el-Ashmunein

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el-Ashmunein is a modern Egyptian village and archaeological site that occupies the area of ancient Hermopolis, a major religious and administrative center in Middle Egypt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
el-Ashmunein canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
ancientEgyptianName Khemenu ⓘ
Khmun ⓘ
ancientName Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
arabicName الأشمونين ⓘ
associatedWithMythology Hermopolitan Ogdoad creation myth ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolitan Ogdoad
containsArtifactType inscribed blocks ⓘ
statues ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
containsStructure Coptic church remains ⓘ
Ptolemaic temple remains ⓘ
Roman basilica ⓘ
temple of Thoth ⓘ
linked to: cult of Thoth
coordinateLocation approx. 27.78°N 30.80°E ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity Thoth ⓘ
greekName Hermopolis ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavationBy Egypt Exploration Society ⓘ
German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsFromPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Coptic period ⓘ
Pharaonic period ⓘ
Ptolemaic period ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman period ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus important archaeological site of Egypt ⓘ
hasMaterialCultureFrom Early Christian period ⓘ
Late Period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom ⓘ
hasNearbyNecropolis Tuna el-Gebel ⓘ
hasTypeOfEconomy rural agricultural ⓘ
latinName Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
locatedIn Middle Egypt ⓘ
linked to: central Egypt
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Minya Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear Mallawi ⓘ
Tuna el-Gebel ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
modernSettlementOverlies ruins of Hermopolis ⓘ
occupiesSiteOf Hermopolis ⓘ
partOf ancient region of Upper Egypt ⓘ
religiousSignificanceInAntiquity center of worship of Thoth and Ogdoad ⓘ
usedLanguageInModernVillage Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
wasAdministrativeCenterFor Hermopolite nome ⓘ
wasCapitalOf 15th nome of Upper Egypt ⓘ
wasReligiousCenterFor cult of Thoth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Hermopolis → modernNearbySettlement → el-Ashmunein ⓘ
Khmun → modernSiteCorrespondsTo → el-Ashmunein ⓘ
Khemenu → modernArchaeologicalSite → el-Ashmunein ⓘ