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Per Nemty (pr nmty; House of Nemty), an Ancient Egyptian settlement also known in Greek as Hieracon and at the modern village of al-Atawla, on the right/eastern bank of the Nile River northeast of Assiut (5 km). It was the capital of the 12th Nome of Upper Egypt. The town was centered on the Temple of Nemty, the god Nemty being the ferryman god.
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27.2333° N · 31.2167° E
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