (Tēnis), Ṭihnā al-Ǧabal [Greek], Akoris, Acoris [Latin], Akoris/ طهنا الجبل, Tihna el-Gebel, al- Wādī aṭ-Ṭihnāwī/ الوادي الطهناوي [Arabic]
Location: east bank of the Nile, at and below the limestone cliffs about 12 km north of Al Minya
Worshiped: Lioness Goddess (Shape of the rocks)? Hut-Hor/ Hathor (mistress of the valley entrance), (Sobek lord of Behet) (Lord of the mouth of the Desert path) Became the main god. Djehuty/ Thoth, Auset/ Isis, or Mut, Wesir/ Osiris, Horu/ Horus, Khonsu (Greek Roman time)
Temple: Temple of Amun (NK) (foremost lion)
Known for: The Southern rocks look like a lion laying down, Part of the 16th and 17th nome.
18th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉉 Nemty/nmty/nmti/ anty 𓉊 (named after the Falcon of Gau or Falcon of Nemsti 'the conquered')
nb-Adft "Lord of the Twelfth Upper Egyptian Mount of Vipers ") 𓅇𓏏𓏭𓊖
Location: marking the division of the country between the High Priests of Amun at Thebes and the kings of Egypt at Tanis.
Local Diety: Nemty
Worshiped: *Anti/ Antiwey/ Antaeus / Nemtiwey /Nemty (Dunanwy/dwn-anwi (Falcon god), Horu-Nubty, Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), *Anpu/Anubis
Temple: Amun-Great-of-Roarings (built by Shoshenq I 10th century BC), nb tA Dsr ('Lord of the Holy Land' form of Anpu/Anubis)
White Chapel (Het-net): Nemty
Known for: Precious jewelry
Capital City
Hut-nesut, Hut-nesu(t), Ha-suten (House of the King)
Location: East bank of the river, present site, the modern Sharuna , is located in the immediate vicinity of Al-Minya, on the eastern side of Nile, opposite Per Medjen
Worshiped: *nb-Hwt-nsw (local god Lord of the house of theKing), nb-tA(wy)-Dsr/ (form of Anpu/Anubis), *dwAanwi; New Kingdom; Horu/ Horus, Sobek, Wesir/Osiris
Temple: Temple of Horu/ Horus-Dunanwy, Horemheb worshiped nb-Hwt-nsw in the form of Horu/Horus and referred to Hut-Nesut as his hometown.
Known for:
Cities
Tayu-djayet, Teudjai, Teudjoi / tAyw-DAyt 𓏏𓄿𓇌𓅱𓍑𓇌𓏏𓊖 "Their walls" (El Hiba)
Dehenet Weret/dhnt-wrt "large mountain" [Orginal name], Alabastronopolis? [Greek] Ancyronpolis/Ankyronpolis/Ἀγκυρῶν Πόλις [Greco-Roman], Teudjoi from tAyw-DAyt/ Tayu-djayet (their walls) [older Arabic], Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris, El Hiba, or El Hibeh/ الحيبة former Teudjoi/ Teudjoï from tAyw-DAyt [Arabic], Teudjo [Coptic] , Sharuna [Modern]
Location: in Bani Suwayf governorate
Local god: Amun "lord of the great rock", "great of roars"
Worshiped: Amun (Teudjoy), Anti/ Antiwey/ Antaeus / Nemtiwey /Nemty (Dunanwy, Horu-Nubty, Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), Sekhmet , Anpu/Anubis
Temple: Temple to Amun, Temple Anti, Temple Sekhmet (Sheshonq), Horus-Dunanwy, Anpu/Anubis
Known for:
𓉉 Nemty/nmty/nmti/ anty 𓉊 (named after the Falcon of Gau or Falcon of Nemsti 'the conquered')
nb-Adft "Lord of the Twelfth Upper Egyptian Mount of Vipers ") 𓅇𓏏𓏭𓊖
Location: marking the division of the country between the High Priests of Amun at Thebes and the kings of Egypt at Tanis.
