Chemmis

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Chemmis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Akhmim, a historically significant settlement in Upper Egypt known for its temples and religious heritage.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chemmis canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
settlement in Upper Egypt ⓘ
ancientNameOf Akhmim ⓘ
associatedWithMyth Horus childhood traditions ⓘ
coordinateApprox 26.56°N 31.75°E ⓘ
culturalSphere Ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Hellenistic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
dedicatedPrimarilyTo god Min ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Pharaonic period ⓘ
Ptolemaic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
GreekNameOf Akhmim ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Panopolis ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Akhmim archaeological zone ⓘ
linked to: Akhmim necropolis
hasDeity Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Min ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus important archaeological heritage site in Egypt ⓘ
hasLanguageInscriptions Greek ⓘ
hieroglyphic Egyptian ⓘ
hasModernEquivalent Akhmim ⓘ
hasTemple Temple of Min ⓘ
Temple of Repyt (Triphis) ⓘ
knownFor cult of Min ⓘ
religious heritage ⓘ
temples ⓘ
knownInLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedInCountry Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
locatedInGovernorate Sohag Governorate ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Nile ⓘ
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
nearModernCity Sohag ⓘ
partOf Panopolis region ⓘ
regionType cult center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
religiousFunction center of fertility cults ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akhmim → hasHistoricalName → Chemmis ⓘ
Panopolis → knownAs → Chemmis ⓘ