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Tuna el-Gebel

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Roko Rumora

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified May 06, 2026 02:13 PM — History

tags: place

Tuna el-Gebel was the necropolis serving Schmun/Khmun (Hermopolis Magna).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54417737

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
27.738333, 30.704444

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Visible Remains of Tuna el-Gebel (2010 BC - 1086 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Petosiris-Nekropole (German, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Tuna el-Gebel makes connections with:

Tuna el-Gebel connection Hermopolis Magna/Schmun (unspecified date range)
Tuna el-Gebel related Hermopolis Magna/Schmun (unspecified date range)

Tuna el-Gebel receives connections from:

Grabbau 79 (Tuna el-Gebel) located at Tuna el-Gebel (unspecified date range)
Tomb of Petosiris at Tuna el-Gebel located at Tuna el-Gebel (unspecified date range)

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

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Related:

Wikidata Tuna el-Gebel (Q734370)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Alternate representations:
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Suggested citation:
Roko Rumora, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tuna el-Gebel: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54417737> [accessed: 21 July 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54417737 |title=Places: 54417737 (Tuna el-Gebel) |author=Rumora, R. |accessdate=July 21, 2026 4:19 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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