Local Diety: Nemty
Worshiped: *Anti/ Antiwey/ Antaeus / Nemtiwey /Nemty (Dunanwy/dwn-anwi (Falcon god), Horu-Nubty, Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), *Anpu/Anubis
Temple: Amun-Great-of-Roarings (built by Shoshenq I 10th century BC), nb tA Dsr ('Lord of the Holy Land' form of Anpu/Anubis)
White Chapel (Het-net): Nemty
Known for: Precious jewelry
Capital City
Hut-nesut, Hut-nesu(t), Ha-suten (House of the King)
Location: East bank of the river, present site, the modern Sharuna , is located in the immediate vicinity of Al-Minya, on the eastern side of Nile, opposite Per Medjen
Worshiped: *nb-Hwt-nsw (local god Lord of the house of theKing), nb-tA(wy)-Dsr/ (form of Anpu/Anubis), *dwAanwi; New Kingdom; Horu/ Horus, Sobek, Wesir/Osiris
Temple: Temple of Horu/ Horus-Dunanwy, Horemheb worshiped nb-Hwt-nsw in the form of Horu/Horus and referred to Hut-Nesut as his hometown.
Known for:
Cities
Tayu-djayet, Teudjai, Teudjoi / tAyw-DAyt 𓏏𓄿𓇌𓅱𓍑𓇌𓏏𓊖 "Their walls" (El Hiba)
Dehenet Weret/dhnt-wrt "large mountain" [Orginal name], Alabastronopolis? [Greek] Ancyronpolis/Ankyronpolis/Ἀγκυρῶν Πόλις [Greco-Roman], Teudjoi from tAyw-DAyt/ Tayu-djayet (their walls) [older Arabic], Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris, El Hiba, or El Hibeh/ الحيبة former Teudjoi/ Teudjoï from tAyw-DAyt [Arabic], Teudjo [Coptic] , Sharuna [Modern]
Location: in Bani Suwayf governorate
Local god: Amun "lord of the great rock", "great of roars"
Worshiped: Amun (Teudjoy), Anti/ Antiwey/ Antaeus / Nemtiwey /Nemty (Dunanwy, Horu-Nubty, Hybrid war god of Sutekh/ Set and Horu/ Horus), Sekhmet , Anpu/Anubis
Temple: Temple to Amun, Temple Anti, Temple Sekhmet (Sheshonq), Horus-Dunanwy, Anpu/Anubis
Known for:
19th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉋 Wabuy, Wab, Uab/ wAb.wy (The two pure scepters)
Location: located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya
Worshiped:
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Igay (Sceptre-god)
Known for: The inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos 19th nome of UE and those of a neighboring town called Cynopolis 17th Nome of UE were engaged in a dispute because a person from the latter town ate a sacred fish, after which the inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos started catching and eating dogs this erupted into a civil war which had to be ended by the Romans. ~Plutarch
Capital City
Per-Medjed 𓉐𓏤𓅖𓆓𓈐𓊖 , 𓉐𓐦𓊖 "House of meeting", Permedjed (Oxyrhynchus)
Pa-maťet [Budge], Pemdje/ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ, Pemdjē/ⲡⲙ̅ϫⲏ [Coptic], Oxyrhynchus/Oxyrynkhos/ Ὀξύρρυγχος "sharp-snouted fish" [Greek], Oxyrrhynkhoupolis/Οξυρρύγχου Πόλις "Town of the sharp-snouted fish" [Ptolemaic Greek], el-Bahnasa/البهنسا [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Medjed/Mormyrus (fish of Oxyrhynchus who ate the phallus of Osiris after the dismemberment of this god by his brother Set), *Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys ?
