Hermopolis Magna/Schmun
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Drew Bear
Creators: M. Drew Bear
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, jfu
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Dec 14, 2021 07:57 AM
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History
The capital city of the Hermopolite nome (the fifteenth Nome of Upper Egypt). The ancient Egyptians called the site Khmun after the group of eight divinities (Ogdoad) that represented the primordial world.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756574
27.7796202493, 30.8035806072
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 12750 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Hermopolis Magna (550 BC - AD 640)
- Ἑρμοῦ πόλις (Hermou polis: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Schmun (550 BC - AD 640)
- Hermopolis Magna/Schmun capital of Hermopolites Nomos (30 BC - AD 300)
- Tuna el-Gebel connection Hermopolis Magna/Schmun (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 77 D1 Hermopolis Magna/Schmun
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ashmunein
M. Drew Bear, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and jfu, 'Hermopolis Magna/Schmun: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756574> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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