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: mDd sharp-nosed fish called an elephantfish of the Nile River worshipped there as the fish that ate the penis of Wesir/Osiris. (Oxyrhynchus), Oxyrhynchus Papyri. The inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos 19th nome of UE and those of a neighboring town called Cynopolis 17th Nome of UE were engaged in a dispute because a person from the Cynopolis town ate the sacred fish to Wesir/Osirus Oxyrhynchos, after which the inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos started catching and eating dogs this erupted into a civil war which had to be ended by the Romans. ~Plutarch
Cities
Wenes
Location: West bank
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White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: Cult of Sutekh
𓉋 Wabuy, Wab, Uab/ wAb.wy (The two pure scepters)
Location: located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya
Worshiped:
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Igay (Sceptre-god)
Known for: The inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos 19th nome of UE and those of a neighboring town called Cynopolis 17th Nome of UE were engaged in a dispute because a person from the latter town ate a sacred fish, after which the inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos started catching and eating dogs this erupted into a civil war which had to be ended by the Romans. ~Plutarch
Capital City
Per-Medjed 𓉐𓏤𓅖𓆓𓈐𓊖 , 𓉐𓐦𓊖 "House of meeting", Permedjed (Oxyrhynchus)
Pa-maťet [Budge], Pemdje/ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ, Pemdjē/ⲡⲙ̅ϫⲏ [Coptic], Oxyrhynchus/Oxyrynkhos/ Ὀξύρρυγχος "sharp-snouted fish" [Greek], Oxyrrhynkhoupolis/Οξυρρύγχου Πόλις "Town of the sharp-snouted fish" [Ptolemaic Greek], el-Bahnasa/البهنسا [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Medjed/Mormyrus (fish of Oxyrhynchus who ate the phallus of Osiris after the dismemberment of this god by his brother Set), *Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set, Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys ?
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: mDd sharp-nosed fish called an elephantfish of the Nile River worshipped there as the fish that ate the penis of Wesir/Osiris. (Oxyrhynchus), Oxyrhynchus Papyri. The inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos 19th nome of UE and those of a neighboring town called Cynopolis 17th Nome of UE were engaged in a dispute because a person from the Cynopolis town ate the sacred fish to Wesir/Osirus Oxyrhynchos, after which the inhabitants of Oxyrhynchos started catching and eating dogs this erupted into a civil war which had to be ended by the Romans. ~Plutarch
Cities
Wenes
Location: West bank
Worshiped:
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: Cult of Sutekh
20th Nome Upper Egypt
𓉌 Nart-khenet/ nart-xnt, nar.t xnt.t/, Atef-khenet (Upper sycamore, Southern, Superior)
Location: West bank of the Nile around Beni Suef
Worshiped: *Heryshef/ Heru-shefi/Herishef /Harsafes/ Harsaphes (ram-god)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): left empty
Known for:
Capital City
Henennesut, Henen-Nesut, Nenu-sut, nen-nesu(t) 𓇓𓀔𓀔𓀔𓏏𓊖 "House of the Royal Child" (Heracleopolis Megana)
Hwt nn nswt 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓇓𓏏𓈖𓀔𓈖𓈖𓏏𓊖
Khenensu [Budge], Hut-nen-nesu(t) [Assyrian, LK] , Hnes [Hebrew] , Hnas/ Ϩⲛⲏⲥ [Coptic] , Hipponon Ἱππώνων, Herakleopolites, Heracleopolis Megana, Megálē Herakléous pólis /Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις "City of Hercules" [Greek], Herakleópolis /Ἡρακλεόπολις [Romen], Hipponos-Hipponon [Latin], Ehnasya , Ehnasije el-Medine [ Local Arabic name] Ahnas/Ahnās/اهناس [Arabic], Ihnasiya Umm al-Kimam "Mother of the Shards", Ihnasiyyah al-Madinah "The City of Ihnasiyyah [Egyptian Arabic], Inhnasya el-Medina , Qarara [Modern]
Location: 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the modern city of Beni Suef.
Worshiped: *Heryshef/ Heru-shefi/Herishef /Harsafes/ Harsaphes, Heracles (Ptolemaic period compared to Heryshef)
Temple: Temple of Herakles (Greek) dedicated to Heryshef/ Herishef /Harsafes/ Harsaphes, Temple of Heryshef
Known for: Replaced Memphis (First Intermediate Period), became the principal city of Lower Egypt and was able to exercise its control over much of the region. Cult center of Heryshef. Necropolis of Sedmet el-Gebel.
Hipponos Kastra
Phylake Hipponos, Izbat / Ezbet, Qarara/ Karara
Location:
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Nenj-neswt
Location:
Worshiped:
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Known for: sacred lake of Heryshef
𓉌 Nart-khenet/ nart-xnt, nar.t xnt.t/, Atef-khenet (Upper sycamore, Southern, Superior)
Location: West bank of the Nile around Beni Suef
Worshiped: *Heryshef/ Heru-shefi/Herishef /Harsafes/ Harsaphes (ram-god)
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): left empty
Known for:
Capital City
Henennesut, Henen-Nesut, Nenu-sut, nen-nesu(t) 𓇓𓀔𓀔𓀔𓏏𓊖 "House of the Royal Child" (Heracleopolis Megana)
Hwt nn nswt 𓉗𓏏𓉐𓇓𓏏𓈖𓀔𓈖𓈖𓏏𓊖
Khenensu [Budge], Hut-nen-nesu(t) [Assyrian, LK] , Hnes [Hebrew] , Hnas/ Ϩⲛⲏⲥ [Coptic] , Hipponon Ἱππώνων, Herakleopolites, Heracleopolis Megana, Megálē Herakléous pólis /Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις "City of Hercules" [Greek], Herakleópolis /Ἡρακλεόπολις [Romen], Hipponos-Hipponon [Latin], Ehnasya , Ehnasije el-Medine [ Local Arabic name] Ahnas/Ahnās/اهناس [Arabic], Ihnasiya Umm al-Kimam "Mother of the Shards", Ihnasiyyah al-Madinah "The City of Ihnasiyyah [Egyptian Arabic], Inhnasya el-Medina , Qarara [Modern]
Location: 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the modern city of Beni Suef.
Worshiped: *Heryshef/ Heru-shefi/Herishef /Harsafes/ Harsaphes, Heracles (Ptolemaic period compared to Heryshef)
Temple: Temple of Herakles (Greek) dedicated to Heryshef/ Herishef /Harsafes/ Harsaphes, Temple of Heryshef
Known for: Replaced Memphis (First Intermediate Period), became the principal city of Lower Egypt and was able to exercise its control over much of the region. Cult center of Heryshef. Necropolis of Sedmet el-Gebel.
Hipponos Kastra
Phylake Hipponos, Izbat / Ezbet, Qarara/ Karara
Location:
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Nenj-neswt
Location:
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Known for: sacred lake of Heryshef
(Amenemhat III and Amenemhat IV
21st Nome Upper Egypt
𓉍 Nart-Peḥu(t) /nart-pHw/ nar.t pH.t/ Atef-peḥu ( Lower sycamore, Northern, Inferior)
Location: Located 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate.
Worshiped: Sobek Shedety, (Soknebtunis at Tebtunis, Sokonnokonni at Bacchias, Souxei, Pnepheros and Petsuchos 'Each town developed versions of Sobek to worship'), *Khnemu/ Khnum, Renpet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Khnemu/ Khnum
Known for: Cult center of Sobek. Founded in around 4000 BC, it is the oldest city in Egypt and one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in the world.
Capital City
Pa-Ym(a) /pA-ym(a) 𓅮𓄿𓇌𓅖𓈗𓈘 (Land of the Lake 'Moeris') (Crocodilopolis, Fayum)
Shedet, Shedyt,/ Sdyt/ Sdt 𓄞𓂧𓏏𓊖
Sy rsy 'the Southern Lake' (OK), tA Sy 'Land of the Lake' (MK+), ym 'the Sea, the Lake' (NK+) [Alt Egyptian] , pꜢ-ym [Demotic] , Merwer, She-resy, Sheresi [Other names], Shedet [Pharaonic era] , Pʰiom/ Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ, Peiom/ Ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ (from pA ym, "the sea/lake" [Coptic], Payom/ Ⲡⲁⲓⲟⲙ (Sea or lake) [Coptic Proper name, Arsinoë, Arsinoe (Renamed after his sister wife) [Ptolemaic period], Crocodilopolis, Krokodeilópolis/Κροκοδειλόπολις [Koinē Greek], Euergetis Akanthon (Crocodile City) [Greek], Arsinoë in Arcadia [Romen], Narmouthis (city of Renenutet) [Graeco-Romen Period] al-Fayyūm or El Faiyūm/ الفيوم [Arabic], Medinet el-Fayum, Madinat al-Fayyum (City of Faiyum) [Previously official Arabic] Medinet Madi (city of the past) Fayum, Fayoum [English], Faiyum Oasis, Al-Fayoum Oasis, Al Fayyum Oasis [Modern]
Location: Temple of Sobek "Sobek Shedet" became popular after Sobek Sement/smn(t) located at Waset
4th Nome Upper Egypt, lost favor due to Amenemhat III
Triad: Sobek (husband), Renenutet (wife), Neper? (son)
Triad: Sobek (husband), Renenutet (wife), Horus (son)
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum , Sobek, Sobek Shedety (Pharaonic era), Petsuchos (Tamed Crocodile), Renenutet (goddess of names), Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Shezmu (God of wine and blood), Dja/Medinet Madi Renenutet, Horu-Behedet
Temple: Temple of Sobek (actually located Sement/smn(t) 4th Nome Upper Egypt, Waset); (Temple A) Renenutet " of Dja", Seshat (Amenemhat III); (Temple B) Temple to Apollo, Isis-Thermouthis (Thermouthis is the Greek name for Renenutet);
(Temple C) two crocodile mummies
Note: Imiotru/Crocodilopolis is the name of the whole city but the Sobek Temple stood in Sement/smn(t)/Waset 4th Nome Upper Egypt
Known for: Main cult of Sobek. Ptolemy II expanded on Sobek's main temple. A tamed Crocodile representing Sobek was adorned with gold and gem pendants. The crocodile lived in a special temple pond and was fed by the priests with food provided by visitors. When the Petsuchos died, it was replaced by another. Faiyum mummy portraits, Egyptian death masks were painted on wood in a pigmented wax technique called encaustic. Known for having a Nilometer.
Cities
Medinet Madi
Location: kilometers south of el-Lahoun and on the edge of the desert.
Worshiped: Renenutet , Sobek, Hut-Hor/Hathor, Hour/Horus
Temple: Renenutet is called The living Renenutet of Dja (Renenutet and Sobek) (Amenemhat III and Amenemhat IV) (Temple A) , Temple to Apollo, Isis-Thermouthis (Thermouthis is the Greek name for Renenutet) (Temple B), two crocodile mummies (Temple C)
Known for:
Mer-wer /Mer-ur / mr-wr 𓈘𓈇𓅨𓂋𓊖(Gourob)
Kôm Médinet Ghourob, Gourob [Arabic]
Location: kilometers south of el-Lahoun and on the edge of the desert.
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Ta may Sobek neb Pay ppa necer aa /tȝ mȝy Sbk nb Pay pȝ nṯr ʿȝ "The Island of Sobek, the lord of Pai, the great god" (Soknopaiou Nesos)
Soknopaiou Nesos/Σοκνοπαίου Νῆσος "The island of Soknopaios" [Ancient Greek], Dimeh es-Seba / ديمة السباع [Arabic]
Location: few kilometers north of Lake Qarun (known in antiquity as Lake Moeris)
Local God: Soknopaios (Prophetic god crocodile with falcon head)
Worshiped: "Soknopaios" (local Hellenistic variant of Sobek), Auset/ Isis Nepherses
Temple: Temple of Soknopaios
Known for:
Itji-tauy/ iTi-tA.wy 𓊅𓎁𓇿𓇿 , 𓎁𓏏𓀜𓇿𓇿𓈇 𓊖 (Licht);
Amenemhat Itchtaouy /Jmn-m-ḥȝ.t Jṯ(j)-Tȝ.wy "Amenemhat (is) the one who seizes the two lands”
List/Λιστ [Greek], Lisht, al-Lisht/اللشت [Arabic]
Location: about sixty kilometers south of Cairo
Worshiped:
Temple: Funerary temples
Known for:
Shenakhen, Semenuhor /Smn-Hr/Smnḥr
Se-men Ḥeru [Budge], Akanthon [Greek], Kafr Ammar, Kafr Turki [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Khnemu/ Khnum to Shenakhen, Wesir/ Osiris to Semenuhor
Temple:
Known for:
Itjtawy, Ity-Taouy / itii-Tawi/ Iti-tawy
el-Licht, el-Lisht [Arabic]
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Known for: Possibly the same City as Tepihu 22nd Nome UE
Mer-Temo/mr -tm(w /Mer-tem, Mr(y)-Jtmw, 'beloved of Atum' (Meidum)
Meidum, Maydum, Maidum, Meidum, Medum [Other names], Atfieh [Another name], Moii(e)thumis/ Μοι(ε)θυμις [Greek], Meidum/ميدوم [Arabic]
Location: western side of the Nile
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum
Temple:
Known for: Funerary complex of Snofru, pyramid of Meidum "the false pyramid ", Mastaba of Rahotep
Karanis
Location:
Worshiped: Pnepheros and Petsuchos (Tamed Crocodile)
Temple:
Known for:
21st Nome Upper Egypt
𓉍 Nart-Peḥu(t) /nart-pHw/ nar.t pH.t/ Atef-peḥu ( Lower sycamore, Northern, Inferior)
Location: Located 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate.
Worshiped: Sobek Shedety, (Soknebtunis at Tebtunis, Sokonnokonni at Bacchias, Souxei, Pnepheros and Petsuchos 'Each town developed versions of Sobek to worship'), *Khnemu/ Khnum, Renpet
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Khnemu/ Khnum
Known for: Cult center of Sobek. Founded in around 4000 BC, it is the oldest city in Egypt and one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in the world.
Capital City
Pa-Ym(a) /pA-ym(a) 𓅮𓄿𓇌𓅖𓈗𓈘 (Land of the Lake 'Moeris') (Crocodilopolis, Fayum)
Shedet, Shedyt,/ Sdyt/ Sdt 𓄞𓂧𓏏𓊖
Sy rsy 'the Southern Lake' (OK), tA Sy 'Land of the Lake' (MK+), ym 'the Sea, the Lake' (NK+) [Alt Egyptian] , pꜢ-ym [Demotic] , Merwer, She-resy, Sheresi [Other names], Shedet [Pharaonic era] , Pʰiom/ Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ, Peiom/ Ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ (from pA ym, "the sea/lake" [Coptic], Payom/ Ⲡⲁⲓⲟⲙ (Sea or lake) [Coptic Proper name, Arsinoë, Arsinoe (Renamed after his sister wife) [Ptolemaic period], Crocodilopolis, Krokodeilópolis/Κροκοδειλόπολις [Koinē Greek], Euergetis Akanthon (Crocodile City) [Greek], Arsinoë in Arcadia [Romen], Narmouthis (city of Renenutet) [Graeco-Romen Period] al-Fayyūm or El Faiyūm/ الفيوم [Arabic], Medinet el-Fayum, Madinat al-Fayyum (City of Faiyum) [Previously official Arabic] Medinet Madi (city of the past) Fayum, Fayoum [English], Faiyum Oasis, Al-Fayoum Oasis, Al Fayyum Oasis [Modern]
Location: Temple of Sobek "Sobek Shedet" became popular after Sobek Sement/smn(t) located at Waset
4th Nome Upper Egypt, lost favor due to Amenemhat III
Triad: Sobek (husband), Renenutet (wife), Neper? (son)
Triad: Sobek (husband), Renenutet (wife), Horus (son)
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum , Sobek, Sobek Shedety (Pharaonic era), Petsuchos (Tamed Crocodile), Renenutet (goddess of names), Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Shezmu (God of wine and blood), Dja/Medinet Madi Renenutet, Horu-Behedet
Temple: Temple of Sobek (actually located Sement/smn(t) 4th Nome Upper Egypt, Waset); (Temple A) Renenutet " of Dja", Seshat (Amenemhat III); (Temple B) Temple to Apollo, Isis-Thermouthis (Thermouthis is the Greek name for Renenutet);
(Temple C) two crocodile mummies
Note: Imiotru/Crocodilopolis is the name of the whole city but the Sobek Temple stood in Sement/smn(t)/Waset 4th Nome Upper Egypt
Known for: Main cult of Sobek. Ptolemy II expanded on Sobek's main temple. A tamed Crocodile representing Sobek was adorned with gold and gem pendants. The crocodile lived in a special temple pond and was fed by the priests with food provided by visitors. When the Petsuchos died, it was replaced by another. Faiyum mummy portraits, Egyptian death masks were painted on wood in a pigmented wax technique called encaustic. Known for having a Nilometer.
Cities
Medinet Madi
Location: kilometers south of el-Lahoun and on the edge of the desert.
Worshiped: Renenutet , Sobek, Hut-Hor/Hathor, Hour/Horus
Temple: Renenutet is called The living Renenutet of Dja (Renenutet and Sobek) (Amenemhat III and Amenemhat IV) (Temple A) , Temple to Apollo, Isis-Thermouthis (Thermouthis is the Greek name for Renenutet) (Temple B), two crocodile mummies (Temple C)
Known for:
Mer-wer /Mer-ur / mr-wr 𓈘𓈇𓅨𓂋𓊖(Gourob)
Kôm Médinet Ghourob, Gourob [Arabic]
Location: kilometers south of el-Lahoun and on the edge of the desert.
Worshiped:
Temple:
Known for:
Ta may Sobek neb Pay ppa necer aa /tȝ mȝy Sbk nb Pay pȝ nṯr ʿȝ "The Island of Sobek, the lord of Pai, the great god" (Soknopaiou Nesos)
Soknopaiou Nesos/Σοκνοπαίου Νῆσος "The island of Soknopaios" [Ancient Greek], Dimeh es-Seba / ديمة السباع [Arabic]
Location: few kilometers north of Lake Qarun (known in antiquity as Lake Moeris)
Local God: Soknopaios (Prophetic god crocodile with falcon head)
Worshiped: "Soknopaios" (local Hellenistic variant of Sobek), Auset/ Isis Nepherses
Temple: Temple of Soknopaios
Known for:
Itji-tauy/ iTi-tA.wy 𓊅𓎁𓇿𓇿 , 𓎁𓏏𓀜𓇿𓇿𓈇 𓊖 (Licht);
Amenemhat Itchtaouy /Jmn-m-ḥȝ.t Jṯ(j)-Tȝ.wy "Amenemhat (is) the one who seizes the two lands”
List/Λιστ [Greek], Lisht, al-Lisht/اللشت [Arabic]
Location: about sixty kilometers south of Cairo
Worshiped:
Temple: Funerary temples
Known for:
Shenakhen, Semenuhor /Smn-Hr/Smnḥr
Se-men Ḥeru [Budge], Akanthon [Greek], Kafr Ammar, Kafr Turki [Modern]
Location:
Worshiped: Khnemu/ Khnum to Shenakhen, Wesir/ Osiris to Semenuhor
Temple:
Known for:
Itjtawy, Ity-Taouy / itii-Tawi/ Iti-tawy
el-Licht, el-Lisht [Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped:
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Known for: Possibly the same City as Tepihu 22nd Nome UE
Mer-Temo/mr -tm(w /Mer-tem, Mr(y)-Jtmw, 'beloved of Atum' (Meidum)
Meidum, Maydum, Maidum, Meidum, Medum [Other names], Atfieh [Another name], Moii(e)thumis/ Μοι(ε)θυμις [Greek], Meidum/ميدوم [Arabic]
Location: western side of the Nile
Worshiped: *Khnemu/ Khnum
Temple:
Known for: Funerary complex of Snofru, pyramid of Meidum "the false pyramid ", Mastaba of Rahotep
Karanis
Location:
Worshiped: Pnepheros and Petsuchos (Tamed Crocodile)
Temple:
Known for:
22nd Nome Upper Egypt
𓉎 Medenit/mdni.t/mdnj.t, Maten, Metenut/ dmt (Knife)
Location: Northermost Nome of Upper Egypt stretching along Eastern Desert from Atfih towards Mephis
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Sobek of the Souther lake, Nit/ Neith (Part of the Fayum region 21st Nome UE)
Known for: animal necropolis, Greco-Roman tombs, and sepulchers of cows in huge limestone tombs.
Capital City
Tepihu/Tep-ihu/ Ttp-iH(w) 𓁶𓏤𓃒𓏪𓊖 (Busiris)
Tep-ihet/ tp-jhw(t)/ Tpyhwt 𓁶𓏤𓃒𓏏𓏥𓊖 (OK) "First of the cows/Hathor"
Ṭep-ȧḥet [Budge], Tpēh, Petpēh/ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲏϩ, Petpeh/ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲉϩ [Coptic], Per-nebet tep-ihu [Antiquity], Busiris/Βούσιρις, Aphroditopolis/Αφροδίτοπολις (Heptanomide) [Greek], Atfih, Aṭfīḥ/ أطفيح [Modern Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor as Hesat (The White Cow) (Greek period), Ruty
Temple: Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Aphrodite [Greek period]
Known for: Possibly the same City as Itjtawy 21nd Nome UE. Also here is found mastaba of Senweseret-Ankh, the high priest of Ptah and royal architect. Hesateum (necropolis of sacred cows of the goddess Hesat)
𓉎 Medenit/mdni.t/mdnj.t, Maten, Metenut/ dmt (Knife)
Location: Northermost Nome of Upper Egypt stretching along Eastern Desert from Atfih towards Mephis
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Temple:
White Chapel (Het-net): Sobek of the Souther lake, Nit/ Neith (Part of the Fayum region 21st Nome UE)
Known for: animal necropolis, Greco-Roman tombs, and sepulchers of cows in huge limestone tombs.
Capital City
Tepihu/Tep-ihu/ Ttp-iH(w) 𓁶𓏤𓃒𓏪𓊖 (Busiris)
Tep-ihet/ tp-jhw(t)/ Tpyhwt 𓁶𓏤𓃒𓏏𓏥𓊖 (OK) "First of the cows/Hathor"
Ṭep-ȧḥet [Budge], Tpēh, Petpēh/ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲏϩ, Petpeh/ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲉϩ [Coptic], Per-nebet tep-ihu [Antiquity], Busiris/Βούσιρις, Aphroditopolis/Αφροδίτοπολις (Heptanomide) [Greek], Atfih, Aṭfīḥ/ أطفيح [Modern Arabic]
Location:
Worshiped: *Hut-Hor/ Hathor as Hesat (The White Cow) (Greek period), Ruty
Temple: Temple of Hut-Hor/ Hathor, Aphrodite [Greek period]
Known for: Possibly the same City as Itjtawy 21nd Nome UE. Also here is found mastaba of Senweseret-Ankh, the high priest of Ptah and royal architect. Hesateum (necropolis of sacred cows of the goddess Hesat)
Nomes of Nubia
𓈈 𓊃𓏏𓇿𓈉𓀀𓏥/ Ta-Sety "land of the bows"
1 Nome of Nubia
𓂙𓈖𓇋𓇋𓊖 Kheny/Xny, Khenou or Kheny "Mountain of the Chain " (Gebel Silsileh)
Gebel Silsileh, Ǧabal as-Silsila/جبل السلسلة [Arabic]
Location: straddling both banks of the Nile in Upper Egypt , in the governorate of Aswan , about forty kilometers south of Edfu and twenty kilometers north of Kom Ombo .
Worshiped:
Temple: Temple of Hapy (Nile) (Ramesses II, Merenptah ), Temple to Amon, Mut , Khonsou , Sobek , Taouret , Thoth & himself (Horemheb),
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: has the mos important sandstone quarry in ancient Egypt, Named becuase of a chain that was stretched there across the Nile to prevent navigation.
Naqa, Naga'a
An-Naqʿah/ٱلـنَّـقْـعَـة [Arabic]
Location:
Triad: Apedamak (Nubian war god) (Husband), Auset/Isis (Mother), Horu/Horus (Son)
Worshiped:
Temple: Temple to Amun, Temple to Apedemak
Known for:
Aniba
Gebel Silsileh, Ǧabal as-Silsila/جبل السلسلة [Arabic]
Location: straddling both banks of the Nile in Upper Egypt , in the governorate of Aswan , about forty kilometers south of Edfu and twenty kilometers north of Kom Ombo .
Worshiped:
Temple: Temple of Hapy (Nile) (Ramesses II, Merenptah ), Temple to Amon, Mut , Khonsou , Sobek , Taouret , Thoth & himself (Horemheb),
White Chapel (Het-net):
Known for: has the mos important sandstone quarry in ancient Egypt, Named becuase of a chain that was stretched there across the Nile to prevent navigation.
Naqa, Naga'a
An-Naqʿah/ٱلـنَّـقْـعَـة [Arabic]
Location:
Triad: Apedamak (Nubian war god) (Husband), Auset/Isis (Mother), Horu/Horus (Son)
Worshiped:
Temple: Temple to Amun, Temple to Apedemak
Known for:
Aniba
ref. https://en.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nome_(Egypt), http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/geography/cities.htm, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/geo/nomeu4.html, http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/nomesupper.html, A. E. Wallis Budge, The Egyptians: An Introduction By Robert Morkot, Divine Triads of Ancient Egypt José das Candeias Sales Universidade Aberta; CHUL
